WGU OPT2 TASK 2 PROBLEM-BASED LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Secondary/Middle Grades Problem-Based Lesson Plan Template
(“Problem-based instruction” is sometimes referred to as “Teaching through Problem Solving”)
General Information
Lesson Title: The Moving Dilemma
Subject(s): Math
Grade Level: 7th Grade
Prerequisite Skills/Prior Knowledge:
Students should know basic math arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Students should at least have an idea of the definition of the volume of a cube.
Instructional Setting:
Students will work in their groups or independently during the Verbal and Visual Word Association
(VVWA) entry task/introduction. Then they will work in their groups to solve the Moving Dilemma
Standards and Objectives
State/National Academic Standard(s):
7.G.6 - Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and
volume.
• Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume, and surface area of two-
and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and
right prisms
Learning Objective(s):
Students will solve the Moving Dilemma problem using the volume of a cube, and score at least 5 out
of 8 to show their understanding
Materials Technology
, - Verbal and Visual Word Association (VVWA) -Calculator
Worksheet
-Unifix Cubes
-Moving Dilemma Handout
-Whiteboards and Markers
-Pen and Paper
Language Demands
Specific ways that academic language (vocabulary, functions, discourse, syntax) is used by students to participate
in learning tasks through reading, writing, listening, and/or speaking to demonstrate their understanding.
Language Function:.
Students will explain why the truck they chose is the smallest truck that will fit all the boxes
Vocabulary:
-Area
-Prism
-Volume
-Height
-Width
-Length
Discourse and/or Syntax:
Students will be working in their groups to work through and solve the moving dilemma, and the
choice to work together or independently in the entry task. The teacher will be walking around the
room, talking to students about their investigation. The conversations will include:
-Work with partner/group mates or independently to finish the VVWA form
-Talking about the criteria for the Moving Dilemma problem
-Use volume to find the smallest truck that can fit all the boxes
-Find the volume of the truck
-Find the volume of boxes
-Share strategies about how they solved the problem as a class
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Secondary/Middle Grades Problem-Based Lesson Plan Template
(“Problem-based instruction” is sometimes referred to as “Teaching through Problem Solving”)
General Information
Lesson Title: The Moving Dilemma
Subject(s): Math
Grade Level: 7th Grade
Prerequisite Skills/Prior Knowledge:
Students should know basic math arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Students should at least have an idea of the definition of the volume of a cube.
Instructional Setting:
Students will work in their groups or independently during the Verbal and Visual Word Association
(VVWA) entry task/introduction. Then they will work in their groups to solve the Moving Dilemma
Standards and Objectives
State/National Academic Standard(s):
7.G.6 - Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and
volume.
• Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume, and surface area of two-
and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and
right prisms
Learning Objective(s):
Students will solve the Moving Dilemma problem using the volume of a cube, and score at least 5 out
of 8 to show their understanding
Materials Technology
, - Verbal and Visual Word Association (VVWA) -Calculator
Worksheet
-Unifix Cubes
-Moving Dilemma Handout
-Whiteboards and Markers
-Pen and Paper
Language Demands
Specific ways that academic language (vocabulary, functions, discourse, syntax) is used by students to participate
in learning tasks through reading, writing, listening, and/or speaking to demonstrate their understanding.
Language Function:.
Students will explain why the truck they chose is the smallest truck that will fit all the boxes
Vocabulary:
-Area
-Prism
-Volume
-Height
-Width
-Length
Discourse and/or Syntax:
Students will be working in their groups to work through and solve the moving dilemma, and the
choice to work together or independently in the entry task. The teacher will be walking around the
room, talking to students about their investigation. The conversations will include:
-Work with partner/group mates or independently to finish the VVWA form
-Talking about the criteria for the Moving Dilemma problem
-Use volume to find the smallest truck that can fit all the boxes
-Find the volume of the truck
-Find the volume of boxes
-Share strategies about how they solved the problem as a class
