Title: A Note to the Teacher
Course: My First Car - Algebra

This note explains the layout of the lesson and options for the teacher.

A Note to the Teacher

The goal of the My First Car lesson is for students to use Algebra to solve real world problems. The lesson is laid out so that students can practice a real world problem and use the language of algebra to do so. The lesson is divided into steps that students would take to find the needed numbers to decide on the best deal and finance the purchase of a car. Because each student’s numbers will be different each student’s answers will be different.

The Moodle Lesson, My First Car offer the teachers three options. One option is to have the students work through each Topic and put the answers in each topic’s Wiki. As the student works through the Moodle they can work in a more random fashion answering the easy questions first before calculating the final cost of the car. A second option has the student work through a Word File of the lesson that can be downloaded by the student. A third choice is the My First Car Lesson Choices in the bottom Topic. The My First Car Lesson Choices offers the option to have the student work with a very segmented lesson, working on only one section at a time, again possibly printing the My First Car Word File and using it as a worksheet. The intent of the three options is to offer the student that does not have Internet access at home the ability to download the assignment and work at it at home and complete the lesson at school. The student that has Internet Access can work on the Lesson in Moodle and print out the Word file to use as a worksheet.

Be sure and review this Moodle and explore all of the options for you and the students. The Moodle used will need to be able to support Algebraic Equations. Click here to access the Word File of the My First Car Lesson. The teacher will want to hide this Resource before the students began working on this Moodle.