11/4/2018 Click Battle • Teacher Guide

Click Battle
CLASS CODE

30-45 minutes Development

In this proportional reasoning activity, students will explore unit rate in the Click Battle
arena.

French translation courtesy of Jocelyn Dagenais:

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Activity Checklist

Complete the activity using student preview.

Identify your learning targets for the activity.

Determine the screens where you’ll bring the class together using Teacher Pacing and Pause Class.
What will you discuss on those screens?

Anticipate screens where students will struggle, then plan your response.

Plan a challenge for students who finish the activity quickly and successfully.

Make yourself available during the activity to students for individual help and questions when
appropriate.

Write out your summary of the activity's main ideas. How will you pull student work into that
summary? Which parts of the activity can you skip to ensure that summary receives sufficient time?

My Learning Targets:

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Activity Screens: Teacher Pacing and Pause Class

Use this page to plan your use of Teacher Pacing and Pause Class. Teacher Pacing lets you restrict
students to a single screen or a range of screens. Pause Class keeps students from interacting with
whatever screens they are currently viewing. Use these two tools to create conversations in your
classroom.
Consider these questions as you plan:

Which screen(s) should everyone work on at the same time? Why?

Which screen(s) do you want to keep students from seeing until you're ready for the class to see
them together? (Perhaps because they reveal answers or require a whole class conversation for
introduction.)

Are there any points in the lesson where you will want to make sure students aren’t playing with
the screens while you discuss something as a class?

11 How
How many
many clicks?
clicks? 22 Gather
Gather some
some data.
data. 33 Revise
Revise your
your estim
estim…
estim…… 44 Test
Test your
your estimate.
estimate.
On the next screen you'll Before we You clicked the button 41 Now it's time
see a blue button, similar to test your times in 5 seconds. to test your
the "Share to Class" button estimate, let's estimate.
see how you
 perform in a  Original
practice estimate: 70

55 Click
Click Battle
Battle #1
#1 66 Click
Click Battle
Battle #2
#2 77 Click
Click Battle
Battle #3
#3 88 Unit
Unit Rate
Rate
Here are two Here are two Here are two One way to
Desmos Click Desmos Click Desmos Click  determine
Bots™ along Bots™ along Bots™ along who will win

   

99 Click
Click Battle
Battle #4
#4 10 Click
10 Click Battle
Battle #5
#5 11 Click
11 Click Battle
Battle #6
#6 12 Settle
12 Settle aa dispute.
dispute.
Here are two Here are two Here are two During a 4-second practice
Desmos Click Desmos Click Desmos Click round, one of the Click Bots
Bots™ along Bots™ along Bots™ along made only 8 clicks.

   

13
13 These
These four
four bots
bots …
… 14
14 Complete
Complete the
the ta
ta…
ta……
Here is some


information
from the

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On the next screen you'll see a blue button, similar to the "Share to
11 How
How many
many clicks?
clicks?
Class" button shown below.
On the next screen you'll see a
blue button, similar to the
"Share to Class" button shown How many times do you think you'll be able to click the button in 10
b l seconds?

Teacher Tips:

Use teacher pacing on Screens 1-4.

Highlight several student responses for the class. Emphasize the

lowest and highest estimates and ask students: "Do you think these
are reasonable estimates? Explain."

As students respond, listen for informal language about unit rates.

We'll formalize that language later in the activity.

My Notes:

Before we test your estimate, let's see how you perform in a practice
22 Gather
Gather some
some data.
data.
round.
Before we test
your estimate,
let's see how Click the button as many times as you can in 5 seconds.
you perform in
a practice We’ll start the timer on your first click.
round.

Teacher Tips:

Use teacher pacing on Screens 1-4.

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33 Revise
Revise your
your estimate.
estimate. You clicked the button 41 times in 5 seconds.
You clicked the button 41 times
in 5 seconds. Based on what you know now, make a new estimate: How many times
can you click the button in 10 seconds?
B d h t k
 Teacher Tips:

Use teacher pacing on Screens 1-4.

Highlight unique answers for the class. Ask students to justify their
responses and critique each others' reasoning.

Consider asking students whether they changed their estimate, and if

so, why.

Sample Answer: I clicked 24 times during the 3-second practice

round, which means I make about 8 clicks per second. At first, I
thought this would mean about 80 clicks in 10 seconds, but I think I'll
slow down toward the end from click fatigue. So my final guess: 75
clicks in 10 seconds.

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44 Test
Test your
your estimate.
estimate. Now it's time to test your estimate.
Now it's time to
test your Original estimate: 70 clicks in 10 seconds
estimate. Revised estimate: 82 clicks in 10 seconds

Original Click the button as many times as you can in 10 seconds.

estimate: 70
clicks in 10
We’ll start the timer on your first click.

Teacher Tips:

Use teacher pacing on Screens 1-4.

My Notes:

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55 Click
Click Battle
Battle #1
#1 Here are two Desmos Click Bots™ along with some data from their
practice rounds.
Here are two
Desmos Click
Bots™ along Which bot will click more times in 10 seconds?
ith d t
 Teacher Tips:

Use teacher pacing on Screens 5-7. Give students a minute or two to

complete each screen.

After students complete Screens 5-7, highlight several student

responses for the class from any of these screens. Start with informal
math language and reasoning, then move to more formal responses.
In particular, watch for students who reference unit rate.

Also, emphasize the range of student responses on these screens, if

it exists. It's okay—even desirable—to have a mix of responses here.
The activity will build toward consensus and precision starting on
Screen 8.

Sample Answer: Bot #2 will click more times because it clicks an

average of 10 times every 1 second, while Bot #1 only clicks 8 times
per second.

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Here are two Desmos Click Bots™ along with some data from their
66 Click
Click Battle
Battle #2
#2
practice rounds.
Here are two
Desmos Click
Bots™ along Which bot will click more times in 10 seconds?
ith d t
 Teacher Tips:

Sample Answer: Bot #4 will click more times in 10 seconds. It clicks

almost 9 times per second, while Bot #3 only clicks about 7 times per
second.

My Notes:

77 Click
Click Battle
Battle #3
#3 Here are two Desmos Click Bots™ along with some data from their
practice rounds.
Here are two
Desmos Click
Bots™ along Which bot will click more times in 10 seconds?
ith d t
 Teacher Tips:

Sample Answer: Bot #5 will click more times in 10 seconds. It has a

click rate just above 6 per second, while Bot #6 has a click rate just
below 6 per second.

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One way to determine who will win is to consider unit rates. That is, how
88 Unit
Unit Rate
Rate
many clicks per ONE second?
One way to
 determine who
will win is to The table shows information for four Desmos Click Bots™, as well as the
id it unit rate for the red bot.

Complete the table. Then explain your strategy below.

Teacher Tips:

Highlight several student responses for the class. Start with informal
math language and reasoning, then move to more formal responses.

Sample Answer

30
• The blue bot has a unit rate of = 10 clicks per second.
3
36
• The green bot has a unit rate of = 7.2 clicks per second.
5
26
• The orange bot has a unit rate of = 8.67 clicks per second
3
(approximately).

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Here are two Desmos Click Bots™ along with some data from their
99 Click
Click Battle
Battle #4
#4
practice rounds.
Here are two
Desmos Click
Bots™ along Which bot will click more times in 10 seconds?
ith d t
 Teacher Tips:

Use teacher pacing on Screens 9-11.

When students finish Screen 11, highlight the range of their

responses. Where the class lacks consensus, ask students to justify
their responses and critique each others' reasoning.

My Notes:

10
10 Click
Click Battle
Battle #5
#5 Here are two Desmos Click Bots™ along with some data from their
practice rounds.
Here are two
Desmos Click
Bots™ along Which bot will click more times in 10 seconds?
ith d t


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Here are two Desmos Click Bots™ along with some data from their
11 Click
11 Click Battle
Battle #6
#6
practice rounds.
Here are two
Desmos Click
Bots™ along Which bot will click more times in 10 seconds?
ith d t
 Teacher Tips:

Highlight some of the best arguments for each choice. Ask students
to respond with counterarguments.

Sample Answers

• Bot #11 will click more times in 10 seconds. Bot #11's click rate of
17
= 4.25 clicks per second is greater than Bot #12's click rate of
4
21
5
= 4.2 clicks per second.
• The bots will click the same number of times. Even though Bot #11
has a slightly faster click rate, it will click 17 times in the first 4
seconds, 17 times in the next 4 seconds, and 8 times in the final 2
17
seconds. (This is because clicks are discrete, so = 8.5 clicks in
2
the final 2 seconds is not possible.) That yields a total of
17 + 17 + 8 = 42 clicks, which is the same total as Bot #12.

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During a 4-second practice round, one of the Click Bots made only 8
12 Settle
12 Settle aa dispute.
dispute.
clicks.
During a 4-second practice
round, one of the Click Bots
made only 8 clicks. Amir claims that the unit rate is 2 clicks per second.
Chloe disagrees. She says it's 0.5 clicks per second.

Who is correct?

Teacher Tips:

Highlight some of the best arguments for each side. Ask students to
respond with counterarguments.

Sample Answer: Amir is correct. Since the bot made 8 clicks in 4

seconds, that's a rate of 2 clicks per 1 second.

Note: Watch for students who simply divide the first number by the
second number, or the larger number by the smaller number. This
oversimplified approach will lead to incorrect conclusions on this and
several other screens.

My Notes:

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13 These
These four
four bots
bots are
are …
… Teacher Tips:

Use the teacher dashboard to monitor student progress, and to look

 for common sorting strategies. The dashboard may also help you pair
students together for conversations about how they sorted the cards.

Make sure you complete this card sort yourself, in the role of a
student, to acquaint yourself with the cards, questions, and
conceptions that may arise in class.

After students complete the card sort, ask them to describe their
approach. Watch for students who incorrectly place the blue bot in 1st
place, as some may incorrectly interpret the blue bot's unit rate as 10
clicks per second.

Also watch for students who do not use unit rate. There are several
interesting approaches for comparing bots. For example, if the red bot
clicked for nine half-seconds (4.5 seconds), it would have 4 · 9 = 36
clicks, which is fewer than the green bot. Similar pairwise
comparisons can reveal the rest of the positions.

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14
14 Complete
Complete the
the table.
table. Here is some information from the practice round for several new Click
Bots.
Here is some
 information
from the Determine the missing values. Enter them in the table.
ti d
 Then describe your strategy.

Teacher Tips:

This is a great place to check student progress. Offer individual

support where needed, or lead a brief whole-class discussion if
enough students are struggling.

As students finish this screen, encourage them to check their answers

with a classmate, discuss any discrepancies, and aim for consensus.

Sample Answers

Click Bot Clicks Time (sec) Unit Rate (clicks/sec)

#1 17 2 8.5
#2 38 4 9.5
#3 26 2.5 10.4
#4 35 4.2 8.33
#5 3 0.4 7.5
#6 6 0.75 8

My Notes:

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