3-ACT TASKS
Dr. Dan Meyer taught high school mathematics. Wanting to find a way to engage children to see mathematics everywhere, he created The Three Act Task. Three-Act Tasks are mathematical stories that children become personally invested in. Through these tasks, students learn to explain their thinking, practice persevering through challenges, and realize that math is all a round them.
ACT ONE: Is usually a video or a picture that gets students excited about the math.
Students are asked where the math is? What they notice and thinking? .
At this point students may ask for additional information needed to solve the problem.
ACT TWO: Here students find the information needed to solve the problem using the visual from Act One to help.
It's time to solve the problem.
ACT THREE: The REVEAL!!! The problem is resolved. Students share how they solved the problem.