UEN Lesson Plan Tool
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*Title: Click here to enter text.
*Summary: A brief overview of your lesson.
Students learn to use complex numbers for two applications: 1) to represent the magnitude and phase of a sinusoid such as a pure tone, and 2) to represent the gain of an audio filter.
*Main Curriculum Tie: Standard: ____ Objective: ____ Subject : Math at precalc or calculus level
Additional Curriculum Ties: Standard: ____ Objective: ____ Standard: ____ Objective: ____
Time Frame: __2_ Time periods that run _90_ minutes each
Group Size: (Select One:) 5 none 5 individual 5 pairs 5 small groups 5 large groups
Career Connections: (Specify the career, if applicable, that this lesson plan supports.)
Engineering
Essential Questions: Click here to enter text.
Bibliography: (Please cite all of the sources you used to create this lesson plan.)
Materials: (You may include attachments and / or websites.)
Specially constructed boxes (with mp3 input jack and breadboard for building audio filter circuit)
Custom power supplies for ±9V regulated, isolated, and short-circuit protected
See website: http://www.ece.utah.edu/eceCTools/_Outreach/_Outreach.htm (click on audio filter circuit links near bottom of page)
Background for Teachers: (You may include attachments and / or websites.)
Understanding of electronics at a basic level, ability to use a multimeter, facility with complex number calculations.
Student Prior Knowledge:
Understanding of complex numbers: addition, multiplication. Familiarity with polar coordinates.
Intended Learning Outcomes:
(What will students know and be able to do as a result of this activity? This outcome should relate closely to the standards and objectives that you selected.)
Students will be able to
*Instructional Procedures: (You may include attachments and / or websites.)
(Provide a detailed explanation of the set of steps taken by the student or teacher to accomplish the objectives of this lesson.)
Strategies for Diverse Learners: (possible modifications to simplify lesson.)
Extensions: (You may include attachments and / or websites.)
Assessment Plan: (You may include attachments and / or websites.)
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