Created by Frances Harper (adapted from a lesson by Sheila Orr)

  • High school geometry project
  • Mathematics topics: centers of triangle; properties of points of concurrency
  • Social justice issue: students explore what two ways of providing clean drinking water to communities and propose possible locations for a clean water source or a factor that produces water filters
  • Pedagogical strategies: Complex Instruction (collaborative learning) and project-based learning

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