The article Pizza, Pizza, Pizza: Using Technology to Teach Mathematical Modeling walks readers through using the formative assessment process to teach mathematical modeling. A worksheet, small group discussion, and whole group discussion are used to support the diverse needs of students when building math models. In this activity students understand the problem by discussing needed information to solve the problem in small groups and then recording this information on their worksheets. The teacher prompts students to share their assumptions and knowledge about the problem in a whole class discussion. The teacher then uses student answers, to ask others students, how this information could be used to build a geometric model. The teacher uses the students’ ideas about a geometric model to create the Geogebra model. Finally, students are prompted to use the Geogebra model to solve the pizza problem.

This resource includes the article Pizza Pizza PIzza Article which explains how to teach the modeling activity and the worksheet Pizza Pizza Pizza which was used in the modeling lesson. Teachers should read the article and use the Pizza, Pizza, Pizza worksheet or adapt this idea of using Geogebra to create their own lesson and worksheet.