This was quite a challenge. Our goal was to estimate how long it would take to WALK to Santa Rosa. Wow, it was quite a bit of math thinking! The students first had to use the scale on their road maps to find the length they would travel, as the crow flies.
We walked for one minute and counted steps.
We measured our stride and determined the average class stride using the median. That was fun!
Finally we had to do a LOT of calculating to determine how many steps and how long it would take. Whew! The great part for me was listening to kids really think it through. They were even able to explain it to our principal when she came in to sing with us. Wow!
This was quite a challenge. Our goal was to estimate how long it would take to WALK to Santa Rosa. Wow, it was quite a bit of math thinking! The students first had to use the scale on their road maps to find the length they would travel, as the crow flies.
We walked for one minute and counted steps.
We measured our stride and determined the average class stride using the median. That was fun!
Finally we had to do a LOT of calculating to determine how many steps and how long it would take. Whew! The great part for me was listening to kids really think it through. They were even able to explain it to our principal when she came in to sing with us. Wow!
2 comments:
that was really hard! It took a long time to but it was fun!
Great project!!!!! Was it from the new math series??? LOVE IT!!!
Mra. C
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