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Ping Pong Basketball Tourney
Ping Pong Basketball was a blast! The students qualified for the tournament by scaling a court. The tournament was single elimination. The children were randomly put in teams of two for the competition. The Championship game was a thrilling 49-47 victory for mooboy and steelersfan. Check out the photos!
Explorer Golf
The Golf Courses were used to learn about explorers. I wanted the students to get the concept of movement and financial incentive. In teams of four, the students researched an explorer and created a hole. Four cards with information about the explorer were prizes for each hole. The cards were used in a game of Jeopardy later in the learning. The idea being, the cards were an incentive that could be converted into more incentives if played right in Jeopardy. To get a card at a hole, the student needed to par the hole. If a student scored a birdie, that student received two cards. An eagle got you three cards at that hole. After we golfed each hole several times, I began to connect the idea of movement for the explorers with movement on our golf courses. An added bonus was the opportunity to talk golf sportsmanship. Rather ironic if you consider that we were learning about explorers. Check out the holes!
Wii Math
We used a child’s Wii system to collect and organize data into various formats. These formats included stem leaf plot and table chart. Each child drove a golf ball using the Wii. We collected the distance each drive traveled. From there the students began to learn about mean, mode, range, and median using the data we collected on each student’s drive. Check out the action!
Triple D part II: Determining Drive Distance
Paper Football Challenge
The Paper Football Challenge presented several opportunities to extend our learning. During the challenge, we discovered that all triangle angles equal 180 degrees. We practiced measurement by scaling fields for the challenge. Also, we began to investigate fractions, ratios and percents by keeping stats of our kicks from the various yard markers.
Stat Collection
Field Goal Attempt
Football Inspection
Home Run Derby
To qualify for the Home Run Derby, each student needed to create a replica of a real home plate. The perimeter lengths needed to be half the size of the real version. The challenge for the students was getting the angles to be exact too. It took a heavy dose of protractor practice to persevere. We were able to discuss right, obtuse, and acute angles during this activity. Check out the photos!
World Cup of Math
WC of Math was a success! The students made some tight scaled down fields using the real dimensions of a World Cup field. Every meter on a real field was a centimeter on our fields. The children were introduced to the pi, diameter, radius, compass and protractor during this project. We began to solve for perimeter using our fields. This will lead into investigation with circumference. The Shodor website was used to help build understanding of perimeter with the students as an extension of our project. View the photos!
