My resolution to have more fun in math continues. Today was a hit! While it was REALLY rushed, my students were troopers. After a short bit of direct instruction, introducing the distance formula (as an extension of Pythagorean) and the midpoint formula, they were set loose to work through a problem set in pairs.
What made this a fun and engaging day, is that the answers to the problems corresponded with coordinates on a map of our school.
They worked quickly and accurately. They pealed out of class and ran outside to find my clues. This morning I hid 4 slips of paper, taped out sight, with riddles written on them. The answers to which were things that only my students would know. :)
I can't wait to do this again next year! Though I think I will dedicate one day to the lesson and the next to a longer, more difficult scavenger hunt.
Thank you to all my tweeps for the help and motivation to pull this lesson together, especially
Kate,
Lisa and
Pam.
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| Prize Grab Bag |
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| Working on the problem set. |
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| Figuring out the riddle. |
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