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Use the Student Handbook: when you need a challenge; the Problem-Solving Projects apply all of the math you have learned so far in school when you need more practice with addition facts and subtraction facts OSH
: Projects This week, you will plan a class trip to Pepper Park, an imaginary theme park filled with roller coasters. Day Learn About The Location. Look at the table. Find the roller coaster that is the tallest. Circle it. How could you use this information to plan your trip? Roller Coaster Height in Feet Emerald Peak 0 Green Streak Twister 0 Little Dipper 0 Grizzly Run 0 Whirly Bird 0 Avalanche 0 Big Dipper 0 Scream Stream. Choose one roller coaster. Use strips of graph paper to show its height. Each stands for foot. Label the highest point. Project OSH
Projects Day Plan Your Time You have to wait in line to ride the roller coasters at Pepper Park. There are signs that tell you how long each ride takes. Color the schedule to show how much time you will spend at each ride. You may not have time for each ride. Use a different color for each ride. Twister 0 minutes Emerald Peak 0 minutes Whirly Bird 0 minutes Scream Stream Avalanche Green Streak Grizzly Run 0 minutes Big Dipper 0 minutes Little Dipper 0 minutes 0 minutes 0 minutes 0 minutes OSH Project
Day Create a Budget Wise trip-planners find out how much a trip will cost ahead of time. This is called budgeting. Write your answers on a separate piece of paper. Getting There. The class will rent vans to get to the park. Each van can seat students. There are students in your class. Draw a picture to show how many vans will need to be rented.. It costs $0 to rent a van for one day. Make a table to show how much the vans will cost altogether. Tickets. Tickets to the park cost $ for an entire class. How much money should each student pay? Use and a by grid to solve. Show your work. Lunch. Each student can eat one-fourth of a pizza. How many pizzas should the teacher order in all? Draw a picture to solve. Then find the cost.. The students need drinks to go with their pizza. A pitcher of lemonade holds enough for five students. Make a table to show how much money drinks will cost in all. Total Costs. Record your costs in the chart below. How much does the class field trip cost in all? Getting There Tickets Lunch Projects Total Costs Project OSH
Projects Day Make a Map A map will help students find their way through Pepper Park.. Use the clues below to create your own map of the park.. Cut out the roller coaster signs from Day and glue them where they belong on your map. Clue # Grizzly Run is in the center. Clue # Avalanche is between Big Dipper and Emerald Peak. Clue # Avalanche is to the left of Grizzly Run. Clue # Scream Stream is east of Grizzly Run. Clue # Grizzly Run is north of Twister. Clue # Whirly Bird is between Big Dipper and Green Streak. Day Present Your Work Present your project to the class. Wrap-Up. How can you use math to plan a trip?. How could you reduce the amount of money that this trip will cost? OSH Project
: Projects This week, you will be searching for a hidden treasure. Your mission is to decode a secret message that will lead to the treasure. Day Measure to the Treasure. Choose two points in the classroom. My group chose and.. Measure the distance between your points using a standard unit of measure. The distance is.. Create a test question based on this activity.?. Copy your test question onto a note card. Project OSH
Projects Day Pay Your Way to the Gold H A U H A U. Choose an amount of money that is less than $. For example: $ My group chose.. Show your amount using bills or coins. If using coins, try to use at least one of each coin. or. Write a subtraction sentence to show $ - your amount. Record your answer.. Write an addition sentence to check your work. Then use money to solve. Record your answer.. Draw out your subtraction sentence with money on a note card. Leave the answer blank. For example: - = OSH Project
Day Get In on the Action with Fractions Projects A IS EN A IS EN. Find a small set of objects in the classroom. For example: connecting cubes My group chose a set of.. Count the total number of objects. There are in all.. Count the number of objects that are alike in some way. of them are.. Write a fraction to show the number of objects that are alike. For example: _ of the cubes are blue. _ of the are.. Make a test question based on this activity. Write it on a note card. Project OSH
Projects Day Shape Up Before You Ship Out ND RN T T ND RN T T. Choose an object in the classroom. For example: the chalkboard My group chose.. On the front of your note card, create clues about the object using geometry terms. For example: I have sides and vertices.. On the back of your note card, describe the purpose of this object. For example: The teacher writes on me. Day Time For Treasure!. Put the secret message together. A H R S SK! A H R S SK!. Use the secret message to find the hidden treasure. The treasure is. OSH Project
: Projects This week, you will set up a store to sell your very own food creation. Day Create Your Product. As a group, brainstorm how you could use the food provided by your teacher to create a new snack product.. List the ingredients needed to make of your products.. Write out your recipe on a note card. Remember to list and number every step.. Give your product a name.. Draw a picture of your product. Project OSH
Projects Day Add Up Your Costs. Use your recipe and the Supplies chart to find the cost of of your products. Write a number sentence to show the cost. Item Supplies Cost 0. Decide how you will package your product. Write a number sentence to show the total cost of packaged product. per ounce per teaspoon. Each store needs to have packaged products. Write a number sentence to show the total cost of packaged products.. Gather your ingredients and packaging. Follow your recipe times to create packaged products. 0 OSH Project
Day Shop Around. Set up your store. Create a store name, signs, and price tags for each product. Projects Our store is named.. Present your product to the class. Try to convince your classmates that your product is the best.. Use play money to buy one product at another shop. Choose a product that you might really want to eat. I bought.. Use the chart to keep track of your classmates purchases. How many products did your group sell? Our group sold Product products. Number of Products Sold Project OSH
Projects Day Compare Your Profits. Write a number sentence to show how much money your group earned in sales.. To find profit, you subtract your costs from the money you earned in sales. Write a number sentence to show your group s profit.. Present your findings to the class.. Use the table to compare each group s profits. Group Profit in $ Day Dare to Share Exchange recipes with other groups. Follow their directions to make their products. Wrap-Up. How do companies use math?. What could your group do to increase its profits? OSH Project
Projects : This week, you will design your very own playground. Day What Do You See?. Which figures can you find in the picture above? I see.. Explore the playground at your school. How many of each figure can you find? triangle rhombus rectangle hexagon circle trapezoid Project OSH
Projects Day Design Your Pieces. Design your playground equipment on your own paper. Be sure to include: monkey bars a slide swings a curly slide a tire swing rings teeter totters. Your playground equipment should include at least one: repeating pattern odd number growing pattern fraction of _ even number fraction of _. Complete each sentence. I used a repeating pattern I used a growing pattern There is an even number of. There is an odd number of. of the are. of the are... OSH Project
Day Design a Basketball Court for the Playground. Create a basketball court on a separate sheet of paper. Draw the whole court first.. Your basketball court should measure inches long on the sides. Then it should measure inches long at the top and bottom.. Draw the free throw line. Make a box that measures inches on each side. Draw the half circle at the top.. Draw the center of the court. This is a large circle.. Remember to draw the hoops.. If you have a basketball court at your school, choose the correct tool to measure the length of it.. If you do not have a basketball court, see if there is room to draw one on the playground using chalk. Use the correct measuring tool to help draw the court. Projects Project OSH
Projects Day Play Day. Exchange your playground with a partner.. How long would your partner play at your playground? Draw the hands on the clocks. Start Finish. How long would your partner play at your playground? Day Finishing Touches. Give your playground a name. The name of my playground is.. Add some finishing touches around the outside of your playground. Try to include: flowers: _ trees: _ benches: _ drinking fountains of the flowers are pink. of the trees are pine trees. of the benches are painted red. OSH Project
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