Popcorn in Math?
A school wide math problem was undertaken this week and students explored how to build a container that would hold the most popcorn, from an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper. Grade 4's took this up in table groups and came up with a container that would hold the most popcorn and a way to decide how that would be measured. Some of the materials that were used were: measuring cups, beakers, scales and counting! They did a great job on this assignment!
A school wide math problem was undertaken this week and students explored how to build a container that would hold the most popcorn, from an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper. Grade 4's took this up in table groups and came up with a container that would hold the most popcorn and a way to decide how that would be measured. Some of the materials that were used were: measuring cups, beakers, scales and counting! They did a great job on this assignment!
Math and Olympics wrapped up with our Keynote Presentations. Students shared their knowledge of how numbers played a role in sports and how their country performed. They learned a lot through this inquiry and many were able to see connections between numbers, rankings, times, and how numbers lived so naturally in any sport.
Other events that happened this week were Mathematical Bingo, nightly Alice & Wonderland rehearsals, a full day field trip to Southland Leisure Center (which made for some exhausted children), Energy Diet Challenges continued, and Broom-Ball started in PE. Students will no longer need to bring their skates and sticks to school, just those helmets - and maybe their rubber boots now! Broom-Ball will be continuing until our Spring Break. Here's to hoping that our next week is a bit slower... or not!