Dear Families,
I visited a math class this week and was extremely impressed with the work the students were doing. The teacher had split the class into groups of four and presented each team with a simple, open-ended problem:
"If there were a road that ran from the earth to the moon... how many liters of gas would it take to drive from the earth to the moon?"
This is a wonderful example of a real world problem. It does not give the students a predetermined plan for finding an answer, there are multiple solutions that can be correct, and it allows for creativity in not just solving the problem but in determining the parameters for the question.
One final wrinkle was that the groups were only permitted to ask five questions either of the teacher or Google.
For those interested, we will post some solutions next week (P.S. the teacher drives a Prius but you could use your own car if you like.)
Regards,
Shane
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