Blog 17: Global Education Resources
Kidlink
Activity: What’s my number?
I found this activity on the Kidlink website and thought it would be a neat assignment to have students do for math. This assignment would go on throughout the whole year because of the many different things students learn about throughout the school year. This increase in knowledge will help students come up with better challenges. It also can be fun to come up with challenges for other students to solve. This activity is ongoing because students who are solving other student’s challenges may have to do some research to find the number needed to solve the challenge. To have students do this activity on a global scale they will have to do research themselves about other countries of their choosing to find parts of their challenges.
Here is a description of the activity:
In this project, students are asked to do two things:
- Create a set of clues that challenge other students to use math to determine a specific number.
- Solve other math challenges posted by participants in this project.
Let's see if you can make math challenges that:
- contain no numbers. Use descriptions of the number to lead others to determine the number.
- contain a clue that mentions something about the area where you live and/or your interests.
Make sure they solve their own challenge(s) before they send it to others.
Here is a sample of a math challenge sent by a student in Argentina to Delmar students:
- The number of the States in the United States of America
- + plus the strings of a Stradivarius.
- _ minus the number of people in a soccer field
- x times the age of the football player Maradonna when he won the World Cup in 1986.
By doing this activity students will:
- develop number sense and explore other numeration systems
- identify the multiple uses of numbers in the real world
- develop common understandings of mathematical ideas and definitions
- acquire confidence in using mathematics meaningfully
- appreciate mathematics from a multicultural perspective
- select an appropriate computational method
- formulate questions and develop problem-solving strategies
- solve word problems with a variety of structures
- estimate and judge the reasonableness of answers
- collect, organize, display and interpret data
- demonstrate and apply the concept of measurement using various types of units
- work cooperatively
- justify their thinking
- recognize and describe patterns
- use calculators in appropriate computational situations
- use technology and the Internet as a tool for problem solving and information gathering
- value the role of math in our culture and society
Retrieved from: http://www.kidlink.org/kidspace/start.php?HoldNode=899
ThinkQuest
This website is good for project based ideas for students to work on in groups. They have many ways for students to work together to research a topic, write about it, and then present it to the class. Students will use technology to do their research and will be able to discuss their findings with the other members of their group. This is a great way to encourage students to learn on their own, organize what each member will research, and analyze their findings with their group members to come up with a finished project.
NASA CONNECT
This website can be useful to use for science. Students can see what programs NASA is working on or currently doing. An example of using this website would be to follow the launch of a mobile laboratory on Mars that is expected to launch November 25, 2011. It isn’t expected to land on Mars until August of 2012 but students can research the planet Mars, what the purpose of sending the laboratory is, and what they think the effects of the information the lab gathers may have on the world. Starting this project may also keep the students interest in it and they might continue monitoring its activities when it lands on their own because of their newfound curiosity.
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