Math Lessons

A few of the student's flip books.

Math Lesson: We made flip books with a bar graph, line graph, and Venn diagram about some of the ideas the students talked about. Then we found the mean, median, and mode of the data. Understanding of the mean, median and mode is important for use with all sets of numbers, and as an introductory concept in statistics. I instructed students to put their name, class number, and the title “Graphs”. Then to write “Bar Graph” on the second page, “Line Graph” on the third page, “Venn Diagram” on the fourth page. After the students finished making the graphs with the data we discussed (such as their favorite animals, favorite food, and a Venn about fishing and hunting), I discussed what mean means and how to get it. Then I distributed calculators so can get the mean (average) of the data they collected from the bar graph and line graph. Then discussed median (middle number) and mode (number that occurs most often). I allowed students to do this on the bar graph and line graph. The students shared their work with the rest of the class and we hung up their artwork in the classroom.  

 

Students hard at work on their planet.



Student's solar system.

Another Math Lesson: This lesson was divided into two days. On the first day, we filled out a worksheet that helped us find the relative size diameter of all the planets in the solar system and then we measured four planets and figured out which planets they were. On the second day, we used one of the planets that we colored to make four other planets out of poster paper and hung them on the wall. We made our own solar system in the room. This allows students to see how much bigger or smaller the other planets are compared to Earth. It is a great hands-on activity.