Now that I finally have time to sit down at my computer and create a new post, all of the wonderful thoughts I have had over the past couple of days are floating around somewhere in my very overwhelmed head!
So I will write about the last coherent thought I had.
I had my math kids using the computers this week. We are learning about time right now and I teach the advanced kids so we are learning about elapsed time. I told them the Mayor (after which I learned Sterling does not actually have a mayor, what's up with that?!?!) needed help designing a poster for the city. They had to research the first day of each season and find out what time the sunrise and sunset were each day and then figure out the total amount of sunlight to see which season is the longest.
It went pretty well. Some students were much more familiar and capable using the internet. They found a good site that we all ended up using to find the information. Once they gathered all of the information, they designed a poster using Pixie to send to the Mayor.
What a great idea! What grade do you teach? I think the problem we run into when we plan to do elaborate lessons like these, is do we really have the time available to carry this through?
ReplyDeleteI really would like to keep this idea in mind for when I teach ellapsed time, but in the back of my mind I'm thinking do I actually have time time to devote to this project or would it be best to continue on with my curriculum?
I feel terrible that I still think that way!!
Thanks for sharing your lesson!!