Building a Fish Rack - Kit: Investigations into Proof, Properties, Perimeter, and Area (Math in a Cultural Context)

Type

Book

Authors

Adams, Barbara L.

Lipka, Jerry

ISBN 10

1550592580

ISBN 13

9781550592580

Tags

Study & Teaching, Native American Studies, Mathematics, Elementary Education, Social Sciences

Description

In this module for grade six, formal mathematics are developed through hands-on activities related to building a fish rack for the salmon harvest. Building a Fish Rack provides opportunities to pursue open-ended problems and extended problem-solving projects. Students begin with the overall problem of how to build a fish rack, and from there they explore associated problems such as determining the area for a variety of fish-rack shapes and determining the type of three-dimensional shape that is most structurally stable.

Includes one teacher resource, three posters, and one CD-ROM.

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