Grade 9 Gardens
This is the start of our bean experiment. Each group is trying to sprout kidney beans and black eyed peas.
We put 5 of each type of bean, in moist paper towel.
Our gardens are enclosed in plastic bags on our window sill.
We hypothesized about the numbers of beans that would sprout and expressed our guess as a percent. We’ll keep watching the beans grow, and chart their height to see the trend.
Starting off Grade 10
Our first activity in grade 10 fostered teamwork and a little bit of math. The question was to determine how many plastic cups would be in a stack 6 feet tall.
There were a few different approaches to solving the problem mathematically, and many groups confirmed their calculations by building tall towers.
We wrote up solutions and then used post-its to comment on strengths and areas to improve upon.
Good solutions should have words, numbers, equations, graphs, and a clear explanation of variables and assumptions. A clear diagram can be very useful for showing measurements.
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