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We walked today and used pedometers to track the steps we took as we walked around the perimeter of the city block.  We used the number of steps we walked in a 10 meter distance to do some distance calculations too.

We made rectangular prisms today with the volume of 300 cubic centimeters.  We did calculations, made nets, and assembled them.  The next step will be to calculate the surface area, and compare all the different sizes of prisms.

Today we worked on determining the perimeter and area of complex shapes.

We also practiced showing our thinking on paper.

We are comparing bean growth by making scatter plots.

These two rectangles have the same perimeter.  They are made from the same number of toothpicks.

The areas are different.  Perimeter is the sum of all the side lengths.  Area is the space inside, length times width.

Today grade 9s learned about clubs.

Then had grade 9 fun day at Grass Creek Park!  Back to regularly scheduled math class tomorrow.

Today we read a book about Sir Cumference, that introduces ideas about circumference, diameter, radius, and pi in very creative ways.

We are talking about circles, cylinders and spheres.

We were able to find out how much empty space is in the container.

We worked on various measuring skills today.

We measured wood in inches and centimeters, and measured how many scoops it takes to raise the water level to 2,4,6 and 8 cups.

We counted in “one fourths” and solved some problems involving fractions.

We learned how to play the stacking review game.  There are 10 cards with fractions on one side, and percents on the other.  The cards are placed percent side up.  One card is flipped to show the fraction.  The goal is to find the percent that matches, and flip it onto the pile to reveal a new fraction.  The game continues until all cards are on the stack.  The card on the top should show a fraction that matches the percent on the card on the bottom.



We opened up our beans today….we could smell that it was time!  Some grew, some did not.  We represented our results as fractions and decimals.

Some were really growing a lot!

We planted the beans and will water them and measure their growth.