Hello again, it’s been just over a week. This post is about our latest project in Mathematics. It was a pretty fun one once we started. The focus was exponents and everything related to them.
Mindmap:
As usual we made a mindmap at the start of the unit with questions we had, and things we already knew. However I wasn’t there for the first week back from Christmas break, I was away. So I didn’t actually make that mindmap until the end pretty much. But it’s right below.
If you click on the image, you can look at it in a bigger format.
Project:
Our task for this project was to make a game that uses exponents. The game anybody created had to include at least 3 exponent laws. It was a partner project but since I wasn’t here for the first week and my partner wasn’t here for the whole project, I was put into a group with Izzy and Jason. That turned to be a successful move.
Our rulesheet
My group’s game I think showed estimating reasonably very well. To win the game you had to have a certain amount of points, but you couldn’t use a calculator to know if you’d reached the amount. So when you thought you were close, you’d call and you’d calculate. If you went over, or under you busted and had to start from scratch. It was very easy for me especially after the first few rounds because I just memorized the results of several equations that were big enough to actually win like 9^3 or 5^4.
The whole project was also tied with a the curricular competency of develop, demonstrate, and apply mathematical understanding through play, inquiry, and problem solving. Since we were creating a game and then playing it ourselves and showing it to others, I think we met this curricular competency.
The fact we made our own cards for our game could tie our game to the curricular competency of showing mathematical ideas though pictures. To get points in the game, you had to make mathematical equations and estimate what they were right in front of you. So clear cards would help think it out and understand the concepts better.
I think my group could use this curricular competency in reflection, connect mathematical concepts to each other and to other areas and personal interests. I think this because our whole group likes cards games quite a bit, so when we were told to make a game we turned to cards straight away, or at least I would’ve.
Overall I think this project helped me understand the exponent laws better because we had severe allergies of them in our game and playing agame will make it easier to learn just like sometimes a song will help as well.
Well that’s about it, hope you enjoyed this post.