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Real World Mathutah.agclassroom.org
Integration of Math & Science Inquiry based instruction (preferred
science method) leads to enduring understandings and student achievement.
Understanding math concepts is essential to students being able to answer scientific questions.
Math is a tool Questioning, through inquiry, provides the
motivation for learning facts that will help to solve “real world” problems.
Math facts are like phonograms in language. They are the building blocks for solving more complex equations.
Real world problems evolve into questions which develop the equations that lead to calculations and possible solutions
Problem Solving Story Problems Prediction & Estimation Measurements (English/Metric)
Weight Length Diameter Volume Temperature
Time Money & decimals Fractions & Percentages Graphing
Use the skills of: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Real World Examples from Agriculture
Use the familiar things we use everyday to begin the inquiry leading to problem solving and math skill practice.
Agricultural Ideas Bees - measurement Pumpkins - prediction Wheat – estimation, statistics Rice - exponents Sunflower Seeds - fractions Pizza - time Popcorn – measurement (mass, volume & weight) Barns & Maps- measurement Weather - measurement Grocery Ads – money, decimals Food Packaging – measurement, percentages
Sum-up…Pun intended Some students need more
repetition in the facts than others Inquiry/Story Problems allows
higher order thinking Recognition vs. reward
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