Pentagon busted math pentagon calculator use google maps to find out perimeter and area (obviously) not a full shape, and the kids could use trig, great high school math project
Canstruction
Soul Sanctuary: Canstruction - Food Can Sculptures [40 images] Help Raise Hunger Awareness. can sculptures, multiple shapes, food drive, volume, percentages, this could be unbelievablely neat, thanksgiving idea or for xmas, get the kids thinking about others, do some research on homeless and how we can help
Circumference
Fastest planet - radius and distance around their path
Geometry (Vocab)
Kite project = kite has to have all words involved
Johnies math page good sets of interactive geo problems
Guinness World Records - Slideshows and Picture Stories - msnbc.com good got to use this regularly
Multiple Shapes (Area & Perimeter)
Origami is awesomeeeeee - kids build origami and we vote on class winner and overall winner more ideas good resource winter idea good site another good site 3d origami
Math - multiple shapes, percentage of each shape, percent of each color used
Needs - paper, and website with origami ideas, Free Technology for Teachers: Paper Toys - Build Great Paper Models really cool for building anything with paper, but I will have to print out this for the kids since they can’t print Origami
Kite project = area
ARKive - Discover the world's most endangered species has some good origami under Fun Stuff, great for multiple shapes, probably some really good videos, msnbc video: New view of endangered species
Free Technology for Teachers: North America's Biggest Things great idea for scale % increase and decrease multiple shapes, fractions, volumes and others
Guinness World Records - Slideshows and Picture Stories - msnbc.com good got to use this regularly
Google Earth area, perimeter, but mainly irregular shapes (missing part of shape), pentagon, white house, stadium, percentages of the building, conversions, take a trip their and incorporate google maps and conversion
Surface Area
Wrapping Presents = yummy math
Giant Macroon Nutcracker = yummy math
Lights around xmas tree = yummy math
Wolfram alpha paint to cover the moon idea
Volume
Giant Macroon Nutcracker = yummy math
Macy’s Tday Parade = yummy math, volume of balloons
Wolfram alpha paint to cover the moon idea
You pour I choose = vol cylinder
Cone head day and circles = making a cone and volume, need popcorn
Japans put bikes underground, could be fun, how many bikes can fit under our school, volume of a rectangular prism, then maybe how many cars
Underwater hotel = cylinder
Free Technology for Teachers: North America's Biggest Things great idea for scale % increase and decrease multiple shapes, fractions, volumes and others
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