where's the math in the rain forest?
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Where's the Math in the Rain Forest?. For more K-8 lessons on the Rain Forest go to: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/curriculum. CATHY JONES Secondary Math Instruction Specialist Center for Mathematics and Science Education Arkansas NASA Education Resource Center - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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CATHY JONESSecondary Math Instruction SpecialistCenter for Mathematics and Science EducationArkansas NASA Education Resource Center346 N. West Avenue, Room 202Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701(479) 575-3875(479) 575-5680 (FAX)E-mail: [email protected]: cmase.uark.eduWiki: cmasemath.pbworks.com
For more K-8 lessons on the Rain Forest go to: http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/curriculum
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Domain: Measurement & Data Grades 1 & 2
Most animals sleep at night, just like you. What time do you go to bed? Set that time on the clock. Use an analog clock and a digital one.
Discuss times the students have set. Use the big clock hands, hour and minute cards to show the times. Discuss the hidden numbers.
Compare the times and see how much later or earlier one is than the other.
You may think there are not a lot of people in the Rain Forest and they do not have many meetings to go to, so why is TIME important. But the animals and plants do different things at different times of the day.
The animals are under the trees, trying to keep out of the sun. Is the time 8:30 or 1:00?
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Show that time on the clock.
It is 10 o’clock in the morning in the Rain Forest. Is it daylight or dark? ___________
Show that time on the clock.
It is 11:30 at night. Which animal would be awake? Circle the correct answer. Show that time on the clock. Monkeys Bats
The sun has just begun to shine and the animals are feeding their babies. Is the time 6:15 or 2:30?
______________Show that time on the clock.
NAME: ____________________
Use RED for the hour hand and BLUE for the minute hand.
Print this page for students.
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The animals are under the trees, trying to keep out of the sun. Is the time 8:30 or 12:30?
______________
Show that time on the clock.
It is 10 o’clock in the morning in the Rain Forest. Is it daylight or dark?
_____________Show that time on the clock.
It is 11:30 at night. Which animal would be awake? Circle the right answer. Show that time on the clock. Monkeys Bats
The sun has just begun to shine and the animals are feeding their babies. Is the time 6:15 or 2:30?
______________Show that time on the clock.
NAME: ____________________
Use RED for the hour hand and BLUE for the minute hand.
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Make individual digital clocks , shown here, using ½ sheet of construction paper and number cards. All should be laminated. Fasten with zip ties.
Giant digital clocks can be made using numbers on full sheets of paper. Each stack can be attached with rings and a dowel rod slid through, so that it can be held and flipped. Cards should be laminated.
For a giant analog clock make full size numbers 1-12 on red paper and 5, 10, 15…60 on blue paper. Put strings through so that they can hang around the neck. Use 2 dowels, different lengths, short one red and long one blue. Students stand in a circle with numbers one person in the middle with the hands.