Great set up in low entry point and working its way up to attainable challenge problem.
Marbles slide challenge 1.
This could be creative mathematically or artistically.
We start challenge 1 together.
2 extra points if they use only 1 equation.
Almost 1 min 4 seconds.
1 2 points if they have a particularly creative solution.
Some got 1 2x when trying to type 1 2x and a i showed some how to press arrow right after the fraction.
Some tips you can share.
Before students are let loose to work at their own pace or with a partner i ll point out 4 features.
Students will test their ideas by launching the marbles and will have a chance to revise before trying the next challenge.
Introduce the design challenge.
In this delightful and challenging activity students will transform lines so that the marbles go through the stars.
Teams of 3 or 4 participants design and build a marble run that keeps a marble rolling for the longest time.
Give teams 5 minutes to plan their marble run.
Marble slow race gravity challenge for lakes magnet school.
This year i ll be teaching algebra 1 algebra 2 and calculus.
Setting up visual model i learned from experience that many students skim the percentages and start randomly placing marbles.
Longest time before marble hits the ground.
1 point if their solution is very consistent if you watch a student s solution it might not work perfectly because there is some variation depending on your screen size.
And could help provide some extra challenge but it has far exceed my expectations for what it could be.
It s interesting how a majority of students who solved this challenge decided to split the pathway of the marbles with an upside down v made of 2 lines.
I did marble slides with exponentials in my class.
They had to graph exponentials by hand the night before for homework and struggled so i thought it would be a great opener for the class.
Love the success feedback on each slide.
It s the only challenge worked on as a whole group.
The kids loved it.
In this delightful and challenging activity students will transform parabolas so that the marbles go through the stars.
Each team gets 10 paper tubes 2 cereal boxes 5 cups 1 pair of scissors 1 roll of tape and at least 1 marble.
