Grade : 7
Materials : list of stores at Cocowalk, conversion chart, paper, pencil, pen, ruler, calculator.
Objective : Students will select 6 stores and 1 restaurant at Cocowalk and measure the distance of traveling from store to store.
Mathematical Concepts : estimation, feet, table, rate, distance, formula, yards, points, addition, subtraction
NCTM Standards: Standard 1: Measurement as Problem Solving, Standard 2: Mathematics as Communication, Standard 7: Computation and Estimation, Standard 13: Measurement
Procedure:
(1) Go on field trip to Cocowalk.
(2) From a list of stores, student will pick 6 stores and 1 restaurant to go to.
(3) Student will make a list of the stores and label them 1 - 6.
(4) Students, individually, will measure the distance from Store 1 to Store 2 and label that distance A. (Their distance will be measured by using estimation. One of their feet will equal one foot. All distance is in feet.)
Point B will be the distance, in feet, from Store 2 to Store 3.
Point C will be the distance from Store 3 to the restaurant.
Point D will be the distance from the restaurant to Store 4.
Point E will be the distance from Store 4 to Store 5.
Point F will be the distance from Store 5 to Store 6.
(5) Place all of the distances and points in a table.
(6) Convert all of the distances from feet to yards.
(7) Using your table :
(a) Figure out how far you traveled before lunch (Points A - C).
(b) Figure out how far you traveled after lunch (Points D - F).
(c) Figure out how far you traveled all day.
(d) Bonus question :
If you were at the mall 7 hours and you spent 6 hours shopping and 1 hour
at lunch, what was your rate of shopping 6 hours ?
Use d = rt (HINT : Use the answer from question C as your distance and 6
hours as time).
References : Mathematics Plus Math Book, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1992.
Internet website : http://www.cocowalk.com
the principal (for approval of field trip), Cocowalk mall manager, chaperones and bus drivers
Contributors : Major : Leatisha Brown
Minor : Carol A. Marinas, Shervon Monrose, Kari Kupfer
POINTS DISTANCE (FEET) DISTANCE (YARDS)
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B
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D
E
F