Unit Project: Paper Pool & ACE 4.3

Today we talked about Math Night, which is tomorrow, Thursday, February 25 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Some students said that they will be able to attend with their families, and everyone voted on their favorite POW's from this year. Students will be sharing the problems with their families, and we will be playing a couple of fun games as a group, including the popular game Skunk!

LARGE GROUP ONLY
The large group worked on the new Comparing and Scaling unit project, Paper Pool. We played the game online here. Students explored how many times the ball would hit and what pockets it would go into depending on the dimensions of the table in small groups. The handout describing the project is here.

LARGE GROUP HOMEWORK
Each person should write a report for homework with these 5 parts:
1. A summary of the rules you found, why you think your rules are correct, and anything else you discovered. You might discuss what you noticed as you examined the paths for the different tables and what helped you to arrive at your rules.
2. A drawing of at least one new Paper Pool table (not that is not on the “Paper Pool Tables” activity sheet) for each rule you identified. The drawing should demonstrate that your rule accurately predicts what will happen.
3. Your drawings of the ball’s path on each Paper Pool Table on the “Paper Pool Table” activity sheet as well as any other Paper Pool tables you constructed to help you derive your rules.
4. Any tables, charts, or other tools you used to organize your information.
5. An explanation of any other patterns you found or ideas you have about Paper Pool tables and the path of the ball. (For example, on which tables does the ball’s path follow similar paths? On which tables does the path of the ball look the same?)

Extension Questions (Extra Challenge Bonus)
Can you predict the length of the ball’s path on any size Paper Pool table? Each time the ball crosses a square, it travels 1 diagonal unit. How many diagonal units will the ball’s path cover?

Due next Thursday, March 4.

Remember that the POW: Logic Puzzle is also due Monday, March 1.

Study for the Unit Test, which will be Monday, March 1.

SMALL GROUPS
Cory worked with students on finishing problem 4.2, and they started problem 4.3.

SMALL GROUP ACE HOMEWORK
Problems 4, 15, and 18 on pages 55-57

Due tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 26.