Each team gets 10 paper tubes 2 cereal boxes 5 cups 1 pair of scissors 1 roll of tape and at least 1 marble.
Marbles slide challenge 1.
This could be creative mathematically or artistically.
Some tips you can share.
And could help provide some extra challenge but it has far exceed my expectations for what it could be.
Some got 1 2x when trying to type 1 2x and a i showed some how to press arrow right after the fraction.
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.
The basic idea is that marbles will fall down from a certain point on a graph and students need to graph equations to help them collect all of the stars on the screen.
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.
2 extra points if they use only 1 equation.
Before students are let loose to work at their own pace or with a partner i ll point out 4 features.
Almost 1 min 4 seconds.
In this delightful and challenging activity students will transform parabolas so that the marbles go through the stars.
Students will test their ideas by launching the marbles and will have a chance to revise before trying the next challenge.
Longest time before marble hits the ground.
Students will test their ideas by launching the marbles and will have a chance to revise before trying the next challenge.
Great set up in low entry point and working its way up to attainable challenge problem.
Teams of 3 or 4 participants design and build a marble run that keeps a marble rolling for the longest time.
Love the success feedback on each slide.
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.
It s the only challenge worked on as a whole group.
Setting up visual model i learned from experience that many students skim the percentages and start randomly placing marbles.
Introduce the design challenge.
Give teams 5 minutes to plan their marble run.
I did marble slides with exponentials in my class.
In this delightful and challenging activity students will transform lines so that the marbles go through the stars.
1 2 points if they have a particularly creative solution.
This year i ll be teaching algebra 1 algebra 2 and calculus.
We start challenge 1 together.
