Math Inquiry Project: Sharing the Planet - Data Analysis, Measure, Fractions

Help the chickens escape a life of drudgery with this week long inquiry based math project focusing on the concepts of sharing the planet and animal rights. It offers collaborative learning and hands on inquiry requiring the children to solve problems, think critically and apply their knowledge of measure, area, data analysis, fractions, ratio tables and word problems as they help:

• Chickens to escape a factory farm with the help of the fastest farm animals
• Plan and design a chicken farm, chicken coop and run using measure and fractions
• Research, compare and contrast data of wingspans, analyse data and record their data
• Build model wings based on measure and research
• Calculate the amount of food necessary for their chicken farm
• And much more!

Informational text is included that the children will have to identify and use in order to solve the problems. Research will be necessary as the children have to know the various wingspans of certain birds and compare them with chickens. UK & USA spelling included.

It culminates in a class presentation of the facts found ,reasoning as to their plan and design of their team’s escape and new chicken coop and run. Comparing and contrasting each group’s work, helps with critical thinking too and communication skills. Wholly differentiated, ( Task B cards are less challenging) you can use it as a summative assessment tool of the skills and standards included.

It can be created as a booklet or in a binder, with a front cover included, being used as a goal setting pre assessment for the children. Mix and match the pages to suit your students’ needs.

I prefer to have the children work on the design pages individually before they compare their designs within a small group and work together to collaboratively create their group plan of the chicken coop & run and the great escape!

This inquiry based math packet is easy to print and go, perfect for an IB PYP Sharing the Planet theme and thoroughly encourages student agency throughout. I designed it for my IB PYP 4th grade class. It can be used 3rd – 5th grade too. You will find the following skills and standards ideally suited for the IB PYP Phases 3 & 4 and CCSS Math for 4th and 5th grade:

• Number sense and base ten operations
• Fractions: adding
• Measure: using measuring tools , area & perimeter
• Geometry: identifying polygons and angles
• Data analysis

Make math fun, engaging and authentic!

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Enjoy!

Susan Powers

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