Heather Cameron & Kelsey Parsons Dinosaur Hunt Grade Level: 3rd According to NCTM: In grades 3–5, students should understand and apply basic concepts of probability and be able to… • describe events as likely or unlikely and discuss the degree of likelihood using such words as certain, equally likely, and impossible; • predict the probability of outcomes of simple experiments and test the predictions; • understand that the measure of the likelihood of an event can be represented by a number from 0 to 1. Description: This activity is designed to help students understand that probability is like a prediction in math. By doing a basic experiment using colored dinosaurs, students will be able to describe probability outcomes as likely, unlikely, equally likely, certain, or impossible, and determine the chances of drawing each color from a box. After students determine the experimental probability, they will discover the theoretical probability by looking at the dinosaurs and recording the likelihood of drawing each color. Prerequisite Knowledge: • Number sense (counting) • Data usage and representation …show more content…
The activity is called “Dinosaur Hunt” and is designed to help students pursue their natural mathematical curiosity of chance. It is important that children get hands-on experience with mathematical concepts that so they can begin to grasp new content and clarify their own thinking. For example, students will work on this activity with a partner and learn about experimental and theoretical probability without being taught the formal definitions of these concepts. Theoretical probability is what we expect to happen when doing an experiment based on the possible outcomes, and experimental probability is what actually happens when we try it out. Students will discover the difference between experimental and
19) To establish a probability distribution, the relative frequency for each possible outcome of the variable is found by dividing the frequency of observation by the total number of observations.
The Titanosaurus is a newly discovered dinosaur well more like found in the year of 2012. The Titanosaurus was found by a ranch owner in Argentina, by the name you could probably figure out that the dinosaur is huge it's 65 feet tall and 131 feet long and weighs about 77 metric tons (170,000 lbs). but that's not all because the ranch owner called a museum to tell them he found some fossils. The American Museum Of Natural History found out that the animals only been underground for little less than a year, it's so recently found that it doesn't have a species name yet. The American Museum Of Natural History also used new technologies were used on this where the bones were actually laser scanned and prototype from the laser again. This went from
Children are naturally curious about the world around them. Once a child gains mobility it is a constant exploration to absorb all they be able to. Bringing this exploration into the classroom is the focus of this lesson. It is created to both allow for investigation and to present their discoveries to others and share what they learned on their expedition. With educational funding as it is today it is difficult to take students out of the classroom setting to explore their world so it is up to teachers to creatively find ways to incorporate the outside world into the classroom. Using technology, students’ imagination and a few objects of interest you can construct a world of discovery in your own classroom. Through this lesson I have
Not only was this a fun, interactive way to connect with younger students, but it also taught me a lot about probability, one of the most useful types of math. Throughout each step in the complicated process of designing and running my carnival game, I was able to learn and grow as both a math student and an artist. I think that the probability carnival has been one of the most memorable and enjoyable projects that I have done while at Park, and I can’t wait to see what this year’s sixth graders do next
The activity is called Whack It! Place Value Math Game. It helps students to learn place value outside their workbook. The game, contain the materials of a flyswatter that anyone can get from a store, some painters tape, paper and markers. The game starts out by putting each number inside a box that you made with the painter’s tape. After you put each number in the box, the student will read the number aloud and hit each place value square with the flyswatter at the same time.
I watched Jurassic World when it came out and enjoyed it. Does it give more about the rogue dinosaur on how it was created in the lab? I would find that very interesting to know how or what the dinosaur is created out of. I think I might check this website out because it would be interesting to learn more about the characters and about other dinosaurs. I think it is cool how they include make believe events for Jurassic World like it is really up and running. The website creator put a lot of thought into the making of the site if they put events up of what is going on in Jurassic World. What else make the website more educational beside the pictures and information of dinosaurs? For example games for the kids
In the slice of a moment, Ian Callahan lost everything he cared about. Chained and abandoned, he awakens on the edge of insanity. One thing brings him back—the memory of a lover he’s only seen in his dreams.
What could go wrong when you genetically-manufacture dinosaurs for human entertainment? An adaptation of a novel, the Jurassic Park film series begged to answer that question with 3 popular Steven Spielberg-affiliated installments over 8 years; the last one being released in 2001. Plot ideas for a 4th movie were reportedly bounced around, and apparently it took 14 years to settle on one. Looking at the ultimate concept, one might wonder why it took so much brain power: the scientists create a dinosaur that ends up threatening everyone's life. Sounds pretty obvious...and familiar. At a baseline level, Jurassic World (directed by Colin Trevorrow with a co-written screenplay by Trevorrow, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver and Derek Connolly) is a good,
The motivation that led to the discovery was to go beyond the everyday definition and understanding of what fossils are, why we dig them up, and the creatures they once belonged to. This article, as it was written, was for the purpose of “introducing the reader to the various biological, geological, hydrological, and atmospheric alterations that affect fossil bones and teeth.” The questions being presented are, “what can fossils tell you? “and “what was the specimen’s significance? “This overview of the book “The Morphology of Fossil Bones," goes into greater detail than the dictionary definition of fossils. Each chapter presents new criteria on more specialized topics. For example, chapter two, “[ is] an overview of select traits or characteristics
The Probability Carnaval was really fun. I really enjoyed it and I think that the first and second graders were beside themselves. While I was having a blast with the kids, I took some data, here is what I got: There were 48 students who played my game. There were 12 people who won my game. 12/48=¼. That is the experimental probability of my game. The experimental probability is the probability based off of the data that I collected. One time out of four a kid wins.
The activity is to introduce and examine symmetry in nature with year three students in a fun and exciting manner, allowing for self-exploration achieved by the completion of a drawing that will represent an object from the environment displaying symmetry. It also promotes critical and creative thinking while developing the student’s spatial reasoning skills. The activity demonstrates the importance of symmetry in the real-world as it provides students with a different perspective of the world around them and how symmetry can create balance and order (Knuchel, 2004).
The reading claims that fossil collectors have negative effects on both scientists and the general public. However, the lecturer finds all the ideas dubious and presents some evidence to refute them all.
Indigenous people in the Amazon basin largely get their livelihood through agriculture and natural resource extraction. Among these, hunting is a socioeconomical activity that has important meanings for these communities (Souza-Mazurek et al., 2000; Mendes-Oliveira et al, 2004; Strong, 2010). The game animals have a high protein content that even surpasses other foods that are commonly eaten by traditional communities, such as fish meat and cassava flour. Beyond the purpose of consumption, hunting activity is embedded in the culture of many communities, participating in the mystical and spiritual relationships of those people (Ayres, 1991; Peres, 2001,2006;
The future growth prospects for Fossil are many though competition is really tough. If they manage to succeed as they have done it in the Watch producing market they can expand their business easily. As competition was already very high in the watch producing market hence they need to maintain their quality and their brand by which they can think of expanding in the same sector and then expanding
2015 seems to be the year for dinosaurs, what with the release of ‘Jurassic World’ earlier and now ‘The Good Dinosaur’. While ‘Jurassic World’ focused on the havoc dinosaurs could create, this movie revolves around the life of a timid and clumsy dinosaur born in a small family of working dinosaurs. Directed by Peter Sohn, the movie features actors Raymond Ochoa, Jack Bright, Sam Elliott, Anna Paquin, and Steve Zahn in the voice over for the dinosaurs.