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.
Marbles slide challenge 1.
Before students are let loose to work at their own pace or with a partner i ll point out 4 features.
Longest time before marble hits the ground.
1 2 points if they have a particularly creative solution.
Some got 1 2x when trying to type 1 2x and a i showed some how to press arrow right after the fraction.
In this delightful and challenging activity students will transform parabolas so that the marbles go through the stars.
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.
Love the success feedback on each slide.
This year i ll be teaching algebra 1 algebra 2 and calculus.
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.
Great set up in low entry point and working its way up to attainable challenge problem.
I did marble slides with exponentials in my class.
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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 kids loved it.
2 extra points if they use only 1 equation.
In this delightful and challenging activity students will transform lines so that the marbles go through the stars.
Setting up visual model i learned from experience that many students skim the percentages and start randomly placing marbles.
Teams of 3 or 4 participants design and build a marble run that keeps a marble rolling for the longest time.
Students will test their ideas by launching the marbles and will have a chance to revise before trying the next challenge.
This could be creative mathematically or artistically.
Marble slow race gravity challenge for lakes magnet school.
Introduce the design challenge.
It s the only challenge worked on as a whole group.
Students will test their ideas by launching the marbles and will have a chance to revise before trying the next challenge.
Almost 1 min 4 seconds.
Give teams 5 minutes to plan their marble run.
