Despite many rainy days that slowed down the painting process, we were able to finish our U.S. map just in time for summer vacation! Students learned how to measure on a ruler to the nearest sixteenth of an inch, how to multiply mixed numbers in order to expand the map from an 8.5”x11” paper to the final version, and how to draw an enlarged version based on the original. There was tons of teamwork and learning happening at every moment!
Aunque habían muchos días lluviosos durante el proceso de pintar, por fin terminamos pintar nuestro mapa de los EEUU apenas antes de las vacaciones de verano. Los estudiantes aprendieron medir con una regla al decimosexto de una pulgada, multiplicar los números mixtos para poder amplificar el mapa original del tamaño 8.5”x11”a la versión final, y también dibujar una versión amplificada usando las matemáticas y la imagen original. ¡Había un montón de trabajo en equipo y todos aprendieron y disfrutaron a la vez!
This last month of school we are doing are painting a huge map of the USA on the playground and hopefully we finish this project before the end of the year it’s a long process. It involves a lot math patience and time.First we measured in inches then we have to blow it up by 40 inches larger than a paper printed map, so this week has been very long but very fun. The teacher has already purchased some paint for the huge map of the US. Then hopefully next week we will get to paint it outside on the playground or well the black top.The map will be so huge that about 1-5 people could fit on Arizona. Lets hope it doesn’t rain!!!
