Statistics Investigations
In our class we had to do some hands on work for maths. We got to build marble runs and paper planes. We then had to do measuring and male graphs of our results.
Planes
We had to research and make 2 different style paper planes aiming to make the planes fly as far as possible. Next we had to make a statement on a variable (something e.g. wind) that might affect flight distance. Next we collected data by trialling each plane and recording the distance it traveled alongside the variable ywe were testing. Then we made graphs on Google Sheets
Marble Runs
We had to make a stable ramp. The ramp could be made using a wooden metre ruler with a groove down the middle of it, two metre rulers joined together or other suitable material like cardboard. The ramp needed to remain the same throughout the whole time so we had to be careful not to break it. We put one end of the ramp on books to make a slope and the other end positioned so the marble could roll until it stopped without hitting anything. 
We had to roll the marble 20 times, 5 times each at 10cm's, 20cm's 80cms and 90cms. We then had to measure and record the distances the marbles rolled. Last we had to make a graph.
We used heaps of tape and cardboard but it was a fun way to do graphs.
KIA ORA Blake town school wow this marble run really caught my eye had you thought about doing other thing and other games i have tried and done one at home but it did not work. when did you make this ? Noho ora mai Lilly
ReplyDeleteKia ora!! I like the way you put a lot of info into yore blog post. Next time you could have a video of the paper plans. This reminds me of when I had a paper plan race at school. Was it fun? Noho ora mai.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like fun creating all those thing at school maybe I will try some at home because I am really crafty! thank you for some awesome craft ideas.
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