THEME: Exploring growth and decay

AGENDA:

1. Rolling rectangles: Which one holds more?
   1. How many grains of rice is that?
   2. Volume extension – How many cm³  
   3. Volume formula; conversions
2. Exploring growth
   1. The King’s chessboard PART 1: Defining the problem
   2. The King’s chessboard PART 2: How did the King do?
   3. The King’s chessboard PART 3: Lessons learned

3.  Extensions:
   1. What are some problems that your students have when learning about these topics?
   2. How can we make that more real-life related
4. Future work
   1. Blackboard
   2. Mars project?

NOVEMBER NOTES

June 2003
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