Snail's Pace
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Act One
- Teacher note1. Guess a time that's too low.
2. Guess a time that's too high.
3. Guess a time that's just right.
*Have students think, pair, share these guesses. Write them on the whiteboard, pieces of paper you collect, or in their math notebooks.
Act Two
- Teacher noteGiven the dimensions of the rectangular slab of concrete, what can you and your students do with this?
Have students construct two paths for the snail:
1) A path that seems realistic and
2) A path that seems absolutely absurd.
Have students explain!
Is it Straight? Diagonal? Curved? Other?
Maybe find the average of the times the students submitted in Act 1. Can you construct the path of the snail from this average?
Give students a few angles at which the snail forms with the side length of 5 ft., 10.5 inches. What if the path is straight, can we use properties of right triangles?
What if the snail goes halfway, makes a U-turn, and heads back to the side it started from?
Have some fun here. - LinkSpeed of Animals
- ImageSnails Pace - Act 2a
- ImageSnails Pace - Act 2b
Sequel
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How long will it take the snail to get to the water? Please tell me you recorded this.
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How long will it take the snail to cross the road...and why did he do it?
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The distance traveled by the snail when he crosses the sidewalk is comparable to what distance for an average middle school student?
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How long would it take this snail to circumnavigate the distance of the equator?
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How far is the snail from home and how long did it take it to get where it is now?
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Does the snail move faster on through the puddled water, or where there it is only wet but not puddled?
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