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Active Learning: Measuring Outside


Going Outside

  • After the students practiced measuring a long distance, they went outside.
  • Each student ran the distance the child-sized bug would have run and the time was recorded.
  • Then one student from each group ran for 10 seconds.
  • The other group members measured the distance the student ran.


Solving a Problem

  • Here, one group is having difficulty.
  • The teacher calls a conference with the group.
  • She helps them identify the problem and find a solution.
  • The students are then able to measure the distance successfully.

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