Recess Matters!
Playground Adventures for Young Minds
NETS*S
NETS*S
1. Creativity and Innovation:
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
2. Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
b. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
b. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
Common Core Math
4.MD.2
Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit.
4.NBT.4
Fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.
Contact Information: cheryldick@nixaschools.net
Suggested Grade Level: 4th
This Webquest is designed to have students collect and organize data and analyze that data to decide what equipment to put on their playground design.The groups will be required to prepare a presentation to show Mrs. Sutherland and Mrs. Heathrow utlilizing SMART Notebook software. This presentation must be visually attractive and present the survey results, playground budget, proposed playground design with area and perimeter calculated for each piece of equipment with an explanation of why their playground design should be chosen.