Many teachers use time after the Challenge in the Jasper adventure has been solved to focus students' attention on the mathematics they applied during the excitement of coming up with their solutions. The Jasper context provides a natural anchor for additional mathematical activities and lessons. Teachers may develop their own problems, or have students solve selected analogous problems provided on the laserdisc to help deepen their understanding of the concepts and skills involved in this Jasper adventure, and extension problems to broaden their learning into related subject areas.
Challenge
Create a proposal to submit to Mary Stewart Downey.
Remember to explain why the proposal will have a positive environmental impact.
Analogous Problems
The first analogous problem looks at the River Cleanup project, focusing on the concept of rate. The second problem also revisits this project, to explore the concepts of mean, medium and mode. The next problem examines samples and censuses, the differences between the two methods and when one is more appropriate than the other. The last two problems examine various sampling techniques used to estimate animal populations.
The first analogous problem looks at the River Cleanup project, focusing on the concept of rate. The second problem also revisits this project, to explore the concepts of mean, medium and mode. The next problem examines samples and censuses, the differences between the two methods and when one is more appropriate than the other. The last two problems examine various sampling techniques used to estimate animal populations.