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
Jasper wants to know two things:
When should he leave for home?
Can he make it without running out of fuel?
Analogous Problems
Four analogous problems focus on the time and fuel subproblems in the context of the original story where one to three factors have been changed. Another problem explores the relationship between volume and capacity. The last problem transfers the original "Journey to Cedar Creek" Challenge into the new trip planning situation of driving a tug boat from St. Louis to New Orleans.
Four analogous problems focus on the time and fuel subproblems in the context of the original story where one to three factors have been changed. Another problem explores the relationship between volume and capacity. The last problem transfers the original "Journey to Cedar Creek" Challenge into the new trip planning situation of driving a tug boat from St. Louis to New Orleans.