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
Emily wants to know two things:
The quickest way to move the eagle to
Cumberland City
And how long will that take?
Analogous Problems
The first five analogous problems on the laserdisc focus on the concept of rate in the context of the original story. They explore the fuel and travel time subproblems where one to three factors have been changed and introduce the effect of headwinds and tailwinds. The last problem gives students a chance to transfer all they learned in solving "Rescue at Boone's Meadow" to planning for Charles Lindberg's historic flight to Paris.
The first five analogous problems on the laserdisc focus on the concept of rate in the context of the original story. They explore the fuel and travel time subproblems where one to three factors have been changed and introduce the effect of headwinds and tailwinds. The last problem gives students a chance to transfer all they learned in solving "Rescue at Boone's Meadow" to planning for Charles Lindberg's historic flight to Paris.