Comparing Your World

Web Resources

• http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/numbersnature/

• http://www.mathsisfun.com/numberpatterns.html

• http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
  

• http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/mag/2005/185/mos/
  

• http://psych.hanover.edu/Krantz/sen_tut.html

  
  

Supplies

• Per student -

  1   ruler (reusable)
  1   Cardboard (with grid)
  

• Per pair of students -

  1   compass (reusable)
  5   sticks of wood (1/8^th inch square dowels)
  1   plastic cutting board (reusable)
  1   Exacto knife with extra blades (reusable)
  1   bag of straws
  1   bag of pipe cleaners
  

• For all students (total) -

  2   of each - flower petals, seed heads, cauliflower florets, pinecones, apple
  6   grids
  6   transect lines          
  10 measuring tapes (up to 100 ft)
  25 calculators
  25 white boards
  20 bottles of glue
  2   scales
  1   set of weights
  10 transect lines
  10 plastic grids
  1   ball of string
  25 poster boards
  5   packs markers
  5   packs map colors
  2   desktop computers w/ internet access (minimum)

    

  Estimated class size - 25 students

  Estimated number of classes - 5