Students put math skills to use designing parks, hiking trails

March 5, 2012

Students in Mrs. Hoefer's fifth-grade class explored the world of fractions recently by blazing trails in parks they designed themselves.
Working in small groups, the students studied the adding and subtracting of fractions – a New York State Common Core Standards Unit – by designing parks complete with hiking trails and scales to mark distance.
In the end students became teachers devising word problems for their fellow students based on the park layouts. Mrs. Hoefer and the students were assisted during the unit by student teacher Rachel Helinski.

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