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TESTING OUT OUR THEORIES - MATHEMATICS AND SOCIAL STUDIES IN ACTION! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME TO OUR CLASS FOR FAMILY FRIDAY. HERE'S A GLIMPSE AT WHAT WE DID AFTER YOU LEFT... DURING MATH, WE LEARNED THE BASICS ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED THE FOUR COLOR THEOREM, WHICH STATES THAT A MAP CAN BE FILLED IN USING ONLY 4 COLORS, WITHOUT HAVING THE SAME COLORS TOUCH. WE WORKED TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIPS, DISCUSSING WHAT STRATEGIES COULD WORK TO COLOR IN A MAP OF THE 50 STATES. SOME OF US DECIDED TO COLOR THE STATES IN A SPECIFIC ORDER/PATTERN, SOME OF US USED DIVISION, SOME OF US CONSIDERED THE AMOUNT OF BORDERS EACH STATE HAD OR THE SIZE OF THE STATES. BEFORE WE GOT TO COLOR IN OUR MAPS, WE HAD TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL WITH OUR PLANNING IN ADVANCE. (THINKING AHEAD LIKE GOOD MATHEMATICIANS!) LAFTER, WE GOT TO APPLY OUR KNOWLEDGE TO SOMETHING MORE TANGIBLE- AS A GROUP, WE GOT TO PAINT THE COUNTRIES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE- ONTO A WHOLE BULLETIN BOARD! IT WAS SUPER FUN AND MEMORABLE (DON'T WORRY MOMS AND DADS, NO CLOTHES WERE HARMED IN THE PAINTING OF THE BOARD!) WE WERE ABLE TO COMBINE MATH AND SOCIAL STUDIES, CULMINATING IN A BEAUTIFUL WORK OF ART- YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT FAMILY FRIDAY TO SEE IT! ON FRIDAY WE PAINTED SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA. AS A CLASS, WE VOTED TO DEPICT EACH OF THE 50 STATES RATHER THAN JUST HAVE THE USA OUTLINED AS A COUNTRY.
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