The Celebrated Jumping Frog

This lesson  explores the math of the electoral college. This unit explores the math lesson to include salaries in percent ratios,area, with a focus throughout on building problems and most important solving and reasoning skills. This is a three part lesson including "why is Calfornia so important","How could that happen",and A Swath of Red" .These three lessons are to provide and strengthen the understanding of fluency with decimal,percent,estimating area,graphing, and ratios . These activites /lesson can be used in social studies class.

Weblink address (URL): 
Getting into the Electoral College

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives: 

Students will be able to:

  • Measure distances jumped in a simulated jumping-frog contest.
  • Record data.
  • Determine median and range of the obtained data.
Essential and guiding questions: 
  • Could the Total Distance ever equal the Official Distance?

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level: 
Understanding
Extension suggestions: 
  • Collect the data for each group. Determine a class median and range for both the total distances and the official distances. Guide the students as they compare the data for their group with the data for the class.
  • Help the students to set up contests and simulations of their own.
  • Move on to the next lesson, Spinning Tops.

Helpful Hints

  • The Celebrated Jumping Frog Activity Sheet 
  • Centimeter Rulers
  • Cotton Balls
  • Large Paper Clips

References

Contributors: 
Jama Cope
Originator: 
Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation