Dive into Fractions (Designing Products with Recycled Materials)/ GKAITATZI OLYMPIA, PRIMARY SCHOOL OF KARDAMENA, GREECE

 

Another very interesting activity was implemented as part of our project. Together with the students of the intervention class, we collected various scrap materials such as paper, disposable plates, straws, old maps, and wooden sticks. Then, we began to imagine new forms they could take. We designed, colored, and cut.

We used a cardboard box as the base for our project. We covered it with various pieces of paper and cardboard (in blue and green shades) that were left over from other crafts. Using a disposable plate, we created a fish.

We also printed fraction circles on A4 sheets that we no longer needed. We designed droplets with unit fractions and equivalent fractions on cardboard from an old marker box. We divided wooden skewers into equal parts and colored the unit fraction. Using an old map, we created a cone-shaped holder to store our sticks.

Furthermore, we cut triangles out of cardboard and wrote down percentages, using a small triangular box as their storage spot. We wrote the title of our project on an old wooden tongue depressor. Finally, we added "googly eyes" and Velcro stickers.

Our project was ready! We thoroughly enjoyed the creative process, practiced measurements, percentages, and fractions while building it, and additionally, created a practical learning tool for the intervention class. In the end, we gave our creation a "voice" using ChatterKid!

Dive into Fractions

Additionally, during our Student Webinar, we presented our 'Dive into Fractions' creation to our project partners.