mathy maps

Maps is such a great arc for exploring math!The Rubber Band has taken the concepts of longitude and latitude literally and have been adventuring into the world to find the measurement of a minute of longitude. They spent all of last Thursday converting a coordinate from degrees, minutes, and seconds to decimal degrees after learning that the measurement changes depending on where you are located on the earth.The Coyotes and the Phantoms worked together today exploring arrays and how they help illuminate the concept of area.They are also exploring topography using legos. The Coyotes created their own topographical maps indicating level by which color they were using.