One time in math class... (as a teacher)
One of my favorite things that I used to do with my Integrated Math 3 classes was to take them to Hershey Park, an amusement park near our school. Our Physics department takes hundreds of students to physics day at the park each year. Students ride the rides and collect data during the ride to answer physics questions. However, algebra 2 is a prerequisite for physics, so only the best math students enroll in physics. This eliminates all of our other math students for having the chance for a fun day of applied math. The integrated strand was for our lowest achieving students. There was a higher than usual failure rate, so although there were only three classes in the sequence, most of the students were seniors. I chose to take these students to the amusement park for math day because I wanted them to have a fun experience related to math. The park worked with several local education institutions to come up with this document . There a...