Walk the Plank by @nzquirkymama NZ #mlap15

Pirate Challenge 8: Walk the plank...

Created by Emily @nzquirkymama 

Home-Schooler, Canterbury, New Zealand. 

Swashbuckling thanks rolling down the decks!

Image from Flickr Frog101's Photostream

Image by Emily

Challenge: 

Can you build a plank that is cantilevered off the edge of a ship? 

How many stones, nuts or counters can rest on your plank before it capsizes your ship?
Where will you put your Pirate Flag?

You have 20 minutes!

Supplies:

·      6x skewers, sticks or paddle-pop sticks (you may not need them all)

·      6x marshmellows, blobs of blue tak or play dough 

     Newspaper 

     Cardboard for your plank 

     Wool or string 

     Nuts, counters or stones to test your plank

Definition of cantilever:

A cantilever is a beam anchored at only one end. The beam carries the load to the support where it is forced against by a moment and shear stress.^[1] Cantilever construction allows for overhanging structures without external bracing. Cantilevers can also be constructed with trusses or slabs.

(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever on Tuesday 23 September 2014, at 11.30am)

After the challenge:
1.   What was tricky about the challenge?

2.      What would you do differently next time?

3.      Where is the math in this Pirate Challenge?
4.    Who or what influenced or inspired your ideas?

Click here to contribute your reflections / thinking to a google from. Check out other buccaneers reflections!

The ACTION 

2015

The ACTION 

2014

@tazcopland  Hawea Flat School

First Attempt 

Second Attempt

@knuicurious Year 4,5,6 Koraunui School

First Attempt

Connect, Create, Collaborate...

Connected Educators Month

1st -31st October 2014

What is Connected Educators Month?

SWASHBUCKLING AWESOME TO BE CONNECTED...

LETS CREATE!

Step in, Step up and Step out with Pirate Swag and load up your calendar!

CONNECTED EDUCATOR MONTH NZ

GLOBAL CONNECTED EDUCATOR MONTH COMMUNITY

During October: Maths Like a Pirate will be rolling out weekly Pirate Challenges.

Keen to hook in?

Click Here!

OCTOBER 2014

Thursday 9th Create a Marshmallow tower at ULEARN14 or remotely in your classroom!

Friday 17th   Create a Pirate Ship by @mrsplumsclass Michigan USA

Friday 24th   Build a Seussical Tower by @Davis_Academy Atlanta USA

Friday 31st   Create a Treasure Chest  by @MsEsClass  Canada

Whaka Hanga Nga Whetu O Matariki! Create the Stars of Matariki!

Ahoy There Math Pirates of New Zealand

Kiaora Nga Pangarau Kaitiora o Aotearoa

Its Matariki!

Maori New Year!

MATARIKI IS A CELEBRATION OF CULTURE, LANGUAGE, SPIRIT AND PEOPLE. SPEAK MAORI ANYTIME, ANYWHERE 

Matariki Booklet 2010

     Thank you Auckland Libraries New Zealand for this image

All Pirates know its by the stars we map our way through the treacherous seas!

Your Challenge:

Using only newspaper and cello tape.

How can you create the seven stars of Matariki?

The names of the seven stars are Waiti, Waita, Waipuna-a-rangi, Uru-a-rangi, Matariki, Tupu-a-nuku, and Tupu-a-rangi.

Remember to include a Pirate Flag on your constellation!

Tweet your thinking using hashtag #mlap14

Q1. What was tricky about the challenge?

Q2. What would you do differently?

Q3. Where is the Math?

AND

Q4. Where is the Math in Matariki?

Building a Treasure Chest by @MsEsClass CANADA

AVAST YE SCALLYWAGS!

Created by @MsEsClass in CANADA

How can all you swashbuckling pirates build a treasure chest to hold all of your treasures?

Using only newspaper and masking tape, create a treasure chest. 

(If you incorporate a lid for you treasure that would be swashbucking awesome!)

Remember to include your pirate flag on your treasure chest somewhere.

Afterwards you need to use a standard and a nonstandard unit to measure and compare the length of your treasure chest.

Investigate how much treasure your chest can hold (eggs, cubes, pirate gold - if you have any mateys!).

Q1. What was tricky about the challenge?

Q2. What would you do differently?

Q3. Where is the Math?
Q4. Who or what inspired or influenced your ideas?

CLICK HERE TO CONTRIBUTE YOUR THINKING TO A GOOGLE FORM AND SEE OTHER BUCANEERS CONVERSATIONS

THE ACTION

2015

Watch his space!

THE ACTION

2014

2014 reflections

http://bit.ly/1jyoSWM

@MsEsClass

Canada
First Attempt

@WallwinS
Ontarion, Canada
First Attempt

@MsLombardoClass

Calgary, Canada

First Attempt

@Rm1Koraunui

Koraunui School, Stokes Valley, Wellington, NZ

@mathspirates

Koraunui School, Stokes Valley, Wellington, New Zealand

First Attempt

@knuicurious
Koraunui School, Stokes Valley, Wellington, New Zealand

First Attempt

WORKSHOP: Wellington Mathematic Symposia 2014

Building Mathematical Knowledge through idea improvement

Teachers on the decks 

connecting, collaborating, creating...

With 12 classrooms around the world...

The classrooms were from:

 AUSTRALIA/ NZ/CANADA/USA

@5Rcggs

@room9_BIS

@knuicurious

@jo4nn4burns

@dsmithnz75

@MathsPirates

@MsLombardoClass

@MrsWideensClass

@MsEsClass

@Grade2Rockstars

@msalvarezkinder

@mr_crossjr

Swashbuckling Awesome!

Workshop images by :

Kate from @Rm1Koraunui

Gillian from @gillianmnz

Jeanette @cjirons_irons

Maggie @MaggieEllison26

Rebecca @BecsBlackwood

Elvie @qmcMrsRobinson

Diana-Grace @dianagracenz

Stunning images - Thank you!

(Uncompleted blog post - Watch this space!)