dripping+faucet+3+act

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 * Click on Image below for a link to all the pictures taken during the Dripping Faucet 3 Act lesson**

Students mad many calculations, went to great lengths to answer the question and almost all came very close. A very fun activity that tied in and related well to what was being tested on the SBAC test. Can you think? This was a much easier task than the last 3 act lesson I tried. Kids enjoyed it and where forced to do a lot with units. This is an area where we need to push our students more. Yes, they got very close to this answer. 22:04:08, seemed to be the overwhelming answer. We then went on to talk about the lack of consistenty on flow rates of leaky faucets and the coming of the great drought.
 * 1. How long will it take the sink to fill up? This is the quewstion we endeavored to answer.