3+act+lesson

First 3 Act Lesson http://www.101qs.com/2714#
 * Dan Meyers Super Stairs**
 * The problem consists of deciding how long it is going to take to climb the stairs and then how long it will take to do a set of super stairs ?**

Loved the activity when we did it in class. I can see why Dan said it took him many times to master the activity. It was very hard to run through this activity the first time. I really felt like a floundering idiot trying to get the same results he did in the teacher in-service. Overall it was very fun, yet I didn't come anywhere close to what he did in the in-service. I would encourage people to spend some time doing the spreadsheet and figuring out exactly where you want to end up in the spreadsheet before trying to do it with kids. It was obvious in class with him guiding us through it, but on the fly with kids, different story. All in all, though, we had a good time and di some excellent mathematics. I was very impressed with the kids and their guesses. media type="custom" key="25582396" there was no shoratage of kids enjoying doing a open ended problem, where they came up with the actual problem based on what they saw in the videos. I am thinking there would be even more involvement if the kids came up with there own problems for the class to solve, by producing videos of their own with them in the video.
 * Student work --- click on image below to link to multiple pages of student work.**
 * || High || Low ||  ||   ||   ||
 * How many steps in the super stairs ? || 930 steps ||> 50 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * How long will it take to do the superstairs ? ||> 3.04 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ||> 2.4 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * are we counting both feet ||> 3 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * how many stairs ||> 4.11 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * calories burned ||> 2.46 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">same pace????? ||> 1.24 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">weight % <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">efficiencxy, time, temp. ||> 0.16 ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">round || <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">steps ||  || <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">total steps ||   ||   ||
 * > 1 ||> 2 ||> 42 ||> 2 ||> 2 ||  ||
 * > 2 ||> 4 ||> 40 ||> 6 ||> 6 ||  ||
 * > 3 ||> 6 ||> 38 ||> 12 ||> 12 ||  ||
 * > 4 ||> 8 ||> 36 ||> 20 ||> 20 ||  ||
 * > 5 ||> 10 ||> 34 ||> 30 ||> 30 ||  ||
 * > 6 ||> 12 ||> 32 ||> 42 ||> 42 ||  ||
 * ||  ||   ||   ||> 0 ||   ||
 * > 18 ||> 36 ||> 8 || 36+s17 ||> 342 ||  ||
 * > 19 ||> 38 ||> 6 || 38+s18 ||> 380 ||  ||
 * > 20 ||> 40 ||> 4 || 40+s19 ||> 420 ||  ||
 * > 21 ||> 42 ||> 2 || 42+s20 ||> 462 ||  ||
 * ||  ||   || n^2+n ||> 462 ||   ||
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Student work --- click on <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">image below to link to multiple pages of student work.**
 * > 21 ||> 42 ||> 2 || 42+s20 ||> 462 ||  ||
 * ||  ||   || n^2+n ||> 462 ||   ||
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Student work --- click on <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">image below to link to multiple pages of student work.**
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Student work --- click on <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">image below to link to multiple pages of student work.**
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Student work --- click on <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">image below to link to multiple pages of student work.**