A highly engaging practical and thinking investigation for pupils aged 7-9, exploring ideas in measurement and how to solve a big problem by beginning with a smaller one. Best used with a whole class working in groups. One metre stick per group, and individual whiteboards required.
The idea for this investigation came from a pupil who had seen an advert where hula hoops (the small, crunchy, eating variety) were stacked in a pile beside Big Ben (the clock on the Houses of Parliament in London) from top to bottom to see how many there would be.
One of our pupils thought it would be much more interesting to find out how many would stretch from the school to Big Ben – it turned out to be quite a lot, since we were in Edinburgh in Scotland!
You will have GREAT fun investigating this!
The children drive the investigation with their ideas. The first step is to work out how many hula hoops fit into one metre. There aren't enough in one packet to fill a whole metre, so the children have to come up with all sorts of different strategies.
After that you are likely to be onto one of the mapping websites to find out the distance from your place to Big Ben.
And then the work with Big Numbers begins!
The idea for this investigation came from a pupil who had seen an advert where hula hoops (the small, crunchy, eating variety) were stacked in a pile beside Big Ben (the clock on the Houses of Parliament in London) from top to bottom to see how many there would be.
One of our pupils thought it would be much more interesting to find out how many would stretch from the school to Big Ben – it turned out to be quite a lot, since we were in Edinburgh in Scotland!
You will have GREAT fun investigating this!
The children drive the investigation with their ideas. The first step is to work out how many hula hoops fit into one metre. There aren't enough in one packet to fill a whole metre, so the children have to come up with all sorts of different strategies.
After that you are likely to be onto one of the mapping websites to find out the distance from your place to Big Ben.
And then the work with Big Numbers begins!
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