After learning how to convert measurements using the Metric System, Mrs. Hawk's 5th-grade math students at Sunrise Estates Elementary School made Origami frogs.
Once their frogs were complete, they had a jumping contest to see whose frog could travel the farthest distance by pressing their finger down on the folded legs. Students measured how far their frogs ‘jumped’ in centimeters and then converted the distances into meters and kilometers.
The top frogs from each group went into a final round to see which frog jumped the furthest.
Levi Szekely and Wesley Shuey measure and record the distance of a jump
Rebecca Tirpak and Altesse Donfack Dongmo use their conversion chart to help convert the distance of their frog’s jump
Reece Clark and Brody Taylor watch Reece’s frog take flight
(Front from left to right) Reece Clark, Levi Szekely, and Zachary Kravetz
(Back row from left to right) Altesse Donfack Dongmo, Rebecca Tirpak, Brady Ruane, Ellie Panuccio, Wesley Shuey, and PJ Eiseman