We used the classic "Traveling Trains" problem to learn Systems of Equations.
In a cross curricular lesson of Science and Algebra, students created balloon powered cars and then calculated it's speed or "slope". We then paired up the cars and the students had to use the equations they created for their car to calculate the exact point when the two cars would pass each other or collide (intersection point). In their Science class, the students focused on the laws of energy and motion. Enjoy.
In a cross curricular lesson of Science and Algebra, students created balloon powered cars and then calculated it's speed or "slope". We then paired up the cars and the students had to use the equations they created for their car to calculate the exact point when the two cars would pass each other or collide (intersection point). In their Science class, the students focused on the laws of energy and motion. Enjoy.
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