Friday+18th+September

Friday 19th September

For this session, you will need a laptop or pod computer. M1 LAPTOPS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE ICT CENTRE IN THE BOX- TAKE RESPONSIBILITY- DON"T ASSUME SOMEONE ELSE WILL DO IT!!!
 * To use measures**

__Useful Resources for Today;__ [|Wises Maps and Directions] [|gMap Pedometer] [|Google Maps]

PLEASE WRITE DOWN EACH QUESTION BEFORE YOU INVESTIGATE IT Use the online applications to map, measure and calculate some of the following information; (Record your thinking in your Maths book) Test several routes to find out the following information (speed = Distance/Time) will be a useful friend today. -Do 'Wises' maps use the same average speed to provide you with an estimate of a journey time in their directions as Google Maps? -Do either of these applications use the same average speed for short suburban journeys AND long motorway journeys? -Do Wises and Google Maps have 'fixed' average speeds for different driving zones? If so, what are they? -Google Maps allows you to calculate 'Walking' directions. What average speed do they use for this? -How does the Google 'Walking' average speed compare to real life walking? Create a test which enables you to calculate your own walking speed- compare it to Google. -Use gmap pedometer to plot your journey to school (it allows you to be a bit more flexible in your route planning than the other 2). Use your average walking speed to find an accurate journey time. -If you wanted to incorporate an EXACT 1 hour walk into your school day (at the beginning), plot a route, suited to your walking speed, which would enable you to do this.

KEEP 10 Minutes at the end of the session spare for an Etherpad reflection on this week's learning. Think about the following ideas... Here's the [|LINK] -What has challenged you about speed and measures? -What has been NEW learning in this area? -What problem solving strategies did you use (or NOT use in some cases) this week? -Anything else interesting about measures/ speed? Copy and paste your own contributions (plus anything interesting from anyone else into EITHER your ePortfolio (My Learning) OR your Mathex reflection page.