Noticing Blog: Final Week

         This week, I have started an investigation in math with my students. This high-level math task asks students to evaluate paper towels and decide which would be the "better picker upper." Students have to make predictions, calculate the area, and graph their results based on three trials. When I introduced my students to the experiment, my students responded "We're doing an experiment in math?" This was a completely new concept to them. They did not associate mathematics with experimenting and investigating mathematical tasks. This made me think about the ways in which I can incorporate more math experiments in our daily lessons. Encompassing experiments into mathematics will allow students to see how mathematical concepts are related and should be taught in a cohesive way. I am excited to do this experiment with my students tomorrow and am interested to see how my students discuss the experiment and respond to the mathematical content in the lab.