Toilet Paper Mummy
Students in my Algebra classes chose their own problem to use to investigate ratios and proportional relationships. My third period chose to see how many rolls of toilet paper it would take to wrap Noah up in toilet paper and use that information to then determine how many rolls of toilet paper it would take to wrap ME up, how many rolls it would take to wrap up the Statue of Liberty, how many rolls it would take to wrap up the Eiffel Tower, and how many rolls it would take to completely cover Europe in toilet paper. Students first had to investigate concepts of surface area and apply that knowledge to determine the unit rate of rolls of toilet paper per square unit. Student then graphed their findings and wrote an equation for that showed the relationship between rolls of toilet paper and square units covered. Students are now about to test their hypotheses by wrapping Noah and I up in toilet paper. Check back to see how it turns out! (9-14-2014).
Student work
Coming soon!