Within my internship, there were a lot of real world applications that can be brought back into my classroom in order to better prepare my students for future career chooses that do not necessary align to my math curriculum but are important none-the-less. However, I have decided to connect my experience through real-world applications of volumes of cylinders, spheres, and rectangular prisms. This concept is crucial within the pickling industry in order to store products within brine tanks while cucumbers are waiting to be processed, in the jarring of pickles, and then case up of the finished product. I also hope to work with my science teacher to actually pickle cucumbers and analyze the data taken during the fermentation process.
Amy, I think I am interested in using your lessons this school year with my students. I would like to aim for the fall. Let me know how I can get ahold of your lessons or read further about your plans. I am math also and I like the Geometry tie in!
Kimberly, I will let you know when I get them finalized. My science teacher within my grade level are currently working on a grant right now to purchase the items needed to complete the pickling fermentation process in order to collect our real-life data!