Let your lesson pop by using the resource. After watching a video of a man popping a square piece of bubble wrap, young mathematicians determine the time it would take to pop other pieces of bubble wrap with given dimensions. The activity requires taking areas into account, as well as the popping rate.

Concepts

area, squares, rates

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Bring in bubble wrap so pupils have something to work with
  

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should be familiar with areas of squares
• Scholars must also be able to apply rates
  

Pros

• Videos provide an interesting gateway to the task
  
• Provides an answer key to the questions
  

Cons

• Accessing the images and videos is a bit tedious, as users must open them individually
  

Common Core

6.G.A.1 MP4