Allowing students to learn in ways other than just sitting through a lesson is extremely important. By creating hands on activities students have the opportunity to interact with the concept they are learning. In doing this, the focus is embedded into their minds. The hands on activities will be the lessons students never forget.
This hands on activity allows students to use lollipops to investigate rate of change. Throughout this activity students will determine the rate of change of the volume of a Tootsie Roll Pop as they consume it. They will measure the circumference as they consume it over even time intervals. Using this data, the students will calculate the radius of their lollipop at each increment. With this information they will create a scatter plot and find the line of best fit. The students will then calculate the rate of change of volume using the original equation, then finding the derivative. This will allow students to compare their data to the data they get when looking at the mathematical rate of change.
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