It’s Monday, November 11, 2019, and time for Math at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
(http://www.mbd2.com/Homeschool_Projects/Index.html)
Age Range: 9-18 (Grades 4-12, with parental supervision)
The Magical Balloon-Dude Dale (a master balloonist) offers free math activities for homeschoolers using the kinds of balloons that are used to make balloon animals and other creations.
When you get to the website you’ll see a menu of 4 math activities using balloons – but only the first 3 have working links that include:
- Parts/Fraction Curriculum – Use balloons to learn counting, adding, sorting, measuring, calculating the number of parts, fractions and/or decimal conversion.
- Mathematical Symbols Curriculum – Understand basic geometric shapes and use balloons to create a sphere.
- Half of a 1/2 of a .50 Curriculum – Improve understanding of fractions such as 1/8, 1/4, and 1/2 while making a balloon flower.
Click on any one, and a new page opens with the complete instructions, accompanied by photographs and a materials list.
If you look on the right side of the screen in each activity you will see a link to a FREE download of the “HomeSchool Curriculum” that includes bonus material. Print it out to use offline.
The projects require certain types of balloons, a ruler, a marker – and one exercise requires calipers.
The projects at this site are designed to develop problem solving skills, mathematics ability, and eye-hand coordination, while teaching kids to make balloon animals. What fun!
