Outdoor Math Challenges For Kids./ Nature

Memorisation model has a lot of benefits in generating meaningful and effective learning in the classroom. Firstly, this model builds a memory bridge to assist students recall knowledge that otherwise is hard to remember. Secondly, this model encourages students to rearrange or reorganise information where students can personalise the information and become active learners. Thirdly, this model increases students interest in studying since it caters them the platform to try new ways to work with knowledge as well as if learners master the memorisation cues, learners can faster retrieve certain knowledge from their long-term memory. Next, this model ‘help students who are below average in verbal ability who might have greater difficulty with complex learning strategies.’ Lastly, this model is usable for all age group of learners.

On the other hand,the Scientific Inquiry Model wants our students to become scientifically literate, then the inquiry we do in the classroom must reflect authentic scientific inquiry’. It means that if teachers want students to be scientifically literate then they can implement this model because their teaching approaches and activities will be based on scientific methods. There are five essential components to inquiry as stated below:

a) Learners are engaged by scientifically orientated questions

b) Learners give priority to evidence

c)Learners formulate explanations from evidence

d) Learners evaluate explanation

e) Learners communicate and justify their proposed explanation. 

I as a teacher always use teaching models to guide me in planning my lessons.I tend to compare both the models and I believe that we can also make Math fun according to the Scientific Inquiry Model.

As I was researching in the internet I found some good resources. I would love to share the resources with teachers. 

Dear teachers we have 9 outdoor challenges math activities that can be done with kids. I have included the link here. It comes with the activities as well as the instructions on how to do the activities.

The website resource link is: https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2014/07/outdoor-math-activities.html (Math)

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The 9 outdoor challenge activities are:

1)Water Balloon Math Game

2)CheeseBallMath

3)SideWalkChalkNumbernine

4)ShootandCountNerfGunMathGame

5)NumbersInNature

6)HoseDownShape

7)FindandCountBugHunt

8)ShellNumberMemoryGame

9)MarshmellowShootandMeasure

Each game has it rules and regulations. Teachers can click on the resource above for more details↑.

Another two website links that I would love to share are www.coffeecupsandcrayons.com (for Math)  andwww.education.com(for nature and science).

Dear teacher besides this amazing website I have also included some interesting websites resources.These websites focus on math games, nature and science and some even integrated all these 3 elements together.

References for the sources:

1)notimeflashcards.com

2)education.com

3)coffeecuoandcrayons