Properties of Parallelograms: GooseChase

... And another successful GooseChase!

If you're like me, I have a lot of students who really need to move; sitting at a desk for 90 minutes is excruciatingly painful. I mean, I cannot stand a long meeting where I'm not engaged. Check out how many teachers are on their cell phones at your next faculty meeting. Wow.

Yes, I got off-topic (I'm not so different from my students 😁). Anyhoo, a GooseChase works wonders for those who love moving around and making an adventure out of anything.

I begin with a warm-up of properties of parallelograms. Students are already in their groups (for this class, I chose the groups- some classes, I let them choose). After the warm-up, I give them the instructions and problems for the activity. Once I have checked their work (all problems must be correct before they can begin their missions), I give them a hallpass and hope for the best!

The students REALLY love doing a GooseChase! Even the craziest classes are appreciative of being trusted to go outside. You will laugh out loud when you go through and look at their submissions- and the students like to see other groups' submissions as well.

Good luck and trust them running a muck, it's for the love of math after all!

~SSB

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