Unit 1 Inspirational Math Lesson 3
Watch the video "Speed Is Not Important."
Video
In your group:
Give a reason or real life example when speed is not important in reaching a CORRECT answer. Post your reason.
Video
In your group:
Give a reason or real life example when speed is not important in reaching a CORRECT answer. Post your reason.
Have 2 groups work a problem, rush one group and not the other.
- (328)(18)
- (416)(16)
Reasons and examples when speed is not important:
- Remember that when you struggle with a problem, new pathways are created in your brain and you become smarter!
- Wrong answers cost more to fix than the extra time to make sure you have a correct answer!
- NASA sent a rover to mars. They calculated the landing program in 2 different units (feet and meters). The rover crashed into Mars and was destroyed. 2 YEARS WASTED!!
- Imagine you are on the team that is designing a road. Your job is to design the storm drain system. If you have the storm drain system going up instead of down because you were rushing, it will cost million to rip up and redo.