Grade 3, Chapter 5 Investigation Organizer:
Go Fish!
Summary: Your class is in charge of feeding animals at the aquarium. You will need to create a plan to feed the animals four times each day. You will feed the animals from Monday to Friday. The challenge is to find out how many animals you can feed in one shift.
1. Plan It
Which animals would you like to work with? Use the chart on page 189 of your textbook or use the 5-Day Schedule chart provided here on Education Place to help you choose your animals.
- With your group, list the animals from the most to least interesting.
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My planning completed
2. Put It Together
A. Divide. The schedule shows how many times each animal is fed in a 5-day period. To find the number of daily feedings each group of animals needs, take the number of feedings per week and divide by 5.
B. Create your daily feedings chart. Use the Daily Feedings chart on the bottom of page 189 in your textbook, or use the Daily Feedings chart provided here on Education Place.
- In the top row, write the five animals that your group wants to feed.
- Fill in the number of minutes you will spend feeding animals in a shift. Remember, you have four shifts (time slots) to schedule.
- Write the number of minutes it takes to feed each animal.
- Add the number of minutes in each row.
- Is there enough time in your shift to get your animals fed? If not, change your chart.
Our scheduling completed
3. Wrap It Up
Make a final chart. Your chart should include the names of each group member and his or her assigned feeding times.
- Are the jobs different? How?
Final chart completed
4. Discuss Your Results
- Did you use your math skills to make the feeding shifts?
- Did you assign your shifts fairly?
- Is your chart clear and correct?
- Did you and your group work well together?
- How did your group decide which animals to work with?
Review completed
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