STEAM Class Participates in Math Scavenger Hunt

To assess their understanding of the math material, fifth graders participated last week in a scavenger hunt that took them all over the Brandeis campus—from Ms. Rinn’s office to the bluetop. The students were asked to decipher a code (seen here) that would reveal a quote. To do so, students needed to “unlock keypads by applying strategies they’ve learned to find a number’s prime factors, find hidden words in dictionaries using their knowledge of place value, and calculate the lowest common multiples and greatest common factors,” explains fifth grade STEAM teacher Eitam Kohen. “Their prize was the reveal of the quote.”

 

The students were successful and revealed the quote: “The journey is sometimes more important than the destination.” MORE PHOTOS