School: Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College for Girls Status: In progress Date Started: 6 Oct 2009 Keywords tags: surface area photosynthesis leaves environment Science Maths Conservation No of pupils: 1 Number of views: 5128
The objective is to use Maths to estimate and calculate the age and height of trees and also to calculate the area of irregular shapes e.g. leaves and determine which leaf shape and area loses the most moisture on a hot day.
On the 16th of September 2009, 11 STEM club members travelled to Kew gardens and did a workshop on how to estimate and calculate the age and hight of giant trees.
The students were divided into 4 groups and they chose their won tree in the Kew gardens woodland. They then used different techniques to estimate and calculate the age and height of their tree.
At the end of the session the students collected leaves from the tree they were investugating. These were taken back to school and pressed between books for two weeks until they were dry and flat.
The next session will be run by a Maths teacher Ms M Raveneau, who will teach the students how to calculate the surface area of a leaf. This is a follow up activity from the Kew gardens workshop on Maths in the environment.
The outcome will be to produce a display board showing pictures taken at Kew gardens and also posters showing how to calculate the surface area of a leaf. These will be displayed on the walls along the science corridors.