Math Landscape Tally Take a walk, looking for different colors, shapes, or objects. Have students keep a tally sheet, marking down the objects as the class finds them. Make simple graphs to represent the numbers in the various categories. Discuss how different classification criteria leads to different pile distributions. Have students look at the outside environment as a grocery store.
Animal Tracks Look for animal tracks in mud, sand or snow.
Have the students try to move their bodies in such a way as to leave track patterns similar to those they have seen. Have them draw a picture using the colors they can find in their area. To simulate having an eye on the top of your head, hold a small mirror face up and level in your hand and look straight into it. Try walking a few yards with this view. For an eye on the side of the head, hold the mirror perpendicular to the ground and facing to the side.