Students visit a local bird store. They then set up in the classroom a mock bird store, where bird food and products can be bought and sold. Students visit a local pet store and compare prices for various birds. Students design and, if possible, construct bird feeders or birdhouses. They use metric measurements and determine the surface area of the completed structures.
Students illustrate or graph egg weights.
In addition to motivating students and reinforcing mathematics, integrated activities are an excellent tool for assessing students' understanding of mathematics. And last, but not least, the colorful projects generated by students look beautiful on the classroom walls. She is enjoying her twentieth year of teaching at Sussex.