Talented and Gifted students learn and play mathematics games at Maple Grove

Lapeer Community Schools' Talented and Gifted program ventured to Maple Grove Elementary School on Wednesday, April 22, for a day of fun and games focused around math and technology.

More than 70 students from all the District's elementary schools and Zemmer Junior High School, were involved in "Math Day."

Centered around space, the students had a chance to build launchers and then working with angles and tension got points for calculating the precise angle and strength to hit a "planet" target halfway across the gymnasium.

In another game, students measured how far they could jump from a standing start. With the measurement of their longest jump, they used a formula to calculate how far they would have jumped on each of the solar system's other planets.

The variations in gravity mean that the lengths would vary greatly from planet to planet. Using computers in the Maple Grove computer laboratory, the students made an Excel spread sheet showing their individual distances.

Photos from the event are at the District photo gallery here.