Professor, can you please explain that?

This week in Geometry we focused on finding the area and perimeter of complex shapes. This was HARD.

We got through five levels though!

As our last activity for this skill, we had four guest "professors" come to class to solve and then explain a problem. You might recognize them, because they look remarkably like high school students in the Learning 4Life Success program.

Professor A. Renville

Professor O. Owen

Professor R. Lacroix

Professor W. Christenson (right, back)

Here are our solutions. Each professor had to explain exactly how he decided to decompose the shape, why he selected the formulas he chose, and how he found the answer. Like in much of math, understanding WHY is sometimes more important than just knowing "how" to do something!

We learned a LOT this week! It was sure nice of those professors to come to our class to share their expertise, too!