Harris Hill, Soaring Capital of the World
Harris Hill airfield, with National Soaring Museum (upper left) from http://www.harrishillsoaring.org/
Horseheads Central School District
Mrs. Janeski’s 3rd grade class
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Harris Hill is located in Elmira, New York. Harris Hill is not only the home to the Soaring Museum, but is also home to a fine putt putt course, a driving range, a swimming pool, many picnic areas, and a few amusement park rides. The Center commands the heights of historic Harris Hill, birthplace of American soaring. In addition Harris Hill also offers glider rides for people of all ages. If learning how to become a glider pilot suits you then you can also receive glider lessons from Harris Hill. The Soaring Center has100-plus members range from national and world soaring competitors to weekend local soaring buffs, from experienced professional pilots to our talented teenage members. If you would like to learn even more about Harris Hill please search the link provided. http://www.harrishillsoaring.org/ (Phone at "The Hill": 607-734-0641)
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Map taken from http://www.harrishillsoaring.org/
Our four, third grade classes were lucky enough to go for a tour of Harris Hill and experience the Soaring Museum. We like to explore different symbols of our community. After visiting the museum we decided to make up some math problems to go along with our visit.
Harris Hill Math Trail Problems
For the following problems you may use a
calculator or math blocks if needed.
Problem # 1
The entire 3rd grade class of 85 students and 5 teachers were planning a trip to Harris Hill. We will be taking 3 buses. How many people will need to be on each bus so that there are an equal number of people on each bus?
Problem # 2
Our class of 20 children and 2 teachers went to the Soaring Museum. The price per student was $3.00, and the price per adult was $6.00. How much
money did it cost for us to visit the museum?
http://www.harrishillsoaring.org/
Problem # 3
A plane takes a glider 2,000 feet in the air. If the glider falls 1,000 feet per hour, how long will it take the glider to land?
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Vintage sailplane picture taken from http://www.harrishillsoaring.org/ |
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Answer key:
Problem # 1-
First you must figure out
how many people total there are going on the trip. So ……
85kids + 5 adults = 90 people.
Second you must split
up 90 people into 3 equal groups to represent the three equal groups going on
the buses.
You
can solve this by drawing a picture using three groups splitting up the people
or by dividing, because division means sharing equal groups. So…..
90 people divided by 3 buses = 30 people per bus
Problem # 2-
First you must find out
how much it will cost for the students to go, so you must multiply the cost for
the students by the number of students going. So…..
20 students X $3 per students = $60 for the
students
Second you must find
out how much it will cost for the adults to go, so you must multiply the cost
for the adults by the number of adults going.
So……
2 adults X $6 per adult = $12 for the adults
Third you must add the
total amount for the students and the total amount for the adults to get your
final total cost to go to the museum.
So……..
$60
for students + $12 for adults = $ 72 total for the class to visit the museum
Problem # 3-
You
are looking for how long it will take the glider to land so you could solve
this two ways. The first you could do
division….
2,000
feet divided by 1,000feet per hour =2 hours, a trick is to cross off the zeros
so it becomes 2 divided by 1.
Or
you could make a chart for every 1,000 miles being an hour to get down
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1,000 feet = 1 hour + 1,000 feet = 1
hour 2,000 feet = 2 hours |