Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Maps of the Land of Centimeter

We second graders are problem solvers!  Princess Funer of the Land of Centimeter first contacted us because carrying around a lot of centimeter bricks was too heavy.  We suggested using just one brick over and over.  It worked, but it was still heavy.  Then we traced the bricks on paper to use.  They kept blowing away!  After that, we made a measuring tool by tracing 30 bricks all together.  This worked perfectly!  Princess Funer used her magic to turn our paper tools into durable plastic tools.  She named these tools after her family: They're rulers!  We used these rulers to create maps of the Land of Centimeter!  We first decided where the King's castle, Princess Funer's castle, the King's Garden, and Pim's House (he was the winner of the long-jump competition we first were called in to help with) should be.  We measured the roads between each place.  We then added new places to our maps:  From hospitals to soccer stadiums, from beaches to graveyards, we have awesome ideas for the Land of Centimeter.  Stop by the hallway near Room 402 to check them out!