Lloyd Shanin Suri Pastor, the person I admire the most. He is the epitome of all the wonders the universe has to offer. If learning can generate strength, he would be able to crush us to a mash in the world of learning. Despite all of this, he broke my heart into a million pieces. He turned the girl who always saw the good in everything into a girl who couldn't trust anyone and just like that, he ruined me.
Math trail is a part of outdoor education, it is a walk where you can discover, analyze, and solve different kinds of mathematical problems on real objects. The participants in it observes and analyzes the environment to discover kinds of math concepts and problems that they are studying. They then create problems in different stations or locations that the facilitator gave them to solve based on their observations.
The trail leads participants or traces a route through the school grounds. The choice will depend on the circumstances and resources that exist at the certain school to compete.
The math trail competition has these purposes-- to improve students' problem-solving and critical thinking ability by means of giving them the opportunity to create and solve their own problems, to increase students' ability to work as a team on mathematical problems and to communicate mathematical ideas.
"Makinig ng mabuti, ang math trail na ito ay may 6 stations na kailangan niyong puntahan at mag-analyze ng mga math problems sa loob ng isang oras," makabuluhang sabi ni Ma'am Lou, ang coach namin sa Math Trail.
"Lahat ng pwedeng sukatin, bilangin, i-solve, mga figures, letters, numbers, colors, at kung ano-ano pang mathematical ideas and problems na pwedeng masagutan ay gagawin at susukatin niyo. Tandaan, hindi niyo alam kung ano ang mga tanong kaya lahat ng pwede niyong ma-analyze na mga math problems na maaaring nakalagay sa questionnaire ay kukunin niyo sa loob ng isang oras. We have 6 stations and we only have an hour to measure and analyze everything, therefore, each station has 10 minutes. The faster, the better, pero ang mga station na ito ay malayo sa isa't isa, all of you must run faster," pagpapa-alala niya.
"Noted Ma'am," sabay-sabay na tugon namin. "Good. Ang Station 1 ay ang Math Garden, Station 2 will be the gymnasium, Station 3 ang PAGCOR Building, Station 4 ang PPP Building, Station 5 ang Senior High School (SHS) Building, while the last Station is at the Pathway of the School Entrance. Ok lang na hindi niyo sundin ang arrangement na binigay for each stations, ang importante ay mapuntahan niyo ang lahat ng stations at makakuha ng mga mathematical informations at kinakailangang matapos niyo ito sa loob ng isang oras. Ang oras ngayon ay 8:30, therefore, 9:30 ay dapat na nakabalik na kayo rito sa faculty."
Matapos ang ginawang pagpapa-alala ng aming Coach ay kinuha na namin ang lahat ng aming gagamitin para sa pagsukat ng mga iba't ibang measurements ng figures and different objects na aming makikita each station.
Lahat kami ay may kaniya-kaniyang meter stick, notebook and ballpen, protractor, chalk, sinulid, tape measure, at iba't ibang panukat na aming gagamitin sa pagkuha ng height, length, width, and circumference ng mga objects.
"The timer starts now!" Pagkarinig na pagkarinig pa lang namin dito ay dali-dali kaming tumakbo patungo sa pinakamalapit na station, ang Station 1. "Love ako na ang bahala sa area and perimeter ng buong garden, ikaw naman ang sa mga details for combination and permutation ng mga letters, measure all the shapes and write their kinds, lahat ng mga topic na makikita mo for grade 9, 8, and 7 ay sukatin mo," pagturo sa akin ni ate Jo, ang leader ng team.
"Kirbs, count all the things you see, from the shapes, plants and pots, use all the knowledge you learn as you measure, analyze, and count everything. Ikaw naman Andrew, check the timer, list all the infos, identify all the things you see that is odd, check for theorems, their structure, properties, approximation, relations and all the expressions you see." Pagpapa-alala ko sa bunso ng aming team na si Andrew at sa pangalawang bunso na si Kirbs.
Lahat ng pwede naming sukatin, bilangin at i-analyze ay aming ginawa. We organized a set of data, measures each objects and geometrical shapes, count them, their relationship in each segments, the angles, different sequences and their series, ratio, propotions, and variations, their properties, the Pythagorean relation, types of variables, logic, sets, circumference, length of an arc of a curve, graphs, applications with triangles, identities, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, vector, cylindrical and spherical coordinate systems, number of students in each classrooms, rows, columns, types of cars, plate numbers, numbers of wheels, area, perimeter, volume, length, height, width, base, perpendicular height, perimeter circumference, distance, range, lines, axes, sides, probabilities, repetition, area in terms of pi, finding the height of flag using a protractor, slope, conic sections, units, counting techniques, solid geometry, conversion, average, speed, uniform motion problems, mathematics symbols, shapes formed by adjoined/connected steel components, angle of elevation, and so on.
Dahil sa sobrang daming pwedeng sukatin sa Station 1 o Math Garden ay nagtagal kami ng more than 10 minutes but less than 15 minutes dito. Nakarating kami sa Station 2 ng 8:43 at natapos kami ng exactly 8:50. Pagdating sa PAGCOR Building ay natagalan kami dahil sa maraming estudyante ang nasa labas ng classroom at napagtanto namin na recess time na nila.
"Ate Jo, tulungan na kita sa area ng building, natapos ko na rin po ang ginagawa ko," alok ko kay Ate Jo.
"O sige Love, ikaw na rin muna ang tumakbo patungo sa kabilang bahagi ng room, ako ng bahala sa sukat, salamat!" Sigaw sa akin ni Ate Jo habang tumatakbo patungo sa kabilang bahagi ng room.
Halos lahat ng estudyante na aming madaanan ay nakatingin sa amin. Mula Station 3 hanggang Station 5 ay lakad-takbo na ang aming ginawa. Sa lahat ng building na aming sinukat ay ay SHS Building ang pinakamataas na may tatlong palapag kung kaya't gumamit na kami ng protractor to measure the height of it. Tinakbo rin namin ni Kirbs ang building patungong last floor, to measure the exact height of it for us to compare the one we measure using protractor and by measuring it at the top. Dahil sa pare-pareho lamang ang structure ng bawat classroom ay sinukat na lang namin ang isa, we can multiply it naman by means of counting how many classrooms the building have, and so the last station came.
Pagkadating namin sa last station ay halata na sa aming mga mukha ang pagod dulot ng pagtakbo, ngunit hindi namin maikaka-ila na mabilis kaming kumilos kung kaya't may 15 minutes pa kaming natitira sa last station.
"Ate Jo, ako ng bahala sa angle of elevation ng flagpole," sigaw ko sa kaniya habang tumatakbo papalapit sa nasabing flagpole.
"Go! Don't forget your height and age before finding the approximate measure of it!" Sigaw niya sa akin.
"Yes po! Kaya ko po ito!" Sagot kong muli.
Habang sinusukat nila ang gate at binibilang ang mga figures, shapes, at mga shapes na nabuo sa shadow as the sun change its direction ay aking sinukat ang distance, height, and circumference ng flagpole.
Matapos naming masukat at mapuntahan ang lahat ng station ay muli namin itong binalikan dahil may natitira pa kaming 10 minutes. Matapos naming ma-double check ang bawat station ay muli na kaming bumalik sa faculty para sagutan ang questionnaire na ibibigay sa amin ng aming coach. At exaclty 9:30 ay narating namin ang faculty. Pagkapasok na pagkapasok pa lang namin dito ay uminom kami ka-agad ng tubig at nagpahinga muna saglit bago namin sagutan ang questionnaire.
"Very good everyone!" Masayang sabi sa amin ng mga teachers. "Thank you po," pagod na tugon namin sa mga ito. "Before answering the questionnaire, sigurado ba kayo na nasukat niyo at na identify niyo lahat?" Tanong sa amin ni Ma'am Lou. "Yes po Ma'am, lahat po ng nakita namin ay aming sinukat, medyo nahirapan lang po kasi maraming estudyante ang nasa labas ng room nila." Tugon ni Ate Jo sa aming coach.
"Kailangan niyo ng masanay sa ganiyan kasi sa ibang school tayo lalaban, mas maraming students ang makakasalamuha niyo once na lumaban na kayo." Nakangiting sabi sa amin ni Ma'am Lou.
"O siya magpahinga muna kayo before answering it," paalala sa amin ni Ma'am habang ibinibigay ang mga questionnaires.
"By the way Love, may pasok ka pa mamayang 12 pm, sinabi na kasi sa akin ni Ma'am Siyensiya na pumayag ka na raw na maging representative ng Science Quiz Bee, pero after class ay dumiretso ka ka-agad dito or sa may Math Garden para ituloy ang training, ok?"
"Yes po Ma'am, salamat po sa pagpapa-alala," magiliw na tugon ko.
Matapos naming magpahinga ay amin ng inayos ang mga information na aming nakalap at ng aming tignan ang mga tanong ay natigilan kami sa aming mga ginagawa.
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