The purpose of this activity is for students to develop mathematical questions about their school community. This walk could also take place on the playground or in the local community.

• Invite students to share their questions.
• Record student questions on an anchor chart. Keep the chart displayed during the next activity.

The purpose of this activity is for students to answer mathematical questions about their school community (MP4). Students work with a partner to choose a question to answer. Students work together to develop a plan for how they will answer the question and what, if any, math tools they will need. Then students have time to work together to answer the question. Students will need an opportunity to go out into the school to answer many of the questions. If necessary, this activity can be adjusted to be completed in one room or one area of the school. If time allows, students can pick multiple questions to answer.

• “Were there any unexpected challenges that you faced when trying to answer the question you chose?”
• “Were there any questions that you could not answer? Why not? What information or tool would help you answer that question?”