We are living through a historic moment in history that has brought about some major changes to our lives. As an elementary math educator, I wanted to figure out a way for students to capture this moment through a math activity. That’s when I came up with the idea of creating a time capsule.

I presented the activity a few weeks ago as a webinar for a homeschooling consortium but when we lost the video of the presentation, I decided to film it again and am including it for you below.

It’s a simple but fun project that the whole family can do. With a little adaptation, it would work in the virtual classroom, as well. If you’ve seen my other videos, then you know that doing projects with students is one of my favorite teaching activities. Projects:

-are fun, engaging and motivating
-lend themselves well to students taking charge of their learning
-tie in a variety of math skills and concepts
-allow us to use math vocabulary in context making the learning much more meaningful

The written lesson plan is on our website (under Math Activities). Please feel free to share it with your colleagues.