Math skills take on real-life applications at Fayette School

After honing their mathematical prowess, students at Harold D. Fayette School in the North Merrick School District applied their knowledge to exciting real-life scenarios on Dec. 12. 

Equipped with technical know-how relating to surface area, probability and physics, students broke out into groups to brainstorm a project that mimics a real-life scenario. With the task of creating a playground from the ground up, for example, students Addison Ordoñez, Sofia Klein, Valentina Lisa and Kristen Haldeman created the “Applewood Playground,” complete with paper crafts that acted as a proof-of-concept for a rock-climbing wall, jungle gym and slides. Viviana Klein worked on the “Green Field Play Zone” which also featured paper structures that were brought closer to reality with comprehensive hours of operation. Not all projects represented a physical structure, however: Sarah Moore, Kyleigh Meegan and Gabriela Solecki’s “Playcado” was a complete game with a custom assortment of cards and math-based rules. Other groups researched and compared the statistics of different soccer players or the nutritional values of different foods.