Operations with Polynomials Farm Project

This is a great project to connect math to the real world.

The idea and concept was great. However, there were several issues mathematically speaking in regards to the original problem. Solving later on, the value of x was supposed to be x=2. This didn't work with several of the other polynomials given contextually as the lengths and widths when plugged in to the north side gave negative lengths. In addition, the Squash and Pumpkin widths had equal lengths of x and 6x+1 which gave a different value of x = -1/5 which is contradictory to the x = 2 value solved later on. This was deceiving as the picture clearly shows that the squash and pumpkin patches had the same lengths. I had to change the polynomials of the squash/pumpkin lengths, and the corn fields in order to make it more contextually and mathematically sound. For a product I paid for, I feel that I shouldn't have to mathematically check the products work in this manner.

This is very engaging. The students enjoyed this product.