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Math concepts covered in the show: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, area, perimeter, measurement, percentage, ratio, geometric shapes, estimation, and the four steps to problem solving. |
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| This production requires a space 21 feet wide and a ceiling height of 11 feet. Puppets are viewed at 6 feet from ground. Children sit on floor (or chairs) and the first row is 8 feet from stage. An aisle is required in the audience. Max audience size: 400. |
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Sand Castles begins on the last day of school with students sharing summer plans with their teacher. They review the ten strategies of problem solving (as seen above), walk through a list making organization system, and complain that they'll never need to know the math skills in real life this summer. The show, of course, proves them wrong at every turn. |
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Suzy, Buster and Chester sing "What's the Problem, Choose a Strategy". They exit to the beach. (A CD of the two main show songs is sent as part of our pre-show lesson plan). At the beach, the pigs boogie board riotously to "surfing music"
Listen to a song from the show!
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The lifeguard shares a math chart with the audience to determine boogie board rental costs. The lifeguard also tells of the sand castle contest and introduces area and square footage concepts. |
| On the boardwalk, the pigs use fractions to get their pizza evenly divided. They print out pictures of famous buildings from around the world, e.g., Taj Mahal, St. Basil's, Stonehenge, etc. |
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The pigs build a sand castle version of Westminster Abbey, which gets washed away, prompting another visit by the lifeguard. |
| The lifeguard covers geometric shapes, percentage, addition, subtraction, and multiplication, as well as demonstrating with audience volunteers estimating, factors and square footage. |
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Chester and Suzy are swept out to sea after a jet ski accident, forcing them to use problem solving and understand parallel, perpendicular and ratios. |
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Three structures are built during the show's eye-popping finale, while the audience sings "Math is Cool". The warthogs build St. Basil's, a Russian landmark, the pigs build a grouping of tall buildings with the Jefferson Memorial as a base, and Rooster builds a cityscape in a huge hole in the sand. The audience elects the winner of the contest. Listen to Math Is Cool!  .
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