Content Area: Math

 

Index: 4.4D Grade 4 CPI 4

 

Standard: 4.4 - Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics

 

Strand: D - Discrete Mathematics--Vertex-Edge Graphs and Algorithms

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 4 -  The student will find the smallest number of colors needed to color a map or a graph.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        Students color maps (e.g., the 21 counties of New Jersey) so that adjacent counties (or countries) have different colors, using as few colors as possible. The class could then share a NJ cake frosted accordingly. (See The Mathematician's Coloring Book.)

 

·        Additional Framework Activities