Hey, are those people flying through the sky? Not quite: they’re climbing through it! What you see is a set of ropes crisscrossing the inside of a big poofy blow-up dome. Here you can go up and down, front to back, AND side to side. Best of all, you can let the air out of this giant jungle gym, roll it up, and carry it somewhere else. Maybe they’ll make a smaller size that can fit in a classroom…
Lace up: What shapes can you see the ropes make in the picture?
Jog: If you climb up 2 ropes, then up 3 more ropes, then up 2 more ropes, how many ropes have you climbed?
Sprint: If the ropes are all spaced 2 feet apart, how far do you climb if you reach the 5th rope? Count up by 2s!
Hurdle: If one wall has 12 rows of ropes with 10 ropes in each, how many ropes are coming out of that side?
High Jump: If there are 12 rows of ropes with 10 ropes in each row running side to side, and the same number of ropes running up/down and back to front, how many ropes are there in total?
Answers:
Lace up: Triangles, then all kinds of 4-sided shapes like rectangles, squares and trapezoids; you might even find a pentagon (5 sides)!
Jog: 7 ropes.
Sprint: 10 feet.
Hurdle: 120 ropes.
High Jump: 360 ropes.
