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| Get out your Basketball and Running Shoes to discover mathematical
connections to sports
Goals:
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Increase student awareness of mathematics in athletic activities
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Use sports to experience different representations of slope
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Have fun while reinforcing mathematical skills
Student Activities:
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Use percents to determine their "sweet spot" on the basketball court
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Explore rate of change by running at different speeds on the track
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Dive into functions by creating a human function machine in the pool
Technology:
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Use IBM laptops on-site to analyze data
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Use Calculator Based Laboratories (CBL) to collect data (?)
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Use TI-83 calculators to graph and examine data (?)
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