GRADE:12
MATERIALS: Tape measure, paper, pencil/pen, jumping rope.
OBJECTIVES : Students will use estimation to figure out how high can any one basketball player can jump.
MATHEMATICAL
CONCEPT: Meters, Height, Measuring, Weight, Conversion.
NCTM STANDARDS: Standard 7: Computation and Estimation
Standard 10: Statistics
Standard 3: Mathematics as Reasoning
PROCEDURE: 1. Have students get into groups of four.
2. Stick-up a tape measure horizontally across the wall running perpendicular to a jump rope. (Teacher will make this set-up).
3. Then each group will fill out a worksheet. Something of this sort;
WORKSHEET*
VERTICAL HEIGHT
NAME WEIGHT (lbs.) HEIGHT (ft/inches) JUMPED(ft)
4. After they have filled out the chart, each student will then make a comparison of each other's weight in comparison to their vertical height and weight.
5. Students will then be asked to derive a formula making the following assumptions;
a.That their weight is indirectly proportional to the height jumped. (W)
b.That their height is also directly proportional to the vertical height jumped. (H) [that includes their reach]
6. Then they would then try to guess each other's vertical height (i.e. the height jumped) with their formula.
7. For Homework- They would find different machines or strategiesto improve their jump and then carry out the experiment again, in order to see that the machines really worked.
*Students would have been given an example worksheet to follow from in order that they finish within the time slot. And also that they are making the correct approach with their formulas.
REFERENCE: Dr.Myshore Jagadish (c/o Barry University)
CONTRIBUTORS: Major:Shervon Monrose
Minor:Carol Marinas