See How They Run!: The 100 Meter Dash

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See How They Run!: The 100 Meter Dash

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Middle level students will collect times as they run the 100 meter dash. These times will be depicted through various graphic representations (bar, circle, histogram). Times will be compared to current world records for the 100 meters. Students will decide which Math class ran fastest and support that choice in short essay form. They will also try to determine the faster gender based on the data collected. Lesson can be adapted for both gifted and learning disabled students.

Education Levels:

6, 7, 8

Subject:

Statistics, Measurement, Writing (composition)

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students, Learning disabled students, Gifted or honors students

Online provider:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Education

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Keywords:

Graphing, Races, Running, Decimals, Ratios

Mediator:

Middle school teachers

Publisher:

LEARN NC

Contributor:

Holly Smith

Is Part Of:

http://www.learnnc.org

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Access to a track, or other large outdoor area; 3-4 stopwatches; Pencils; Graph paper; Notebook paper; Protractors; Colored pencils/markers; Calculators; Rulers; World almanacs; Computer with Internet access

Learning Time:

2 weeks

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Mathematics, Language Arts

Instructional Methods

Assessment Method:

Observation, Authentic assessment

Interaction Method:

Large Group instruction

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

Ratios and Proportional Relationships

Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.

3. Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

Statistics and Probability

Summarize and describe distributions.

Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (2010)

Statistics and Probability

Summarize and describe distributions.

Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context, such as by:

Reporting the number of observations.

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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