Category Archives for Sports
U.S. Open 2012
The U.S. Open is underway now in New York City. It is possibly the biggest tennis tournament in the world. We’ve focused on the prize money in the tournament and along the way students will work with patterns, use number … Continue reading
Appalachian Trail turns 75
In 1937 the Appalachian Trail, a 2,180 mile footpath extending from Georgia to Maine, was completed. August, 2012 marks its 75th year of existance. As summer vacations end and schools begin, your students might still be involved in hiking. In … Continue reading
Olympic Reflection
I was thinking about what it must feel like to be an athlete coming home from the Olympics without a medal. Surely most of the Olympians come home without medals. What are some of the numbers? Calculate the percentages. Talk … Continue reading
Perfect 10
The high score of a gymnastic routine used to be 10 but the rules have changed. Watch the video below to see Nadia Comanici perform the first ever perfect Olympic routine in the 1976 Olympics. But the scoring has changed dramatically. … Continue reading
Souvenirs and Concessions
Brian has introduced systems of equations with easy, motivating problems that deal with the cost of stadium purchases for food or souvenirs. These systems of equations puzzles are so intuitive that very little support will be needed from the teacher. … Continue reading
Odds on winning the Triple Crown
I’ll Have Another How do you calculate compound probability? Skip the betting odds and deal only with the odds that one horse could win 3 amazing races. June 9th is the Belmont Stakes race … the last race in the … Continue reading
NBA Finals
Celebrate the NBA and NBA Finals by involving your students in interpreting what can be deduced from graphical representations. In this activity students consider scatter plots, circle graphs, bar graphs, Venn Diagrams and the concept of mean. To start the … Continue reading
Triple Crown
I’ll Have Another I’ll Have Another won the Preakness !!!! Belmont Stakes is next on June 9th. May 19th will be the running of the Preakness thoroughbred horse race. The Preakness is the second race of the Triple Crown. Hopefully we’ll … Continue reading
Longest overtime NHL games in history
Did you know that Stanley Cup Playoff matches can last a really long time? There are not a lot of goals scored in a hockey match and a playoff game can not be finished as a tie. This has resulted … Continue reading
Watson save
We can’t get enough NFL. Check out the video above that revisits a truly great NFL playoff play. In the 2005 AFC divisional championship game between the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos, Benjamin Watson stopped a touchdown in … Continue reading
On Pace
Albert Pujols, an eleven year veteran ball player with the St. Louis Cardinals, just signed a ten-year, $240 million dollar contract with the Los Angeles Angles. Albert has been one of the best offensive players in baseball during his career. … Continue reading
Big Bucks
Peyton Manning and Albert Pujols signed big contracts during the winter of 2011-2012, paying each of them millions. Lets take a look at some of the world’s biggest sports contracts from the NBA, the NFL, MLB and European Football (what … Continue reading
