Description of mathematical task:
1. I will divide my students in groups.
2. I will provide each group with tennis ball.
3. Then I will pose the question: How many times can each team member bounce and catch a tennis ball in two minutes?
4. One student from each group has to count the number of bounces and cumulative number of bounces every 10 seconds.
4. Then the students have to put their findings on the activity sheet that is given below:
1. I will divide my students in groups.
2. I will provide each group with tennis ball.
3. Then I will pose the question: How many times can each team member bounce and catch a tennis ball in two minutes?
4. One student from each group has to count the number of bounces and cumulative number of bounces every 10 seconds.
4. Then the students have to put their findings on the activity sheet that is given below:
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5. Then students have to graph the data showing that the cumulative bounces over 2 minutes.
Solution: The graph should look like the graph given below:
Solution: The graph should look like the graph given below:
Grade: 6-8
Topics that the task develop: Function, linear equation, co-ordinate plane.
Material list: tennis ball, stop watch, paper and pencil
Common Core State Standards – Mathematics
Grade 6, Expression/Equation
CCSS.Math.Content.6.EE.C.9
Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another; write an equation to express one quantity, thought of as the dependent variable, in terms of the other quantity, thought of as the independent variable. Analyze the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables, and relate these to the equation. For example, in a problem involving motion at constant speed, list and graph ordered pairs of distances and times, and write the equation d = 65t to represent the relationship between distance and time.
Grade 6, Stats & Probability
CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.A.1
Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers. For example, ''How old am I?'' is not a statistical question, but ''How old are the students in my school?'' is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in students' ages.