Baseball

=Baseball=

Activity 1
1. Watch the movie, [|First One In The Ballpark]. Find out why a sports journalist needs to understand mathematics.

2. Learn how to calculate a players batting average. [|worksheet]

3. The Next 40 Years. How can mathematics predict the future of sports? [|worksheet]

Activity 2
1. Watch the movie, [|Testing Bats]. Find out why Science and Mathematics are important in this line of work.

2. Perform an experiment to test the best throw. [|worksheet] You will need to scroll past the first two pages to get to the student worksheet.

Activity 3
1. Watch the movie [|Popcorn, Peanuts, and Hotdogs]. Why are statistics important in commerce as well as baseball? 2. Popcorn Drop Game - Why is it important to keep statistics during a game? What do different statistics tell you about the players and teams? Play the popcorn drop game and collect statistics. [|worksheet]