Hands-On Math Movie & Activity - The Best Throw - 1 views
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Ashley Stewart on 11 Feb 12Nature of Science Standard: Make predictions and formulate testable questions; plan and carry out investigations-often over a period of several lessons-as a class, in small groups or independently; perform investigations using appropriate tools and technologies that will extend the senses; use measurement skills and apply appropriate units when collecting data; test predictions with multiple trials; keep accurate records in a notebook during investigations and communicate findings to others using graphs, charts, maps and models through oral and written reports; compare the results of an investigation with the prediction. This activity can be modified for ELL students by allowing those students to be the recorder for the group. This will allow those students to participate, without having the pressure of attempting to measure and use words they may not be comfortable with yet. Allowing these students to be the recorder keeps them involved with the group, while also allowing them to practice the English words for the numbers being recorded. This activity can also be used for younger ages by shortening the activity to throwing the ball five times, rather than ten. The act of throwing the ball make take longer for these students, as well as measuring an angle.
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Students are placed in groups to answer the following question: At what angle should you throw a ball for it to travel the greatest distance? This question is answered by stretching a rubber band from the end of a ruler to a predetermined mark on the ruler. Students will launch the ball from the rubber band ten different times with a range from fifteen degrees to seventy five degrees. The students will then record each distance for each angle.
