Introduction |
| Anchor Video |
| Concept Map |
| Project Calendar |
| Lesson Plans |
Letter to Parents |
| Assessments |
| Resources |
Modifications |
| Grant |
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Show Anchor Video Assessment: Concept Maps |
Discussing players: computing averages and
graphical representation. Assessment: Misconception – Preconception Check |
Intro to online baseball statistics
resources. Lab day: Comparing and contrasting various graphical
representations in cooperative groups. Assessment: Self Assessment of Ways of Learning |
Experimental and theoretical probabilities. | Player assessment and draft strategy report
due.
Player draft held. Assessment: Productive Study-Time Log |
| Students use research and linear function models to determine characteristic times (time of flight from pitcher to catcher or from catcher to second; time of flight of batted ball; reaction times; etc.) | Students use a linear function model to develop a ‘stolen base test’ – for a fixed pitcher-catcher-second time, given the lead, jump and footspeed of a runner, when should a manager send the runner? | Students turn in stolen base strategy. In class: how does stealing a base affect the run probability and expectation? |
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| Baseball trajectories: intro to quadratic functions and how to use motion detector | Students use Motion Detectors
to investigate Distance vs Time of falling objects.
Assessment: Documented Problem Solutions |
Analyzing Motion of Baseballs
with quadratic functions – students analyze frames from video capture of
balls in flight. Assessment: |
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| Building a Ballpark: Field trip to local baseball field | Pythagorean Theorem and Baseball | Slope of seating area vs. visibility, crowd capacity, and accessibility of ballpark. | Surface area and volume of baseball field | Lab day: building a ballpark in terms of
areas and volumes Assessment: Project Prospectus and Productive Study-Time Logs |
| Effects on perimeter and area when dimensions of ballparks are changed. | Lab Day: use java program to experiment
with varying wall heights for home runs. Assessment: Documented Problem Solutions |
Work Day: Students given data on players
and must make roster using stats and probablilites. Assessment: Project Prospectus and Productive Study-Time Logs |
Work Day: Students plan out a baseball park
including dimensions, area, volume and projected home runs with
quadratic functions Assessment: Project Prospectus |
Presentations on Final team roster and
ballpark design Assessment: Final Project Assessment |