Motion in Baseball

Supplies: (for a class of 30 students)

• 30 computers with Internet access (1 per student)
• 10 Tennis balls
• 5 tracks for the tennis balls (metal with a U-shaped cross section would work best),
• 5 Video cameras that records time (to the nearest second at least)
• 30 calculators (TI-83 or 89)
• 10 motion detectors
• 1 overhead calculator

Websites:

Acceleration and Velocity Investigation
http://www.edb.utexas.edu/insite/istetest/pbiprojects/Spring2001/Physics/content/VelAccIn.htm

Applications of Linear Functions
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/AllBrowsers/1314/LinearApps.asp

Linear Function Simulation – Pouring liquid into a beaker at constant rate
http://www.ies.co.jp/math/java/geo/lin_line/lin_line.html

Motion Detector Investigation
http://uteach.utexas.edu/~gdickinson/pbi/PBIFall04/Motion/Content/motion.htm

Parabola Construction Lesson Plan

http://utopia.utexas.edu/lesson_plans/2005/gallo_algebra_2_parabola.php

Parabola  Lab Activity
http://www.engr.utexas.edu/aim/curriculum/files/AIM_Algebra_2004/Catapults_T_Pre-lab.doc

Quadratic Transformation Simulation
http://seeingmath.concord.org/resources_files/QuadraticGeneral.html

Quadratic Formula Investigation
http://distance-ed.math.tamu.edu/peic/lesson_plans/intro_quadratics2.pdf

Understanding Distance, Speed, and Time Relationships Using Simulation Software
http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/chap5/5.2/index.htm#APPLET

Print Materials:

Sullivan, Michael Pre-Calculus: Graphing and Data Analysis Student Additions.©  1998  Prentice Hall (teacher resource) pgs 726-724