SPORTS QUEST 

The Quest - An Introduction

Mr. and Mrs. Megabucks have just moved to your city. Since they are big sports fans, they would like to spend their money bringing a new sports team to your city. Use the Internet to help you find the right data to convince Mr. and Mrs. Megabucks that you have found the best team around for them to buy and transfer here.

Math Objectives (grades 5-9)

1. Identify important data collections involved in a sport and interpret this data.

2. Select a sports team based on data that shows the team is tops.

3. Place appropriate data onto bar or circle graph(s).

 

Assessment :How will you know you have accomplished your goal?

Write a team letter to Mr. and Mrs. Megabucks explaining your choice of a new Sports Team based on your analysis their data on the web. Be sure to include the math data you have researched on the web to convince the Megabucks. They may not understand what you have learned so explain your ideas clearly.Your letter should be revised for organization of thought and edited for spelling and grammar. Your team members should be able to orally describe how the group determined which would be the best team to bring to our city.

Time Allotted for this project: Two one-hour sessions.

Steps for the Quest

l.Divide your class into sports groups (soccer, football, baseball, swim, lacrosse, gymnastics, hockey, etc.).

2. Divide your group into roles:

Mathematician(s) - learn about the Sports data for all the teams in your sport

Statistician - turn the data into meaningful graph(s)

Writer - write your team's letter to Mr. and Mrs. Megabucks.

3. Get working:

Mathematician(s) need to begin researching the Internet sites

Sports on the Internet Schoolhouse.

The writer needs to begin the letter using the proper inside addresses. As the mathematician(s) find information about the sports team data, begin explaining them to Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt so that they will understand how you made your choice.

The statistician needs to make graph(s) that will be helpful to be attached to the team letter to the Megabucks, emphasizing the great sports data that your team used to make their recommendation for the new sports team to be brought to our city.

All should save their work on their own disk.

3. After working for twenty minutes, call a team meeting to share results and new ideas to date. Make plans for the rest of the time allotted. All team members need to agree on the final sports team to be recommended and be able to orally describe their reasons based on statistical information.

4. At the beginning of the second session, review the team progress toward accomplishing the goal and make plans for this work period.

5. When you turn in the team letter and graph, on the back of the graph, answer the following questions:

What was the easiest part of this quest? Why?

What was the hardest part of this quest? Why?

How does an Internet Quest compare with researching using books?

How Will I Be Graded for this SportsQuest?

    5 - Top work      4 - Good work      3 - Fair work       2 - Poor work

__l.  My effort for both sessions
__2. The quality of our Internet research about our team
__3. The quality of our letter to Mr. Megabucks (edited, three or more paragraphs, convincing)
__4. The clarity and accuracy of our spreadsheet graph
__5. Our ability to use several resources to collect our research and then put the research into one letter
__6. We used our time efficiently

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