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Combining Best Teaching Practices with Sports to Improve Learning

June 28th, 2007

Golf (MUH)

Find the following for your golf round:

-MODE (The number that appears the most)

-MEDIAN (The number that falls in the middle when the numbers are ordered chronlogically)

-RANGE (The difference b/w the lowest and highest number)

-Mean (The average for all the numbers)

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June 27th, 2007
June 27th, 2007

Bar Graph (MUH)

Goto the Math Section on the left and click on the SHODOR link.  Type Bar Graph in the SEARCH engine.  Graph your stats for Wiffle Ball Batting, Free Throws, Reaction Time, and Field Goals.

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June 27th, 2007

Field Goal Challenge (MUH)

Goto the Sports Games section and click on the link.  Goto FIELD GOAL CHALLENGE and kick away.  Keep track of your makes and attempts (FGM/FGA).  What is your Field Goal accuracy?

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June 27th, 2007

Batting Average (MUH)

What are the batting averages for your team? Just like basketball free throws, set the fraction (Hits/At Bats) up first. For batting average, use the first three numbers behind the decimals.

Batter: Fraction (Hits/At Bats)=.???

EXAMPLE

LearningCoach: 3/9=.333

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June 26th, 2007

Player Bio Questions (MUH)

Post questions you would want to know about an athelete.

June 26th, 2007

Paper Football Directions

Post your step by step directions on how to make a paper football here.

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June 26th, 2007

Basketball Free Throw % (MUH)

List the name of each shooter. The fraction of FTM/FTA and the % made. See example below. The online calculator can be found in the math section on the left of the site.

Name:Fraction FTM/FTA= %

Learning Coach: 25/50=50%

Remember, divide the FTM by FTA and you will get a decimal number.  To convert that decimal to a percent, multiply by 100.

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June 25th, 2007

Sports Anchor (MUH)

Post video highlights notes here. The video player can be found on the bottom left of the site.

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June 25th, 2007

Welcome Hamilton!

Welcome to SportsClassroom. Tell us a little about yourself. What do you like to do? Who do you admirer?

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June 21st, 2007

Batting Stats (MUM M&S)

What are the batting averages? 

Tyler 5/12=.

John  5/11=.

Austin  3/16=.

Noah  12/17=.

Kinser  10/15=.

LC  9/13=.

June 21st, 2007

Writing Sep #4 (MUM R&W)

How do you want to start your narrative?  Do you want to start with action?  Dialogue? Internal Thought?  Try all three…

June 21st, 2007

Writing Step #3 (MUM R&W)

Look at the scene from your life that you selected to write about and THINK about the following:
- sensory details (6 senses)
- problem, tension, conflict
- dialogue of what people were saying
- internal thoughts (private thoughts)

June 20th, 2007

Read Aloud (MUM R&W)

Click here to read the story Sabastian’s Roller Skates.  Then, answer the questions below in the comments box. 

• Retell this story in your own words.

• Discuss and then write about what you enjoyed most about this book.
• Have you ever been in a situation where you had something to say, but you were too shy to say it? Explain this situation to someone.

• If you have some advice to share about how you have worked through being too shy to talk, share that with someone.


•  What  do you enjoy most about roller skating.

June 19th, 2007

Select a Sports Poem (MUM R&W)

Select a poem from Center of Sports Poetry located on the left side of the website in the Reading & Writing section.  Think of ways you can bring that poem alive for your audience.

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