There is a wealth of information when it comes to volleyball! Whether you’re examining individual player statistics, team standings, or breaking down a specific match… MATH IS EVERYWHERE IN VOLLEYBALL!
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Set up your math mini spark recording page: #101: Volleyball Roster Math
This Mini Spark has you looking at the 24-25 Westside High School Varsity and Junior Varsity Volleyball Roster. Download and print a copy of the worksheet and roster.
Add a picture of your finished worksheet to your math mini spark page.
Share your math mini spark recording page and your worksheet with your teacher/EY coordinator.
Check out the Roster Math Badge at the EY website.
Count all of the squares on the checkerboard or a chessboard- This is a classic problem. You will look at how to solve it using drawings, using patterns, and solving a simpler problem. Also look at how how to solve a variation of this type of problem that may pop up on math contests.
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1. Set up your math mini spark recording page: #100: Checkerboard Math
3. The challenge for this mini spark is to count ALL of the squares on the checkerboard. Start watching this video, pause to copy the chart he creates and STOP at 2:40. Record the answers to these 3 questions.
How many squares on an 8 X 8 board?
How many squares on an 1 X 1 board?
How many squares on a 2 X 2 board?
4. Figure out the next answers using your chart and the copy of the board you printed. Without watching the rest of the video try to find the answers for each of the following questions.
How many squares on a 4 X 4 board?
How many squares on a 5 X 5 board?
How many squares on a 6 X 6 board?
How many squares on a 7 X 7 board?
5. When you have a solution click to watch the rest of the video to see if you have recorded the correct numbers.
6. Solve this second problem written by CEMC math. Print this board if you want a new copy to help you. Record all of your work and your answers on your mini spark recording sheet.
Bart and Lisa counted all squares on a checkerboard. On the same checkerboard, they decided to count the number of small rectangles-1 unit by 2 units or 2 units by 1 unit.
They were careful to count all of the overlapping rectangles. If they counted correctly, what was their total? Look at this picture before you start.
***Reminder for your teacher that the solution can be found in the math mini spark folder.
7. Share your math mini spark recording page and boards with your teacher/EY coordinator.
You can use step #6 as one of your problems for the Problem of the Week CEMC Math badge that can be found on the EY badge page.
Chocolate’s flavor is a combination of sweetness, bitterness, and creaminess that many people find irresistible. We celebrate national chocolate day in July every year. Check out this math mini spark to learn more about chocolate and math.
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Set up your math mini spark recording page: #98 Chocolate Math
Read this Bedtime Math post about the world’s largest chocolate kiss! Do one of the math questions on your recording page before scrolling all of the way down to see the answer.
3. Check out this math trick that reveals your age and how many times a week you like to eat chocolate at this chocolate math site. Write about this site?
4. Read about chocolate facts at this site. Create a math data page with all about chocolate. Include at least 8 facts
Möbius strip, a one-sided surface that can be constructed by affixing the ends of a rectangular strip after first having given one of the ends a one-half twist.
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1. Set up your math mini spark recording page: #97 The Mysterious Mobius Strip
2. Watch this introduction video. Record 5 details on your recording sheet.
3. Follow the steps on this site to make a Mobius strip.
4. Take a picture after completing your mobius strip and add it to your recording page.
5. On your mini spark page, record interesting ideas from this mini spark.
6. Share your math mini spark recording page with your teacher/EY coordinator
In mathematics, the term chaos game originally referred to a method of creating a fractal, using a polygon and an initial point selected at random inside it.
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Set up your math mini spark recording page: #95: The Chaos Game
Watch this video. Record details on your recording page.
3. Watch this video to learn how to play The Chaos Game. *****This video is long–> looking for other video
Follow the instructions in the video. Take a screenshot of your final picture and add it to your recording page.
4. Link to the GeoGebra Website to find the chaos game.
4. Share your math mini spark recording page with your teacher/EY coordinator.
Math Mini-Sparks are in the process of moving to a new Google site! You can still access all 94 math mini-sparks on the EY Website by scrolling down, but new mini-sparks will be posted here:
Pixels are the smallest unit in a digital display. Up to millions of pixels make up an image or video on a device’s screen. Each pixel comprises a subpixel that emits a red, green and blue (RGB) color, which displays at different intensities. In this mini spark, you will learn about the basics of pixels and pixel colors.
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1. Start by taking out your math notebook or opening your math mini spark doc. Put the date at the top and put the title of this mini spark. Record all of your work on this page.
2. Use this slideshow of images, which zooms a picture of raft. The final slide shows that the entire photo is actually made from individual squares of color. How does looking at these pictures help explain creation of the digital images that you see? What other images might you see today that are made from pixels?
3. Watch these two videos. The first video is a reminder binary numbers. It will help to see this before watching the second video. Take notes as you watch both videos.
4. After watching the second video answer these questions in your notebook. What is the RGB name for turquoise? How does a computer name turquoise? Draw the math steps that were used in the video to explain how a function is used to filter an image.
5. Share your math mini spark recording page with your teacher/EY coordinator.
Check out the Playing with Pixels badge at the EY website.
Did you hear that Scooter’s Coffee broke the Guinness World Record for the largest cake pop?! This mini spark will give you the opportunity to learn more, explore spheres, and maybe even make your own cake pops!
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Set up your math mini spark recording page: #93 Cake Pop Math
Have you ever bought a cake pop? How much was it and was the cost worth the taste? Explore the price of cake pops from different stores and make a table comparing the data. You can find out the cost by visiting a place in-person, or find a website that tells you the information. Display your data in a creative way.
Look up a few recipes for cake pops. Which one would you like to try?
Share your math mini spark recording page with your teacher/EY coordinator.
There is a wealth of information when it comes to volleyball! Whether you’re examining individual player statistics, team standings, or breaking down a specific match… MATH IS EVERYWHERE IN VOLLEYBALL!
Möbius strip, a one-sided surface that can be constructed by affixing the ends of a rectangular strip after first having given one of the ends a one-half twist.
