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Football
Fever Fun
Lesson Plan
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| Overview: |
With
the start of school and fall around the corner, Friday night football
fever is in full force. Football Fever Fun engages students in research
of print or online sources of the week's high school football game
statistics. What a great way to bolster school spirit by keeping up
with the home and area football teams. (This activity could also be
used for professional football teams as well.)
Football Fever Fun encourages students to use their prediction skills
to predict the outcome of the next football game based on the spreadsheet
and chart created from the statistical data gathered from their research.
Use the activity for one week or extend through the football season,
either way, this is a great way to harness the football frenzy. |
| Grade
Level: |
5-8
grades |
| Time
Allotment: |
1-2
class periods |
| Materials: |
- eBuddies
- local newspapers
- internet
access
- spreadsheet
software
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National
Standards: |
Technology Standards:
- Know the
characteristics and uses of computer software programs.
Math Standards:
- Understands
and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data
analysis.
- Understands
the general nature and uses of mathematics
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| Objectives: |
The student
will:
- gather statistics
of the school's football team and opponent through printed information
such as a newspaper or through the internet by access the local
televisions' website.
- construct
a spreadsheet with the appropriate fields and input the researched
data.
- be able
to use the Autosum feature to total the statistics.
- be able to
construct a chart/graph using the chart wizard to analyze the
data.
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Procedure:
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- To engage
the students in the activity, have motivating school football
displays in the room. Discuss the football game, the plays, and
highlights.
- If the students
aren't familiar with football statistics, brainstorm ways the
teams are evaluated. For example, points are TDs (touchdowns),
how far the ball was passed (passing yardage), how far the ball
was run (rushing yardage) and how many first downs. The students
may come up with others. Write these "fields" on the
board for future use.
- Distribute
the eBuddies and have the students launch the Internet browser.
- Have the
students access the local newspaper website or have the local
newspaper's sport section available.
- Distribute
the Data Collection sheet
to the students and have them fill in the necessary information.
- Distribute
the directions for setting up
the Football Fever spreadsheet. Have the students use the
fields previously discussed in the brainstorming session.
- Students
are to input the data into the spreadsheet.
- Using the
spreadsheet setup directions, have the students construct a chart
using the data that was collected. Print the spreadsheet and chart.
- Create a
chart using the data collected for the teams that will be playing
in the upcoming game.
- Have the
students write a persuasive paper, supporting their prediction
for the up-coming game based on the data collected.
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| Evaluation: |
- Spreadsheets
and charts
- Persuasive
paper
- Student participation
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