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Super Bowl Scavenger Hunt

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Super Bowl Scavenger Hunt

Grade Levels

1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-Kindergarten

Course, Subject

Related Academic Standards
CC.2.4.1.A.4 CC.2.4.1.A.4
Represent and interpret data using tables/charts
CC.2.4.2.A.4 CC.2.4.2.A.4
Represent and interpret data using line plots, picture graphs, and bar graphs.
CC.2.4.3.A.4 CC.2.4.3.A.4
Represent and interpret data using tally charts, tables, pictographs, line plots, and bar graphs.
M03.D-M.2.1.1 M03.D-M.2.1.1
Complete a scaled pictograph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories (scales limited to 1, 2, 5, and 10).
M03.D-M.2.1.2 M03.D-M.2.1.2
Solve one- and two-step problems using information to interpret data presented in scaled pictographs and scaled bar graphs (scales limited to 1, 2, 5, and 10). Example 1: (One-step) “Which category is the largest?” Example 2: (Two-step) “How many more are in category A than in category B?”
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  • Big Ideas
    Mathematical functions are relationships that assign each member of one set (domain) to a unique member of another set (range), and the relationship is recognizable across representations.
    Measures can be estimated by using known referents.
    Numbers, measures, expressions, equations, and inequalities can represent mathematical situations and structures in many equivalent forms.
    Numerical measures describe the center and spread of numerical data.
    Numerical quantities and calculations can be estimated by using numbers that are close to the actual values, but easier to compute.
    Patterns exhibit relationships that can be extended, described, and generalized.
    Relations and functions are mathematical relationships that can be represented and analyzed using words, tables, graphs, and equations.
    Similarity relationships between objects are a form of proportional relationships. Congruence describes a special similarity relationship between objects and is a form of equivalence.
    Some questions can be answered by collecting, representing, and analyzing data, and the question to be answered determines the data to be collected, how best to collect it, and how best to represent it.
    The likelihood of an event occurring can be described numerically and used to make predictions.
    The set of real numbers has infinite subsets including the sets of whole numbers, integers, rational, and irrational numbers.
    There are some mathematical relationships that are always true and these relationships are used as the rules of arithmetic and algebra and are useful for writing equivalent forms of expressions and solving equations and inequalities.
    Two variable quantities are proportional if their values are in a constant ratio. The relationship between proportional quantities can be represented as a linear function.
  • Concepts
    Area and Volume
    Data displays: Histograms, circle graphs, stem and leaf plots, line graphs
    Distance, Pythagorean Theorem
    Equations and Inequalities: Use patterns, models, and relationships
    Graphical displays of data: Frequency tables, bar graphs, picture graphs, line plots
    Graphing on a coordinate plane
    Linear equations and inequalities
    Linear functions
    Measures of central tendency: mean, median, and mode
    Multiplication and division: fractions and decimals
    Polygons and Polyhedra
    Prediction and Inference
    Proportionality: Similar figures and objects, scale factors, unit rate
    Rate of change
    Ratio and Rates
    Rational numbers and percents
    Representations
    Sampling as a method of estimation and prediction
    Theoretical probability
    Variables, Expressions, Equations
  • Competencies
    Answer questions regarding a data set using measures of center and spread and interpreting the graphical representation (including box-and-whisker plots) of the data set.
    Apply a variety of strategies for proportional reasoning and use them to solve real world problems, including problems dealing with similarity and rates of change.
    Compute fluently and solve problems using positive and negative rational numbers (including integers).
    Construct and analyze frequency tables, bar graphs, picture graphs, and line plots and use them to describe data and solve problems.
    Determine the sample space for one-stage experiments and determine, when possible, the theoretical probabilities for events defined in the sample space.
    Expand the meaning of multiplication and division of fractions and decimals and their inverse relationships to compute fluently and solve real world problems. Use a variety of models to represent percents.
    Extend previous understandings of the characteristics of 2-d and 3-d shapes, including the measures of area and volumes, by exploring, solving, and interpreting real world problems.
    Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem to find distances between points in a coordinate plane and to analyze polygons and polyhedra.
    Understand the concepts of the measures of central tendency of a data set, calculate accurately the measures of central tendency, and interpret these measures in the context of the given situation.
    Use fundamental facts about distances and angles to describe and analyze figures and situations in 2- and 3-dimensional spaces and to solve problems including those with multiple steps.
    Use linear functions, linear equations, and linear inequalities to represent, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.
    Use patterns, models, and relationships as contexts for writing and solving simple equations and inequalities, and graph simple equations
    Use the appropriate graphical data representation and extend understanding of the influence of scale in data interpretation.
    Write mathematical expressions and equations that correspond to given situations, evaluate expressions, and use expressions and formulas to solve problems.

Description

In many homes, the Super Bowl is an event of some significance. This activity is designed to have students examine some enjoyable (and, sometimes, obscure) questions using mathematics during the game. The questions on the activity sheet require that the students make observations about the game.

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Super Bowl Scavenger Hunt

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