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Time Savings For Teachers
It only takes a short time to set up contests, perhaps 30 minutes of teacher time. After that the teacher has almost nothing to do except print out a weekly graph lesson plan. By runing bike contests teachers should save an estimated 2 to 3 hours. The contest service is FREE. |
Weekly Math Lessons
The Math Lessons are designed to be used once per week. Each lesson covers one type of graph and displays the biking or contest data in a single graph. The lesson has a number of questions to be answered by the students. These lessons may be taken home for parents viewing as well. In-class time to present and discuss a lesson requires about 20 minutes. |
For Parents Too
Some of the lessons include a parent's area which has a somewhat more advanced graph than
those used for the students. These are intended to be enjoyable, to help draw the parents into
the studies of their child, and also to motivate the parents to also exercise.
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A Supplement to your Primary Math Textbook
Use the math lessons in any order. Each is standalone making these supplemental lessons very adaptable to any of the currently popular middle school math textbooks. |
Lessons Gain Student Attention
Teachers benefit by having math lessons which capture the interest of the students. The BikeWithMe lessons do capture the attention of the students because it is their own data.
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Creating the Data
Everyone starts riding and recording the miles they have ridden. From this data, many different graphs are created which are then used within a math lesson. As a contest progresses, the data changes and becomes richer making re-use of a lesson possible a few weeks later.
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