Teaching with the Winter Classic
On January 1, the Buffalo Sabres – my hometown hockey team – played a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins outside at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, NY. This game was tagged the Winter Classic – see photos. I did not go, but watched from my living room and went outside occasionally to hear the roar of the fans – I live about 1.5 miles from the stadium.
I decided to do a graphing lesson using the statistics from the game. Students have to choose 3 – 5 players and a common statistic (e.g. shifts, shots, blocked shots, etc.). Stat Summary web page
Instead of using Microsoft Excel – kids used this site – http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
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