Sports Math

Description

PEDC 9047 Sports Math
3 Graduate Level or In-service Credits Instructor: Valerie Hanley April 1-29, August 1-30, November 1-30
University of the Pacific

Want to motivate students to excel and enjoy mathematics? This course will provide you with lessons and ideas on how to integrate sports and math to teach and reinforce basic mathematical concepts. Using various games and sports-related topics, teachers will learn stimulating ways to teach students math topics such as: fractions, ratios, percentages, measures of central tendency, and more. Upon completing this course, you will have a fun, exciting portfolio of math activities and lessons to use with your students.

How will this course help educators to meet the Next Generation and Common Core Standards?

The new Common Core standards require teachers to maximize learning opportunities for students. This course will help you integrate math, critical thinking skills, and writing into your lessons. You will find new and creative ways to teach math concepts to students of any age. You will also create activities that get your students up-and-moving which is so important for kids of all ages.

How will this course benefit my classroom instruction and learning objectives?

Math doesn’t have to be dull. This course will give you creative ideas for teaching math concepts that are already part of your curriculum. Your students will be more motivated to practice math when it is taught against a backdrop of sports and physical education.

Foreign Language and LOTE Teachers

Don’t teach math? No problem. This course will offer teachers ideas on how to incorporate sports and physical activity into any content area. You will learn some interesting ways to make your classroom more active and fun.

Mathematics Teachers

Math doesn’t have to be dull. This course will give you creative ideas for teaching math concepts that are already part of your curriculum. Your students will be more motivated to practice math when it is taught against a backdrop of sports and physical education.

Science Teachers

Don’t teach math? No problem. This course will offer teachers ideas on how to incorporate sports and physical activity into any content area. You will learn some interesting ways to make your classroom more active and fun.

Social Studies Teachers

Don’t teach math? No problem. This course will offer teachers ideas on how to incorporate sports and physical activity into any content area. You will learn some interesting ways to make your classroom more active and fun.

The Arts Teachers: Music, Art and Physical Education

Don’t teach math? No problem. This course will offer teachers ideas on how to incorporate sports and physical activity into any content area. You will learn some interesting ways to make your classroom more active and fun.

Special Education Teachers

This course will give you creative ideas for teaching math concepts that are already part of your curriculum. Your students will be more motivated to practice math when it is taught against a backdrop of sports and physical education. This course will offer great ideas to help students with special needs and abilities.

Social Workers, Guidance Counselors, and School Psychologists

Don’t teach math? No problem. This course will offer teachers ideas on how to incorporate sports and physical activity into any content area. You will learn some interesting ways to make your classroom more active and fun.

Elementary Education Teachers

Students of all ages love sports and physical activity. This course will teach you ways to combine these two areas with math, a subject that is not always popular with students. You will learn creative ways to teach math concepts using sports and physical education themes. Your students will love the new ideas you bring to the classroom.

Secondary Education Teachers

Students of all ages love sports and physical activity. This course will teach you ways to combine these two areas with math, a subject that is not always popular with students. You will learn creative ways to teach math concepts using sports and physical education themes. Your students will love the new ideas you bring to the classroom. Activities can be tailor-made for students of any math level or ability.

Media and Technology Specialists

Don’t teach math? No problem. This course will offer teachers ideas on how to incorporate sports and physical activity into any content area. You will learn some interesting ways to make your classroom more active and fun.

Career and Vocational Specialists

Don’t teach math? No problem. This course will offer teachers ideas on how to incorporate sports and physical activity into any content area. You will learn some interesting ways to make your classroom more active and fun.