Learn many was to generate authentic data for student analysis.

1. What I Wouldn’t Do for Math
Nancy Foote nancyfootehigley@gmail.com

2. Heartbeat
How long to get to a million?
a billion?

3. Pedometer math
Walk across the US
Friends-day Wednesday
How many miles do you walk in a year? In a lifetime?

4. How many licks
Fermi Method

5. Fermi approximations
 Start with what you know
 Use dimensional analysis (unit cancellations) to find a path to the answer
 Use numerical landmarks (how long is 1 million seconds? A billion?)
 Simplify numbers

6. Homer the Great
 How far would all the film frames that make
up the 400+ episodes of The Simpsons
stretch?
 ~450 episodes have aired
 Each episode is ~20 minutes
 Film is projected at 12 frames per second
 The Simpsons use a 16 mm film reel

7. YouTube channel data
www.youtube.com/nancyfootehigley

10. Tinkerbell Half Marathon
 Skin temperature
 Heart rate
 Elevation
 Splits
 Weather

11. Tinkerbell/Princess/Disneyland Half
 Compare overall time
 Best mile split
 Elevation
 Heart rate
 Bathroom breaks
 Water breaks

12. Pace versus time
Tinkerbell Half Marathon Princess Half Marathon

13. Heart Rate versus Time
Training Run Disneyland Half Marathon

14. Books
 How many words are in your favorite book?

15. Converting a book to a movie
 1 page Dialogue = 5 minutes
 1 page description = 3 minutes

16. How fast can you …?
 Walk backwards
 Shuffle step
 Pass a glass
 Pass a mug

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