When we talk about slope there are a lot of sports applications as well. One of those being in a ski jump. Consider the following: You're about to go down a ski jump, how steep is the slope? Will the slope affect your speed? How far will you jump?
In the Olympics it is literally a matter of life and death in the construction of a ski jump. If not enough room is left at the base of the jump, the skier could land in the crowd injuring themselves and others. It is a delicate balance to find a slope that will give the skiers enough speed to make a good jump, but not so much speed that they are in danger of loosing control!
What do you think the ideal slope for a ski ramp is? What other sports have ramps that we can apply this principle to? Bring your ideas to class discussion tomorrow!
See you all in class.
This is really cool, Sally. I like how you have students actually doing some math on here. I wonder if you could incorporate some actual concrete math into all of the posts, like the one with the skiier. You definitely did a good job bringing real-world topics into the content area.
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