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Designed byStephen Taylor, Summer Emich, Catie Hickin, Courtney White

Based on a template from The WebQuest Page

Module 7: Webquest to Math and SportsFinding New Hitters for the Akron Rubber

Ducks

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Math is typically known as a hard and boring subject. People do not realize that math is actually in everyday things that we do. Math can be fun and very engaging. In this webquest you will see that math and sports are related when looking to pick new players for the Akron Rubber Ducks Team.

The Akron Rubber Ducks are looking to trade for consistent hitters. To find these consistent hitters they are on the look out for high Batting Averages. Batting averages are calculated by dividing the number of hits a player has by the total number of at bats they have had, this will then result in a decimal.

The teams the Akron Rubber Ducks have ability to tade with are the Carolina Mud Cats, Pensacola Blue Wahoos, and the Midland Rock Hounds.

You will be examining and comparing the individual statistics for the players on these teams to find one player from each team that the Akron Rubber Ducks should make a trade for.

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The Akron Rubber Ducks are looking for some new top hitters for their next season! Your job is to look at what three different minor league teams including: The Carolina Mud Cats, Pensacola Blue Wahoos, and the Midland Rock Hounds and find the player with the highest batting average and compare to the rest of the teams to see which one you would trade for the Akron Rubber Ducks!

During This WebQuest you will:

1) Research and find the three minor league baseball teams listed above 2) Compare the statistics, look for and list the player from each team

with the highest batting average.3) Finally, out of those three pick the player with the highest batting

average to be traded onto the Akron Rubber Ducks.

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Follow these steps carefully to complete the task.

1. Know the basic Formula of how to calculate the batting average

2. Find one Player from the Carolina Mud Cats with the highest batting average

3. Find one player from the Pensacola Blue Wahoos with the highest batting average

4. Find one player from the Midland Rock Hounds with the highest batting average

5. List these players out and compare their statistics

6. Finally determine who would be the best player to trade onto the Akron Rubber Ducks team!

7. Write a one paragraph response summarizing what you learned about averaging statistics and what player you thought would be best for the Akron Rubber Ducks. Also include a list that ranks the three players based on their batting averages.

The Process

• Check out this Mud Cat link for your stats!• http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ibp&cid=249&stn=true&sid=t249• Check out this Blue Wahoo link for their stats!• http://

www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?cid=4124&sid=t4124&stn=true&t=t_ibp• Check out this Midland RockHounds link for their stats!• http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ibp&cid=237&stn=true&sid=t237

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Thanks for your time in helping the Akron Rubber Ducks! By completing this activity you were able to find the player with the highest batting average on each of the three teams. Thanks to all your help, the Akron Rubber Ducks manager is now able to figure out which players they want to go after in the trade!

Don’t forget, batting averages for players are always changing! Keep a look out on the same players throughout the next couple of weeks to see if their still in the same high ranking position. Feel free to watch a baseball game and see if you can figure out who is doing well and who isn’t! Have fun!

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Credits & References

• http://didthetribewinlastnight.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dotf-ducks-logo.jpg

• http://blog.psprint.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/midland-rockhounds-logo.jpg

• http://corelaborate.psesd.org/thank-bloggers-readers/ • http://

www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ibp&cid=249&stn=true&sid=t249

• http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ibp&cid=237&stn=true&sid=t237

• http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?cid=4124&sid=t4124&stn=true&t=t_ibp