Fantasy Baseball and Mathematics: Student Workbook (Fantasy Sports and Mathematics Series) - Softcover

Flockhart, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787994472 ISBN 13: 9780787994471

Publisher: Jossey Bass, 2007

Synopsis

"Flockhart's books make math fun again. Teachers, students, and parents will love this program." --Jeffrey R. Thomas, founder and CEO, SportsBuff.com;president, Fantasy Sports Trade Association This workbook is designed to be used in conjunction with Fantasy Baseball and Mathematics: A Resource Guide for Teachers and Parents. The games and activities in Fantasy Baseball and Mathematics were created to get you excited about learning and practicing math, even if you are not a big sports fan. Here's how it works. You will create a Fantasy Baseball team by picking real-life players, and then follow your players' statistics and calculate your teams' total points using one of the equations your teacher provides. In addition to the basic Fantasy Baseball game, your workbook contains reproducible worksheets for extra practice on 46 different math concepts. So join the winning math team with Fantasy Baseball and Mathematics! Also available in the Fantasy Sports and Mathematics series: Fantasy Basketball and Mathematics Fantasy Football and Mathematics Fantasy Soccer and Mathematics

About this title

About the Author

Dan Flockhart, M.Ed., is a former middle school math teacher who incorporated fantasy sports into his math curriculum. He presents his innovative method of teaching at conventions and maintains a Web site for the series at http://www.fantasysportsmath.com.

From the Back Cover

"Flockhart's books make math fun again. Teachers, students, and parents will love this program."
Jeffrey R. Thomas, founder and CEO, SportsBuff.com;president, Fantasy Sports Trade Association

This workbook is designed to be used in conjunction with Fantasy Baseball and Mathematics: A Resource Guide for Teachers and Parents. The games and activities in Fantasy Baseball and Mathematics were created to get you excited about learning and practicing math, even if you are not a big sports fan.

Here's how it works. You will create a Fantasy Baseball team by picking real-life players, and then follow your players' statistics and calculate your teams' total points using one of the equations your teacher provides. In addition to the basic Fantasy Baseball game, your workbook contains reproducible worksheets for extra practice on 46 different math concepts.

So join the winning math team with Fantasy Baseball and Mathematics!

Also available in the Fantasy Sports and Mathematics series:

• Fantasy Basketball and Mathematics
• Fantasy Football and Mathematics
• Fantasy Soccer and Mathematics

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey Bass
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787994472
• ISBN 13: 9780787994471
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160