TRILLIONS MATH SERIES
We’ve combined empowering activities and trillions math questions to create unique, inspiring lesson plans for your young scientists! Our lessons are also available on the SKIES platform.
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EMPOWERING ACTIVITY
Home run! When playing baseball, there are nine people from each team that play at a time. Baseball is a fun team sport that requires people to work together.
Work with a group to design your own team sport! In what way does your sport require people to work together? What is the name of your sport? What are the rules?
Click on the worksheet to print, or draw on your own paper.
On the worksheet, fill in the boxes and answer the questions.
Playing a team sport is a unique experience where we get to play with a group of people in a fun way! Being able to work with other people and effectively collaborate with others is an important skill to have, and ensures that everything runs smoothly.
During sports games, teammates cheer each other on. Having people around you to support and encourage you when things get tough is something that makes working with other people so great!
MATH QUESTION
Fill in the blank
If you enlarge a baseball so that its diameter is one-trillion times bigger, and place that ball on the ground; the top of the ball will reach close to __________ miles to the sun.
Hint: The diameter of a MLB regulation baseball is 2.875” and the distance to the sun is 92,900,000 miles
You can find a conversion sheet at the bottom of the page
