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Program
US Grade: 3 - 8
Age: 9 - 14
Program Fee: $200.00 USD
Discount: A discounted rate of $150.00 per lesson will be offered to school districts or organizations that request 5 or more connections.
Program Length: 45 - 60 minutes ; prefer the full hour
Class Size: 40 max

Technology
Connections: IP
Multipoint? Point-to-Point is recommended for greater student interactivity with the presenter.

Cancellation Policy:
Weather or technology related cancellations will be re-scheduled or refunded, whichever the school prefers. All other cancellations must be made within 48 hours or full fee will be charged.

Recording & Distribution
Recording allowed? No

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AT&T Park, Home of the San Francisco Giants : Giants Geometry: The Shape of the Game


Description
From little leagues to the major leagues, from colonial times to the twenty-first century, baseball holds a special place in American life.

Students will utilize AT&T Park to identify and investigate the role that shapes play at the park and in the game. They will also gain a greater understanding of why baseball is considered our National Pastime.

The program begins with a video that takes students inside AT&T Park to learn about the history of the Giants waterfront home. They'll see unique footage of its construction, as well as experience the excitement of being at a Giants game. The lesson also explores the origins and evolution of home plate. Students will employ the appropriate mathematical formulas to calculate its perimeter or the total surface area.
They will watch a video of two Junior Giants on a field trip to discover how home plate got its present shape. Students participate in a hands-on activity illustrating the importance triangles play in the structure of the stadium.


Preparation
Classrooms that connect for this program will receive a connection packet that will contain the following:

-Pre-connection Warm-up activities
-Connection Material instructions
(this section includes the worksheets that students will need to have in front of them during the lesson, as well as the materials needed to prepare for the hands-on activity portion.)
-Post-connection activities


U.S. National Curriculum Standards
Grades 3 & 4

Describing and analyzing properties of two-dimensional shapes.

Developing an understanding of area and determining the areas of two-dimensional shapes.

Grades 5 - 8

Describing three-dimensional shapes and analyzing their properties, including volume and surface area.
Problems that involve areas and volumes, calling on students to find areas or volumes from lengths or to find lengths from volumes or areas and lengths, are especially appropriate

Developing an understanding of and using formulas to determine surface areas and volumes of three-dimensional shapes.

Analyzing two- and three-dimensional space and figures by using distance and angle.


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This information was last updated on: 07/30/2009
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