Let me give you some ideas to infuse into your classroom. If you find anything helpful and you do indeed use these ideas and links let me know. Thanks to Otto for the many resources.
Bill James - Statistician who is revolutionizing analytics (for students who want to see math a little differently and use it differently)
Challenge: Once students learn and understand this concept thoroughly, have them apply it to other sports, behavior in a classroom
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Scrapheap Challenge
(from an activity aboard the Sapphire Princess cruise boat)
Task: Create a vessel that will carry six soda cans across two lengths of a swimming pool (or other small body of water).
Find and use any materials that are ready for recycling - not new.
Team members may not physically touch the craft during the test runs.
Judging will be based on: seaworthiness of the craft, creativity demonstrated, verbal description and explanation of how it functions before demonstration by one team member.
Audience votes for the best one.
Wood Scraps
Fabric Scraps
Carpet Scraps
Pencils to shotgun shells! (Very creative site. Don't miss this one)
Google Images (type "using scrap in creative ways")
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