Knowledge Stream Lesson Title: Getting Green Back!!

Grade Level(s): 9-12 High School

Author and School: Jeff Bolbach, Intervention Specialist, MaumeeHigh School

Date:March 19,2009

Lesson Summary:

In this lesson the students will be looking at Nascar racing and the math involved as well as the initiative that the Nascar race track in Michigan is trying to go green. The students will be engaged by using a recycling website to look at the different numbers that are generated when someone recycles. Next, the students will explore states that have deposits on pop and use math to calculate percentages. Then the students will watch a video about how the Michigan International Speedway is trying to go green. A worksheet with calculations from the video is included. Then the students complete an activity where they have to complete percentages. Finally the students will use the Nascar website and pick a driver to do some neat calculations.

Materials Needed:

  1. Knowledge Stream Video clips: Getting Green Back video Clip taken from “Eggs n’ Issues Michigan Speedway- Green Means Business Feb. 2009

B. Engage activity worksheet

C. Explore worksheet state recycling program calculations

D. Video clip worksheet

E. Activity to evaluate sheet with percentage problems

F. Extending activity Nascar game.

Lesson Implementation

EngageIn this activity the students will use the following website and copy two facts for each type of material. If no internet is available to the students the teacher can copy the facts from the website and use an overhead.(Use worksheet Engage for math recycling percentage lesson.)

ExploreIn this activity the students will look at the price that it costs to recycle in states that have deposits on pop when it is purchased in the store. Calculations are used to show how effective it is.

ExplainThe students watch the video clip where the speaker talks about what the Michigan International speedway has done to improve itself and go more green. Many numbers are given out that are then used to calculate percentages.

EvaluateIn order to evaluate the students a game has been created where the students complete problems. If they get them correct they move around the track like a race car and a game it made out of it. The problems are included in the worksheets.

ExtendFinally the students are directed to NASCAR.com where they pick a driver and use the information about that driver to complete some math problems.

Name______Date______

Recycling, NASCAR and Math

Go to the website

Write down two facts from each demonstration.

  1. Aluminum
  1. Paper
  1. Glass
  1. Plastic

Name______Date______

Deposit Costs Around the US

There are 11 states that have deposit programs. Pick 7 of them and record the data and make the calculations of how much you would get back from recycling cans.

State / Deposit cost per can / How much would I get back if I recycled 12, 24 and 144 cans.

Name______Date______

As you watch the video complete these blanks with the information that is missing. Then use the information on the problems below using the stats from the video.

Stats:

______campsites on ______different campgrounds

MIS has ______acres on the site

Around ______people come to the track twice a year.

In 2007 MIS sent ______tons of trash to the landfill

In 2008 MIS recycled ______of different products including ______million tons of construction waste.

MIS has ______trash cans and ______recycling cans.

Problems

  1. If MIS says that it has 90% of the trash cans being used how many trash can are used?
  1. If 75% of the people who attend the nascar races pay full price for the ticket, how many people pay full price?
  1. If on race weekend 35% of the campsites have electricity. How many campsites do Not have electricity? How many do?
  1. At MIS if 3 of the 7 campgrounds have shuttles to the track what percentage is that?
  1. If the actual track at MIS takes up 145 acres how many acres are left? What percentage of the site is taken up by the track?
  1. If it costs MIS 3 dollars a ton to take trash to the landfill, how much money did they spend for 2007?
  1. In 2008 how much did MIS save by recycling if it costs $4 to send trash to the landfill?
  1. What is the percent of decrease of the amount of trash that was sent to the landfill?
  1. What is the percent of decrease in amount of money that MIS spent on trash from 2007 to 2008?
  1. In the video they said that they spent $1,400 on recycling materials for the office. At 10 cents a can how many cans would they need to recycle to make the money back that they spent?

Name______Date______

NASCAR percentage race game

For each problem the students get right they can roll the dice and move their car accordingly. First student to complete 10 laps wins.

  1. What is 40% of 164?
  1. What is 85% pf 600?
  1. What is 50% of 0.01?
  1. What is 5% of 34?
  1. 50% of 188 is what?
  1. What is 100% of 94?
  1. What is 35% of 140?
  1. What is 40% of 5?
  1. What is 9% of 32?
  1. What is 63% of 789?
  1. What is 67% of 450?
  1. What is 89% of 78?
  1. What is 25% of 144
  1. 76% of 205 is what?
  1. What is 40% of 95?

Name______Date______

Go to and find a driver, if you do not have a favorite just pick one. To get to this info click on drivers and sprint cup series.

My Driver is ______

Rank / Driver / Points / Starts / Poles / Wins / Top 5 / Top 10 / Earnings

Using the information from above do the following calculations.

  1. What percentage of points has your driver earned? (his points/ points of person in 1st)
  1. Calculate the percentage of times that your driver was in the top 5 so far this year?
  1. Calculate the percentage that your driver was in the top 10?
  1. Calculate the percentage that your driver has been on the pole and won a race this year?