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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs Season 2 "Convergence" Where Is the Bullet?
Charlie uses parametric equations of projectile motion to figure out where to look for a fired bullet in the "Convergence" episode of the show NUMB3RS. The lesson plan includes a student page complete with keystroke instructions for the...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Eyes Have It
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson lands students as investigators who must explore the usefullness of iris scan (security) algorithms. In the first part of a lesson, a given probability is used to determine how...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Pythagorean Expectation
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this interesting lesson has students use sabermetrics (the study of statistics in baseball) to determine the expected winning percentage for a team, given the runs scored and runs allowed....
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Sabermetrics
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduced students to lesser-known statistical analyses. The focus of this lesson is sabermetrics, a statistical procedure used to measure a baseball player's worth or the...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Choosing Contenders
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson shows students two different ways to "normalize" scores: by applying a created scalar factor so that all scores have a mean of one, or by using z-scores. Students are walked...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Angling for Distance
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students manipulate the vector component equations in order to maximize distance for a given initial velocity (using the launch angle as the variable). In an extension,...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Air Hockey
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to a couple applications of matrices. Namely, a competition matrix is manipulated so as to rank included players, squared to see how opponents did, and finally...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: A Breed Apart
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson shows students a way to calculate the "amount" of inbreeding which results from an incestuous pairing. While this is presented in the show as part of a polygamous cult, the...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Is It for Real?
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson uses sabermetrics (study of statistics of baseball) to try to determine when certain players had "change points," or times when their performance drastically changed. This is done...