Barbie Bungee and the Line of Best Fit: Thrill her, don’t kill her!
by Patricia Morgan
Barbie is an adventure seeker to the max! She loves the thrill of death defying activities. She believes the adrenaline rush makes her hair more lustrous and keeps a brilliant smile on her face; so she is willing to pay big bucks to the company that can give her the most thrilling ride. In the back of her mind though, she wants to be sure that she is really safe. Your goal is to create a bungee line for Barbie that will give her the most thrilling, yet safest fall from the roof!
The objective of this lesson is to plot the data collected on a coordinate plane and then find a line of best fit for a linear equation. Using this linear equation, you will be expected to determine the number of rubber bands required to give Barbie the most thrilling yet safe bungee jump from the roof
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pc0ksddYbJmZaUC8C7S4xte0BI1Z57BENj8LSQL…Subject Area
Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S3: Apply Mathematics to Engineering S7: Apply Project Management to Engineering Mathematics Expressions and Equations (EE) Functions (F) Algebra (A) Reasoning with Functions and Relations (RFR)
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