Unit 1 Real-World Unit Projects

Problem Solving in Health: Fun to be Fit!

Task | Process | Guidance | Resources | Conclusion

Task
  1. Keep a record of the exercises that you do for five straight days, and record the amount of Calories you burn each day with each exercise.
  2. Create a presentation which includes the information you have gathered about different forms of exercise. Make sure to include all the appropriate statistical displays.
Process
    1a.  Create a table and record everything that you do as exercise for five consecutive days. Your table should include the following information for each exercise:
    1b.  Analyze your exercise by following Worksheet 2.     2.  Create a presentation that includes the following:
Guidance
Do you still have questions? Well, if so, you have come to the right place! Below are some helpful hints.
  1. Complete Worksheet 1 with the appropriate information.
  2. Some of the presentations that you could create are a booklet, poster, or PowerPoint® presentation.
Resources
Search the internet. Use key words such as health, fitness or exercise.

Conclusion
Good job! You have completed your exercise tasks! Using your mathematical knowledge you have experienced the importance of mathematics in the everyday world. Numbers and statistics are all around us and in everything we do! Your daily exercise has mathematics and is essential for you to be able to successfully analyze different products that surround you. Keep up the good work!