The Angels Science of Baseball program is being taught at the 2016 Summer Enrichment Academy put on by the Irvine Public Schools Foundation. The course was created by a Systems and Industrial Engineering Associate Professor from the University of Arizona. It is open to any students who are in fourth to sixth grade and it is 3 weeks long.
Fourth-Sixth Graders are Learning Math and Science Via Baseball.
The program is designed to help students understand how to put math and science to use in everyday life through baseball. They learn to find the area of a strike zone, calculate a batting average, and even use the Angels banner to understand the Pythagorean Theorem. The students went on a field trip to Angels Stadium and received a donation from the team’s foundation.
I believe strongly that anytime you can tie in something that’s actually happening with a classroom or any kind of learning experience, it turns into something real that makes sense. What we believe in with the kids is that they have the aptitude for math and science, and this helps them discover that aptitude.
Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert
Key takeaways
- The Angels Science of Baseball program teaches 4th-6th graders about math and science using baseball.
- Among other things, students learn how to calculate batting averages and measurements of field architecture.
- The program aims to teach children the relevance and importance of math and science to activities which really interest them.
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