| This book is full of practical tasks that focus on the human body through topics such as archeaology, art, criminal investigations and athletic records. In many topics, students collect, present and analyse their own data - engaging even the most reluctant students in this subject area.
Students solve crimes by analysing the relationship between length of stride and body height, collect their own data to investigate Leonardo da Vinci's 'Vitruvian man' proportions and use linear modelling to predict future 100 m sprint records.
This book also includes an answers section to make marking and assessment easy.
Maths In the Body topics include:
- Body proportions and measurement
- Unit conversion
- Analysing data - median, mean, box plots
- Using graphs, mathematical relationships and ICT to analyse ratios
- Developing equations using trend lines
- Using linear models to predict variations
- Calculating volume and surface areas
- Using Geometric models
- Interpreting graphs and extrapolating data
- Calculating energy and power use
- Estimating height and rate of motion
- Curve fitting and trigonometry |
