OK - if you know me at all, you know this is a story after my own heart . . .
In commemoration of "Pi Day" this week, the LA Kings Hockey Club teamed up with the Kings Alumni Association, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems engineers, Toyota, and Pizza Hut to visit Madrona Middle School and provide students with the opportunity to combine math and hockey. Students learned about "the perimeter of an NHL ice rink, radius of a puck, diameter of a faceoff circle and more. The purpose of the program is to teach students how to apply math skills in a unique, fun setting." Raytheon adopted the school in December as part of its STEM initiatives, as well as providing grants and computers. http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=622228&cmpid=rss-News
The NHL, Anaheim Ducks, USAHockey, and the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana have also worked together on the interactive Science of Hockey exhibit, which had its one millionth visitor in October of 2011. http://www.discoverycube.org/currentexhibits/scienceofhockey/. NBC has also posted videos on the Science of Hockey (although some seem to be math content) at http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn/science-of-nhl-hockey; see also http://science360.gov/series/Science+of+NHL+Hockey/41c74cc3-2d9a-40f6-95c1-76c04834afce
In commemoration of "Pi Day" this week, the LA Kings Hockey Club teamed up with the Kings Alumni Association, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems engineers, Toyota, and Pizza Hut to visit Madrona Middle School and provide students with the opportunity to combine math and hockey. Students learned about "the perimeter of an NHL ice rink, radius of a puck, diameter of a faceoff circle and more. The purpose of the program is to teach students how to apply math skills in a unique, fun setting." Raytheon adopted the school in December as part of its STEM initiatives, as well as providing grants and computers. http://kings.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=622228&cmpid=rss-News
The NHL, Anaheim Ducks, USAHockey, and the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana have also worked together on the interactive Science of Hockey exhibit, which had its one millionth visitor in October of 2011. http://www.discoverycube.org/currentexhibits/scienceofhockey/. NBC has also posted videos on the Science of Hockey (although some seem to be math content) at http://www.nbclearn.com/portal/site/learn/science-of-nhl-hockey; see also http://science360.gov/series/Science+of+NHL+Hockey/41c74cc3-2d9a-40f6-95c1-76c04834afce
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