Wii+Golf

=**Wii Golf**=

In this activity students will explore the use of positive and negative numbers, through the scoring system of golf. In Golf names are given for the number of strokes taken on each hole. If you score the expected amount for a hole that is called a Par. If you get a stroke over the expected amount that is called a Bogey and one srtoke under the expected amount is called a Birdie. The number of strokes under and over and their names are in the table below:

ALBATROSS -3 EAGLE -2 BIRDIE -1 PAR 0 BOGEY +1 DOUBLE BOGEY +2 TRIPLE BOGEY +3

[|Golf Lessons Orlando] is a very mathematical game, from the distance to the pin, angles of shots, wind speed and so on. The first task of the students is to while a person/persons place a game of Wii [|Golf], they are to look for all of the maths that is being used in the game. In my class we came up with 8.

After listing these, the students are then given a verbal 9/18 hole golf course to solve and come up with how to break 80 a final score, linking the naming of the stokes to the total[| golf]score:

Example:

Hole 1 - Eagle Hole 2 - Bogey Hole 3 - Par media type="youtube" key="6rrYtR4U_O8" height="229" width="288"