Number of heartbeats in 20 seconds: 26 beats Number of heartbeats in one minute: 78 beats Number of heartbeats in one hour: 4,680 beats Number of heartbeats in one day: 112,320 beats Number of heartbeats in one week: 786,240 beats Number of heartbeats in one month: 740,400 beats Number of heartbeats in one year: 1,708,200 be | |
Reflection Questions: 1. How many heart beats did you think you would have in one year before extrapolating? Were you close or far off? 2. Explain what "extrapolating" means to younger children. 3. What are some other things you can extrapolate? Give some examples. | Reflection Answers: 1. 2 million heart Beats. I was very close. In fact I was 92,800 off. 2. It means to extend (a graph, curve, or range of values) by inferring unknown values from trends in the known data. Which means to extend data by using a pattern and seeing what comes next. 3. I can extrapolate goals scored/against. Using this calculator and extrapolating. |