1. Teacher Guide
This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that you read the notes for each slide: they not only give you teaching tips but also provide answers and hints so you can help the kids if they are having trouble.
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Alice Keeler is a mother of 5 and a teacher in Fresno, California. She has her B.A in Mathematics, M.S. in Educational Media Design and Technology and is currently working on a doctorate in Educational Technology with an emphasis in games and simulations. EdTech speaker, blogger, and presenter. Founder of coffeeEDU, a 1 hour conference event for educators. New Media Consortium Horizon report advisory panel member. High school math teacher for 14 years. Currently teaching pre-service teachers curriculum, instruction and technology at California State University Fresno. Teaches online for Fresno Pacific University in the Masters in Educational Technology. Passionate that kids are not failures, researches gamification in education to increase student motivation.
This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Mathematics
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.ID.C.7 Interpret the slope (rate of change) and the intercept (constant term) of a linear model in the context of the data.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.IC.B.4 Use data from a sample survey to estimate a population mean or proportion; develop a margin of error through the use of simulation models for random sampling.

2. How difficult would it be to bicycle around the Sella Ring?
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Having this up as kids come in is a great settle down activity. You can start class by asking them for thoughts about the picture or about ideas on how they could solve the question of the day.

3. How difficult would it be to bicycle around the Sella Ring?
Gardena Pass links to four other mountain passes, together ringing the Sella Group, a plateau massif in northern Italy. The pass offers many scenic views of the Sella Group and portions of the Dolomites, the mountain range that the Sella peaks are part of.
Though Gardena Pass carries a lot of traffic (motorcycles, bicycles, tour busses) during the summer months, it’s also a passage for skiers during the winter. And each December, the Men’s World Cup alpine ski races take place on the slopes on either side of Gardena Pass.
Depending on time, you can either have students read this silently to themselves, have one of them read out loud, or read it out loud yourself.

4. How difficult would it be to bicycle around the Sella Ring?1
Image Search
Images for the Sella Ring (Gardena Pass, Sella Pass, Pordoi Pass, and Campolongo Pass) 2
Web Search
What is the route and the road profile for the Sella Ring? 3
How do you calculate slopes for roads and what are the ranges for road slopes in mountainous areas? 4
Thinking
There are four climbs on the Sella Ring, which of the climbs is the steepest? 5
Of the four climbs, which of the climbs is the longest?
There are a couple of ways to use this slide, depending on how much technology you have in your classroom. You can have students find answers on their own, divide them into teams to have them do all the questions competitively, or have each team find the answer to a different question and then come back together. If you’re doing teams, it is often wise to assign them roles (one person typing, one person who is in charge of sharing back the answer, etc.)

5. How difficult would it be to bicycle around the Sella Ring?5
Minutes
You can adjust this based on how much time you want to give kids. If a group isn’t able to answer in 5 minutes, you can give them the opportunity to update at the end of class or extend time.

6. How difficult would it be to bicycle around the Sella Ring?1
Image Search
Images for the Sella Ring (Gardena Pass, Sella Pass, Pordoi Pass, and Campolongo Pass) 2
Web Search
What is the route and the road profile for the Sella Ring? 3
How do you calculate slopes for roads and what are the ranges for road slopes in mountainous areas? 4
Thinking
There are four climbs on the Sella Ring, which of the climbs is the steepest? 5
Of the four climbs, which of the climbs is the longest?
You can ask the students verbally or let one of them come up and insert the answer or show how they got it. This way, you also have a record that you can keep as a class and share with parents, others.

7. How difficult would it be to bicycle around the Sella Ring?1
Image Search
Images for the Sella Ring (Gardena Pass, Sella Pass, Pordoi Pass, and Campolongo Pass)
(Possible Search Queries: sella ring italy, sella pass, pordoe pass, campolongo pass)
Sources
Bing Images -
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8. How difficult would it be to bicycle around the Sella Ring?2
Web Search
What is the route and the road profile for the Sella Ring?
(Possible Search Queries: sella ring italy)
Sources
Map My Ride -
The route is miles long with an elevation gain of 6337 feet.

9. How difficult would it be to bicycle around the Sella Ring?3
Web Search
How do you calculate slopes for roads and what are the ranges for road slopes in mountainous areas?
(Possible Search Queries: road slope maximum, slopes for roads)
Sources
1728.org -
Architect -
You calculate the slopes for roads the same way that you do in a math class (rise over run), but you usually give the answers as a percentage.
Example: You've measured out a distance of 3 miles (run) with a change in altitude of 396 feet (rise).
First, the units must be made consistent, so we convert 3 miles to 15,840 feet.
(rise ÷ run) * 100
(396 ÷ 15,840) * 100 = 2.5%

10. How difficult would it be to bicycle around the Sella Ring?4
Thinking
There are four climbs on the Sella Ring, which of the climbs is the steepest?
Looking at the profile, the second climb is the steepest with a slope of over 7%.

11. How difficult would it be to bicycle around the Sella Ring?5
Thinking
Of the four climbs, which of the climbs is the longest?
The longest climb is the first climb, with a mileage of just over 7 miles.

12. How difficult would it be to bicycle around the Sella Ring?
This slide is a chance to summarize the information from the previous slides to build your final answer to the question.