This article in the New York Times discusses some interesting facts about penalty kick success rates in soccer:
It’s not that shocking that penalty kick success rates drop on successive kicks–as in a shootout. However, it is quite interesting that penalty kicks are far more successful when success means an immediate win than when failure means an immediate loss.
Definitely some interesting psychological analysis to be done here.
Through Math for America I have been contributing to the New York Times Learning Network. Here is a World Cup-themed math quiz I put together with a colleague, Gary Rubinstein:
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/numbers-in-the-news-world-cup/
In addition, I also suggested some ideas for World Cup-themed math instruction:
Check out my other contributions here.
Through Math for America I am contributing math-related content to the New York Times Learning Network.
Here is my first contribution: a 5-question math quiz based on the Greek financial crisis.
You can see all my contributions here.
Jorn Barger links to the best stuff: a zero-gravity (micro-gravity?) experiment involving a spherical water droplet and an Alka Seltzer tablet.
Is this cone (approximately) half-empty, or (approximately) half-full?
