tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12423971.post114658816515170511..comments2019-11-19T10:21:12.068-08:00Comments on Cool Education Stuff: An environmental math activityChristy Brewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10483164703803941185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12423971.post-1146846846055068112006-05-05T09:34:00.000-07:002006-05-05T09:34:00.000-07:00Interesting. Yeah, that would create a bit of a bo...Interesting. Yeah, that would create a bit of a bottleneck, eh? Think of the social study as well as the mathematical and engineering/planning aspect for a classroom lesson...<BR/><BR/>Is that $250k Canadian dollars?Christy Brewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10483164703803941185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12423971.post-1146599391400165152006-05-02T12:49:00.000-07:002006-05-02T12:49:00.000-07:00Here's how I'm thinking the math works:13,000 buse...Here's how I'm thinking the math works:<BR/><BR/>13,000 buses<BR/>40,000,000 gallons of diesel saved every year<BR/><BR/>3,077 gallons saved every year per bus? (I want to check this number with GM; that's a lot of driving)<BR/><BR/>Check online to see if we can find the MPG of one of these traditional diesel buses, just to get a feel for how many miles each of these buses drives each year. (The Variable?)<BR/><BR/>Then, figure out either by mile driven, or by figuring that a city bus drives as much as a school bus (hm... really?), how many gallons of diesel the school district could save.<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking we have to find out the miles each bus drives to do this accurately, but it could also open a discussion of how numbers like this are calculated, and how missing a step can have drastic results.<BR/><BR/>I'd *love* to find out the cost of one of these buses!Christy Brewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10483164703803941185noreply@blogger.com