Introduction
Summer has just started and you've already gone surfing a few times. On your last time going, you rode the wave in too far and bailed on the shore. The nose of your surfboard broke and now you need a new one. You don't have a lot of money to buy a brand new one, so you have to build your own.
Task
You will build your own surfboard (rough draft of one) and find area, scale factor, and ratios of the boards. If you are working by yourself make two boards, you only need to calculate the area of one. You will research how your body size is vital to the type of board you are making, too small and too light and you'll pearl and sink. And too big and too heavy will be a very awkward ride if you are generally smaller.
Process
Web-Activity 1:
Research the different types of boards and pick one that might suit you the best (short, fish, long, etc.). You will find the body to board ratio of each board. Then, you will explain how the different types of boards and their shapes ride and how those shapes effect the way someone surfs.
A surfboard is measured like, 6.5' x 22" x 3.15", Length x Width x Height.
Web-Activity 2:
Find out how much laminating resin (this goes on the entire board, bottom and top, and strengthens/protects the board) you need for the board.
After you do that, find the scale factor of the two boards. It does not matter which one is the dilation and which is the original.
Evaluation
Conclusion
Geometry can be applied to so many subjects, even surfing. At first surfing seems like a fun activity that is done for leisure and sport, but in the background is actually a very math-based hobby. You found the area of the boards, you found scale factor, and you found the body to board ratio.
Credits
I wrote this webquest because I love to surf and wanted to find a hopefully "different" way of looking at surfing. No one thinks about surfing and instantly thinks, "math!" I'm hoping you learned a lot about surfboards from this webquest and how you can use math and different ways.