Barbie girls in the AP Stats world
AP Statistics students in period 5 drop Barbie dolls off the 300s building on Wednesday, March 20.
Mar 21, 2024
You can dress Barbie dolls, style their hair, put them in dollhouses … and drop them off of buildings?
Students watch as Barbie descends from the balcony. (THE MIRROR | MARCELLO CHESTER)
On Wednesday, March 20, Ms. Sadighi’s AP Statistics class ventured to the 300s building during period 5, holding Barbies with rubber bands attached to the dolls’ feet.
Students were asked to predict how many rubber bands should be used to get Barbie as close to the ground without touching. (THE MIRROR | MARCELLO CHESTER)
Ms. Sadighi celebrates a successful day of Barbie-dropping with her AP Stats students. (THE MIRROR | MARCELLO CHESTER)
While grasping the end of the band, groups of students launched their figurines off the balcony in a flurry of blonde hair and pink dresses. The objective was to get the dolls as close to the ground as possible without touching the pavement.
The class began preparing for the demonstration earlier this week, making predictions based on a line of best fit created from past experiments.
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