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The Skateboard Designer

Tim Piumarta took his love for the sport of skateboarding, combined it with his skills in mathematics and design and became one the world's most influential skateboard designers. 

One of our viewers, teacher Beth Blatt from Cody, Wyoming, shares some of her ideas for this movie: 

"I would use this to tie in with any type of measurement lesson. Ideas off the cuff: Maybe test different types of wood for stability and change of thicknesses. Make a "mock" skateboard with different types of materials. Take real boards and change the position of the wheels to test the boards for various things such as speed, turning ratios and such. Hope this helps and keep the great real-world videos and lessons coming!!"

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