Utah Education Network
Uen: Lower Grade Basketball Activities
Students will learn basic basketball skills and drills during this lesson. Different types of dribbles and tosses are the foci during the lesson.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Basketball Bounces, Assessment Variation 1
This task asks students to analyze a set of data about the height of a basketball for each time it bounces. They choose a model that reasonably fits the data and use the model to answer questions about the physical context. This variant...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Basketball Bounces, Assessment Variation 2
This task asks students to analyze a set of data about the height of a basketball for each time it bounces. They choose a model that reasonably fits the data and use the model to answer questions about the physical context. This second...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Basketball Rebounds
The purpose of this task is to introduce students to an exponential decay function in the form f(x) = abx, with a concrete interpretation of the decay factor b. A table shows the rebound height of a basketball for each successive bounce....
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Orca Book Publishers: Eric Walters' Basketball Series Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This series of basketball novels by Eric Walters is popular, particularly among boys. This teaching guide includes book summaries, teaching ideas and the author's reflections about writing the books.
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Lincoln Avenue Basketball
Students able to move while dribbling a basketball are ready to practice offensive and defensive strategies and skills. At this website, read about an activity through which students work on their individual skills in one-on-one matches...
PE Central
Pe Central: Macarena Basketball Review
Students review basic basketball skills-- dribbling, faking, shooting, and chest-passing-- while moving to the beat of music. This website includes a description of the activity as well as ideas for varying the lesson and assessing...
PE Central
Pe Central: Shooting Basketball Stars
Middle schoolers learn and practice lay-ups, mid-range shots, and long-range shots as they earn points. "Shooting Basketball Stars" is a simple lesson, which can be part of a larger basketball unit, and requires students to work together...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: A Ced, a Rei Basketball
In this task, two brothers track how many games they have each won. Students are asked to make calculations based on the percentage of games won. They set up a rational equation (and a rational inequality) in one variable, and then solve...
Teachnology
Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Basketball Vocabulary
In this 3rd-5th grade lesson, students practice their vocabulary words using a mini-basketball. Given a part of the definition, students guess the vocabulary word; if they are correct, they shoot a mini-baskeball into a net in the trash...
PE Central
Pe Central: Basketball Mania
In this activity, learners practice dribbling a ball and making shots from different zones, varying in distance from the basket. Includes ideas for "keeping score" and varying the activity.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Freeze
At this website, read about a variation of basketball that allows students to score points just by being near the basketball basket. Includes ideas for varying the lesson and assessing students' participation.
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Olympic Challenge
Students familiar with basketball, football, and hockey skills are ready to participate in a variety of "presidential physical fitness tests." These include the basketball shot, the football toss, the floor hockey shot, and more.
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Orca Book Publishers
Orca Book Publishers: 'Laggan Lard Butts' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
Laggan Lard Butts by Canadian author Eric Walters is about a campaign to change the name of a school basketball team because it always loses. This teacher's guide includes a book summary and ideas for discussions and learning activities.
Read Works
Read Works: 3rd Grade Lesson: Realistic Fiction
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the book Allie's Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber to learn about the characteristics that define realistic fiction. Lesson includes direct teaching, guided practice,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Poem of Possibilities
This lesson plan uses John Updike's poem, "Ex-Basketball Player," to combine poetry writing with the pressures of change. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp.3,4 College Athletes
Below are the heights of the players on the University of Maryland women's basketball team for the 2012-2013 season and the heights of the players on the women's field hockey team for the 2012 season. (Accessed at...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Should Le Bron James Mow His Own Lawn?
This instructional activity will discuss absolute advantage, comparative advantage, specialization and trade with an example using professional basketball player LeBron James.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Who Bounces Best?
This is a cooperative learning, kinesthetic and presentation lesson. Learners will use the computer to create graphs/charts to display data collected by counting the number of successful bounces when bouncing a basketball for 30 seconds....
Utah Education Network
Uen: What About That Jazz?
This lesson provides a lesson that highlights NBA's Utah Jazz team. Teachers will demonstrate how to use a database, and then learners will engage in exploring the database of the Utah Jazz.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Nothing but Net: The Science of Shooting Hoops
Swish. What a great sound when you hit the perfect shot and get nothing but net. Here's a project to get you thinking about how you can make that perfect shot more often.
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Wally Badminton
This activity fuses badminton with basketball. Teacher, use this activity as part of a gym-class lesson to help students improve their badminton skills and accuracy.
PE Central
Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Zoo Parade Days
Students able to throw and catch, and who are able to shoot and pass a basketball are ready to play "Zoo Parade Day." This activity requires students to work in different "centers" or stations throughout the gym and to demonstrate...
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