Math and Basketball Teaching Resources :: 313

PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Math in Basketball: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th

In this lesson plan, students will explore ways that mathematics are used in basketball. Students will explore the concept of a function and will learn to use function notation. Students will recognize, describe, and represent quadratic...

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Basket Math Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

Explore more than twenty math concepts such a perimeter, rounding, exponents, decimals, sign numbers, and more using this interactive basketball game. A Spanish version is also offered. Students results are tabulated daily.

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Doina Popovici

Math Play: Multi Digit Addition Basketball

For Students 3rd - 5th

Multi-digit addition basketball game.

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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: 10 Olympic Starters

For Students 10th - 12th

These 10 questions encourage students to explore mathematical modelling in the context of several different sports including track and field athletics, shooting, football, tennis, basketball and gymnastics. This activity is designed to...

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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: The Speed of the Game

For Students 9th - 10th

Team games like football, hockey, basketball, handball and wheelchair rugby are played on pitches or courts of different sizes with different numbers of players. The density of players on the pitch plays a significant role in determining...

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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Sports Equipment

For Students K - 1st Standards

Sports such as hockey, football, basketball and tennis use balls of different sizes. Can you arrange a selection of different balls in a line each touching the next to make the shortest line? This activity offers opportunities for...

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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Percentages in Basketball

For Students 6th - 8th

WNBA athletes discuss attendance at basketball games in terms of percentages in this video segment from TV 411.

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ABCya

Abc Ya: Math Fact Shoot Out

For Students 2nd - 5th

Use multiplication, division, addition, or subtraction to play this math basketball game. Choose your operation and level to try to collect basketballs to use for shooting free throws. Each correct answer earns you one basketball - the...

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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Basketball Rebounds

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

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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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Basketball Bounces, Assessment Variation 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

This task asks young scholars 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...

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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Basketball Bounces, Assessment Variation 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

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...

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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Olympics Content: Math and Science Behind Olympic Sports

For Students 9th - 10th

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This group of resources use interest in Olympic sports to teach math and physics concepts. Students learn about velocity, the role of gravity, the importance of...

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Desmos: Will It Hit the Hoop?

For Students 9th - 10th

Students explore projectile motion in this activity as they look at videos and predict whether basketballs will land in the hoop. They then show their predictions in graphs of parabolic curves and compare their predictions to the actual...

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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Aiming for the Basketball Hall of Fame

For Students 6th - 8th

In this video segment from TV 411, two Atlanta Hawks players plan a driving route to reach the Basketball Hall of Fame. They use map scales to estimate their travel distances.

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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Math Behind Michael Jordan's Legendary Hang Time

For Students 9th - 10th

Learn the affect of gravitational acceleration by calculating what Michael Jordan's hang time would be if he played basketball elsewhere in the universe.

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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A Ced, a Rei Basketball

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

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...

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