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...

[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...

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...

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...

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...

In this task, two brothers track how many games they have each won. Young scholars 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...

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.

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...

The purpose of this task is to introduce young scholars 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

This lesson provides a lesson that highlights NBA's Utah Jazz team. Teachers will demonstrate how to use a database, and then students will engage in exploring the database of the Utah Jazz.

This online game includes slope-intercept problems for students to solve. Students must recognize which variables represent the slope, or rise-over-run, and the y-intercept.

A collection of WebQuests that require students to collect and analyze statistical data from several sports teams using the Internet. An interesting, real-world approach to statistics.

Site from University of Illinois contains a lesson plan that utilizes the NCAA Basketball Final Scores from 1939-1994. Students are instructed to analyze and interpret data displayed in bar graphs.

A math challenge taken from the NBA that is sure to interest true basketball fans. Use your data collection, organization, and analysis skills to figure out which teams play each other. A one page NCTM Math Challenges for Families...

A math challenge for the basketball enthusiast. This NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity focuses on the concept of probability. Test your problem solving aptitude as you try to figure out who will probably win the game.