University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Arsenal Collection: Football Formations
How many different football team formations can you find? This activity provides an engaging real-life context to investigate simple combinations, and is aimed at Key Stage 3 students.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Measures
Can you match these records and measurements to the correct event at the Olympic Games? This activity invites students to engage with units of measurement and orders of magnitude, and is aimed at secondary students at Key Stage 3.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Archery
Use our interactivity to simulate picking up a bow and some arrows and trying to hit the target a few times. Can you work out the best settings for the sight? This activity gives an opportunity to gather and collate data, and to test...
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Triathlon and Fitness
The triathlon is a physically gruelling challenge. Can you work out which athlete burnt the most calories? This activity provides a real-life context for working with proportionality, speed, rates, and units of measurement and is aimed...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: Mystery at the Third Strike Sports Store
Solve a mystery using your reasoning skills. At this site use all the clues and figure out the winner of the Third Strike Contest.
Children's Museum
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Sports Science and Wellness
This unit of study contains three lessons, each with three experiences that may be taught together or individually. Each lesson will connect to science and/or math standards, along with a health standard or sports connection.
Kids' Wings
Little Red Schoolhouse: "Honus and Me"
Here you will find a wide variety of enrichment activities, information and games to enhance the book "Honus and Me."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Time Management
In this video segment from TV411, Ruby and her mom plan a schedule so she can complete her homework and still have time for friends and sports.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Soccer Math: Multiplying Fractions Game
This sports game challenges students to multiply fractions and put answers in simplest form. If their answers are correct, students get an opportunity to score a goal.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Soccer Math: Simplifying Fractions Game
This sports game challenges students to simplify fractions into lowest terms and then score a goal with the soccer ball.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Hoop Shoot: Subtracting Decimals Game
This sports game challenges students to subtract decimals and then shoot a three-point basket.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Rose Bowl
A math challenge taken directly from the sports pages. Use your problem solving and data collection aptitude to find out how many different ways a Rose Bowl team could score 11 points. Try this one page activity from the NCTM Math...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Tee Time: How Fast Is Your Golf Swing?
Determine how golf club head velocity affects shot distance. Make your next trip to the driving range educational by conducting this experiment.