Curated OER
Sports Count and Add
Learning to write equations is a good way to build foundational math skills. Learners solve 6 fill in the blank problems where they count sports related pictures, then write a math sentence or equation to describe each picture. Equations...
Curated OER
Music and Sports
With so much talent in the classroom, do your musicians and athletes have related interests? This problem has your learners taking data from their classmates to decide whether there is an association between the two activities. The...
Curated OER
Rating Systems
Your favorite sports team is ranked #1. How do the powers that be determine this rating? Learn how ratings are mathematically computed using probability concepts, from the Elo Rating System for chess to the Rating Percentage Index for...
Mathematics Assessment Project
Designing a 3d Product in 2d: a Sports Bag
Sew up pupil interest with an engaging, hands-on lesson. Learners first design a sports bag given constraints on the dimensions of fabric. They then evaluate provided sample responses to identify strengths and weaknesses of included...
Illustrative Mathematics
Sports Equipment Set
Many learners like to play sports and the equipment that goes with it costs money. The resource sets up an inequality that gives a total amount needed to purchase the equipment and the initial amount of money already obtained. In order...
Region of Peel
Put Me in Order
Sorting fractions, integers, decimals and square roots into sequential order is an active process when you use a gym as your setting. After your class is divided into two groups and provided with number cards, they compete to see who can...
Curated OER
What's in a Number? Analyzing Smoking Statistics
Sixth and seventh graders analyze smoking statistics. In this health lesson plan, learners look at the percentage of people who smoke from each race group. They create a bar graph and circle graph that displays this information.
Charleston School District
Transformation Basics
Transformations are more than the process in which sports cars become fighting robots. Listed in terms of which transformations give congruent or similar figures, several resources provide definitions and examples of the four...
K5 Learning
The Bonfire in the Sea
Ever wonder why fish disappear from the surface of the water in cold weather? Fifth graders read a fun story about the magical fish tribe and their underwater bonfire before answering four comprehension questions.
CK-12 Foundation
Lengths of Sides in Isosceles Right Triangles: Paper Football
Fuse sports and geometry by having your class create paper footballs—that are actually isosceles right triangles! Scholars use an interactive to create an isosceles right triangle to model a paper football. From the information in the...
Curated OER
Solving Math Problems In the Real World
Upper elementary and middles schoolers discuss and solve real world applications of math. They use formulas for volume and percents to answer real world questions. In the second part of the lesson, groups write and solve word problems....
Bowland
Youth Hostel
Given a set of criteria, individuals determine how to arrange males and females in a dormitory. They must meet the requirements and communicate their plan clearly.
Visa
Pro Lesson Module — Financial Football
Learners won't fumble their knowledge of personal finance after an engaging game of Financial Football! As they choose their favorite teams and desired plays, young economists demonstrate their financial literacy with a question...
EngageNY
From Ratio Tables to Double Number Line Diagrams
How much sugar is in one bottle? Pupils use double number line diagrams to determine the amount of sugar in a 1L bottle of cola. The teacher leads a discussion on ways that double number lines can be of assistance in solving a...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Place Decimal on a Number Line
Through four steps, three different time values for a 100-meter run are arranged on a number line in order to practice ordering decimal numbers. The price of two sports drinks are also compared. All of this comes in narrated and animated...
Curated OER
Problem Solving and the Sports Page
Fourth graders create and solve sports-related word problems.
DK Publishing
Using Information in Tables
Find out how well can your second or third graders use tables to solve word problems by assigning this single-page learning exercise. Two tables with different sets of data prompt learners to solve six problems. An example at the top of...
K5 Learning
Mixed Practice Word Problems #4
Reinforce math skills with a mixed practice worksheet. Five word problems cover addition, subtraction, and multiplication using numbers up to 1,300.
California Education Partners
Summer Olympics
Quickly get to the decimal point. The last assessment in a nine-part series requires scholars to work with decimals. Pupils compare the race times of several athletes and calculate how much they have improved over time. During the second...
K5 Learning
Force
Follow-up a physical science lesson with a reading passage that connects sports to force. Readers respond to six short answer questions that requires them to use the text as a basis for the answers.
Intel
Play Ball!
Math and sports meet on the baseball diamond in the first STEM lesson in a series of six that asks pupils to collect and perform comparative analyses of data specific to baseball. Following the analysis, scholars create a presentation...
Special Olympics
Train at School
Keep your mind and body fit with a fun activity about the five food groups. After going over the functions of fruit, vegetables, grains, meats and beans, and dairy, as well as oils and fats, learners participate in a bean bag toss...
Curated OER
Sunshine Math-3
In this math applications activity, students solve 8 varied problems including consumer math, fractions, ordered pairs, measurement and mental math.
Curated OER
Sports Teams & Math
Students collect sports data, keep track of wiins, losses and scores and average the teams' scores.