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2024 March Mathness Madness NCAA Basketball Probability and Statistics Lesson

Every year I get my students excited about the NCAA Men's Basketball March Madness Tournament. I see articles written year after year from statisticians, sports journalist, celebrities, etc. about predicting the perfect bracket. Regardless that most have accepted it is nearly impossible, it has not deterred these enthusiast from finding an algorithm or a machine that can predict the outcomes. This packet guides students through 1) An explanation of what March Madness is all about 2) A reading a

Google Sheets - Basketball Stats Math Activity (Distance Learning)

This is a great lesson for working on slightly more complex math in Google Sheets using some common basketball stats . Here, students enter some fictional data for an NBA team and calculate things such as Field Goal %, Free Throw %, Rebounds Per Game and Points Per Game. Students must use some order of operations and brackets to make the math work out properly. A valuable shortcut called "Filling Down" is demonstrated so that students can click and drag to quickly reuse the functions and avoi

Basketball Data and Statistics Activity | Box Plot Activity

Not only does this activity give students a chance to practice their knowledge of data and statistics (mean, median, mode, range, quartiles, IQR, MAD) by using basketball data, but they also get a chance to move and gather their own data! The practice pages can be used during a center, or as an assessment, but the activity having students collect data is best done as a whole class. Included in this lesson:•Actual basketball statistics that are used to find measures of center and variability, an

NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament Team Research Statistics

Do you have students interested in the March Madness basketball tournament? Then this is the activity you need! To begin our March Madness unit, we look at all of the teams participating in the tournament and complete a map together to show where each team is from. We notice that some states have more than others and some states have none, and spend time discussing why that might be. Students will complete their own March Madness bracket. Students will then select a team in the NCAA March Madnes

MATH Madness - Statistics with Basketball Data

GREAT for MArCH MADNESS — Math Madness is a wonderful way to incorporate basketball data with descriptive statistics (CommonCore S.ID) included in middle school math and a first course in algebra. This unit was created to engage your students while learning to use statistics to analyze data. Students will work with dot plots, box plots and histograms. A variety of real data is used from NCAA and NBA records. MARCH MADNESS = math madness Included: Working with a Single Measurement Variable Rep

Grade 6 Common Core Statistics Project - Basketball Assessment

Looking for a statistics project that is fun, exciting, and related to the real world. Use the Basketball MVP Project. Students must choose the MVP of a basketball team. They must use their knowledge of measures of center, measures of spread, and data displays to make their decision. Assess Common Core: ~CCSS.Math.Content.6.SP.A.1 Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers. For example, “How old

Basketball Statistics

Reinforce introductory statistics with this interactive basketball activity. Students go in the gymnasium or outside and take 10 free-throw shots. The results of this activity are depicted in a frequency table. Then students are responsible for calculating the mean, median, mode and range of the set of frequency numbers. Additionally, students are challenged to use the information to create a dot plot and/or bar graph. Finally, there are 10 questions where students need to not only interpre

Statistics of Basketball

Foxtrot ThinkingThe Basketball exercise consists of engaging and practical activities that require students to interpret, analyse, create and implement a range of statistics . The methods introduced are modelled on real-world scenarios, and used by current professionals. The Basketball pack contains exercises and practical activities, along with teacher notes, answers and pre/post tests with solutions. Curriculum LinksVictorian CurriculumGrade 6 - Statistics & ProbabilityChance (VCMSP232) Describ

Basketball Statistics Project

Description: Engage your middle school students in the exciting world of basketball while reinforcing math and data analysis skills with this interactive Basketball Stats Project! This comprehensive resource is designed to captivate students' interest in both sports and mathematics, making learning both fun and meaningful. Take your students to the gym or outdoor playground hoop and they'll collect data on "How many baskets can ___ graders make in 60 seconds?" (the template is set to sixth gr

Math Madness: Probability and Statistics in Basketball

This bundle includes all of my basketball themed items that involve probability and statistics at the middle school level along with the basketball mini posters and math madness bracket challenge. This bundle is designed to be used together throughout the week(s) of the college basketball tournament, or any other time you wish to bring fun basketball activities into the math classroom! Also includes bonus item that gives directions for making the most out of math madness in your classroom!

Sportstistics: Basketball -Level II--Engaging Math Skills Using Basketball Stats

Since Basketball began in 1891 with nothing more than a ball and a peach basket, it has grown into one of the most popular sports in the world today! This product allows students to examine a variety ways that math is embedded into basketball , including scoring, rebounding, steals, blocked shots, and more. Each of the categories contains five questions, engaging students in a variety of math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and graph/writing/higher level thinkin

Basketball Scavenger Hunt Stats and resources

Introducing an interactive scavenger hunt worksheet for basketball and football player statistics ! This engaging resource fosters active learning, real-world data integration, and research skill development. It's customizable for different sports, promotes competition and motivation, and can be seamlessly integrated into various subjects. With a flexible digital format, this worksheet is a versatile and enjoyable tool for both in-person and remote learning. It's a fun way to connect classroom co

Sportstistics: Basketball -Level I--Engaging Math Skills with Basketball Stats !

Since Basketball began in 1891 with nothing more than a ball and a peach basket, it has grown into one of the most popular sports in the world today! This product allows students to examine a variety ways that math is embedded into basketball , including scoring, rebounding, steals, blocked shots, and more. Each of the categories contains three questions, engaging students in a variety of math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and graph/writing/higher level thinking question

Basketball Statistics and Data

Students need some kind of basketball situation to collect data. Use a mini hoop, the school gym, or even paper and a garbage can. Have each student shoot 15x. As a class, record the data. Students will use the data to create a tally chart (frequency table), a line plot, calculate the measures of central tendency, measures of spread, make a histogram, and make a box plot. There are also questions at the end where students can analyze outliers.

Basketball statistics project: Quartiles & Scatter Plots, Line of Best Fit

Students are to manipulate data using the rosters of two NCAA basketball teams. This project serves well as a culminating activity for a statistics unit. Rosters from two teams have provided for a better project than just having the students use one team. I have had both students pick and research the rosters via the Internet, but most recently have randomly printed sets of two teams to students as an individual project or cooperative project. A rubric is provided for students. Two graph page

Basketball Game Stats Keeper

This amazing tool will help you easily keep stats during a basketball game. You could also adjust the headings of each columns to easily track points for all kinds of sports or classroom games. The only limit is your imagination! Simple to use. Select the cell you wish to add to, then press a button on the right. +1, +2, +3, -1, and set to 0 options are available. Pressing the button runs a custom script that I created to add or subtract numbers. Easy as pie!

March Mania Basketball Statistics

This is a .pdf file containing mathematical problems for students based on basketball . Students will solve problems using fractions, ratios, decimals, percents and averages. No answer key is provided as the answers will depend upon the players chosen as the stats will vary from game to game and season to season. Students can do the stats for one game, a tournament, a playoff or season. Students can also use this form for their own individual statistics or for their school’s team. If you lik

Spreadsheet Project - Basketball Player & Game Stats

Have Students Organize a Basketball Player & Team Stats Sheet Students will create an Excel or Google Spreadsheet to complete a project that keeps track of players and team basketball stats for 4 games. Also, students will create a 3rd sheet to summary the 4 games. The data for this project is based on the 1999 Gonzaga Basketball team stats in the NCAA Tournament but feel free to change the data for the team of your choice. This project assumes that students have been introduced to spreadshe