Math in Basketball

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Overview

Following a profile of Elton Brand, an accomplished basketball player who uses math in his work, students are presented with a mathematical basketball challenge. In the challenge, students focus on understanding the Big Ideas of Algebra: patterns, relationships, equivalence, and linearity; learn to use a variety of representations, including modeling with variables; build connections between numeric and algebraic expressions; and use what they have learned previously about number and operations, measurement, proportionality, and discrete mathematics as applications of algebra. This resource is part of the Math at the Core: Middle School Collection.

Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): 09-12 - Algebra I with Probability

MA19.A1.24
Distinguish between situations that can be modeled with linear functions and those that can be modeled with exponential functions.

Vocabulary

Linear functions
Exponential functions
Constant rate of change
Constant percent rate of change
Intervals
Percentage of growth
Percentage of decay

Knowledge

Students know:

Key components of linear and exponential functions.
Properties of operations and equality

Skills

Students are able to:

Accurately determine relationships of data from a contextual situation to determine if the situation is one in which one quantity changes at a constant rate per unit interval relative to another (linear).
Accurately determine relationships of data from a contextual situation to determine if the situation is one in which one quantity grows or decays by a constant percent rate per unit interval relative to another (exponential).

Understanding

Students understand that:

Linear functions have a constant value added per unit interval, and exponential functions have a constant value multiplied per unit interval.
Distinguishing key features of and categorizing functions facilitates mathematical modeling and aids in problem resolution.

CR Resource Type

Interactive/Game

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

CUSTOM

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/gtm14.math.algebra.var.splmathball/m…

Custom License Type (URL)

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/credits/gtm14.math.algebra.var.splmathball/

Comments or Notes

This is a student-directed lesson. Students will complete the lesson online, then print a summary of their notes and interactive activity results. Download and print the Math in Basketball--Teacher's Guide for essential background information and suggestions for ways to support the lesson. Transcripts may also be helpful for students who need additional support.

Technical notes

Students need to be signed into their own accounts in order to save their work in the lesson.
Students must save each screen of the lesson before moving on to the next screen. Once they have saved a screen, they cannot go back to change their work. Saved work can be printed and submitted to the teacher as a formative assessment. Final assignments must be written outside of the lesson and submitted separately.
Students are able to start over or repeat a lesson. If they do, their saved work will be deleted and a new record will be started.

Approved Date

2022-09-13

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