Basketball toss – Stage 1
Stage 1 – a thinking mathematically context for practise focused on collecting, representing and analysing data on length.
Syllabus
Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022) © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.
Outcomes
- MAO-WM-01
- MA1-GM-02
- MA1-DATA-01
Collect resources
You will need:
- a pair of socks
- a clear space
- basket, bucket or container
- pencils or markers
- your mathematics workbook.
Basketball toss
Watch how to setup basketball toss video (0:26).
[A title over a navy-blue background: Which one doesn’t belong? 2. Small font text in the upper left-hand corner reads: NSW Department of Education. In the lower left-hand corner is the white waratah of the NSW Government logo]
Speaker
Getting ready for basketball toss testing my left hand with my right hand, so I need a basket. Which is this thing and I need a marker so I put my marker down here as you can see and from here I need to take three big steps.
One. Two. Three.
And I drop my basket here.
[Over a grey background, the red waratah of the NSW Government logo appears amongst red, white and blue circles. Text: Copyright State of New South Wales (Department of Education), 2021.]
[End of transcript]
Instructions
- Challenge: See how many times you can successfully shoot your rolled up socks into the basket.
- Mark a clear ‘starting line’ for your basketball toss.
- Take 3 big steps from your starting line and place a basket, bucket or container at the end.
- Stand at your starting line and throw your socks with your right hand.
- Go back to your starting line and have your second throw.
- Repeat this until you have thrown your socks 10 times with your right hand and then 10 times with your left hand.
- Keep a record in your mathematics workbook.
- Create a picture graph to share your results.
Reflection
- What do you notice about your graph?
- What does it tell you about your success at playing sock basketball using your left hand compared to using your right hand?
- Do you think that these results will change with practice?
Share and submit
Share your work with your class on your digital platform. You may like to:
- write comments
- share pictures of your work
- comment on the work of others.