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).

Set up of basketball toss game.

[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.

Category:

  • Data
  • Geometric measure
  • Mathematics (2022)
  • Stage 1

Business Unit:

  • Curriculum and Reform
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