We couldn't let March Madness slip by unannounced this year.. especially not with all of the budding athletes here in class.
Creating a bracket takes knowledge of stats and pure luck. It was fun to teach the kids to look to rankings, winning percentages, and also ask them to go with their guts. Starting with a field of 64 - and whittling it down to a final victor - took these statisticians quite amount of time and effort. But it was the fun sort of effort.
After completing our brackets, we did some further exploration of fractions and decimals by playing a game I've christened "Bucket Ball"
Each student rolls a pair of dice to determine the amount of tosses they get. Students record amount of successful tosses and turn these numbers into fractions. We then do some simple calculator work to determine the number as a decimal.
The kids really enjoyed being the "backboard" - as backboards, they had to hold each bucket as still as possible. And, true to any basketball game, sometimes the backboard was used to complete the shot. These "backboards" were very brave in the face of being used for their true function!
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| Love the slightly nervous looks on James and Charleston's faces... Great work, guys! |
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| Our stats, they're coming together! |
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| Collaboration and calculator work.. |
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| I think some NBA scouts should be on the lookout for Andrew... nice percentage! |
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| Andrew and Grace compete in the Final Four of fraction top it |
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