Basketball
CALCULATING PERCENTAGE
Grade Level: 7
Materials: Pen , paper, pencils, calculator, conversion tables, overhead, chalkboard.
Instructional Objectives: The students, after a thorough explanation and demonstration will be able to calculate the percentage, convert fractions to decimals, and decimals to fractions.
Mathematical Concepts: Multiplication, Division, Addition, Estimation, Fractions, Decimals
NCTM Standards:
Standard 5: Number And Number Relationship
Standard 6: Number System And Number Theory
Standard 7: Computation And Estimation.
Procedures:
Introduction
1. Field trip to one of the Men's basketball games at Barry University.
2. Teacher explain the new terminology and define new vocabulary
words about the game of basketball to the students. For example:
Total time: The total time for the basketball game.
Playing time: The amount of time a player actually played in the
game.
Break time: The time in which there is no playing of basketball.
Foul: An error or infraction against the rules committed by an
opponent. A player leaves the game after five (5) personal fouls. There
are team fouls and personal fouls.
3. The teacher will point out to the students that each team has its own dress colors and will provide a list of all the definitions for basketball.
4. The teacher will describe the layout of the basketball court to the students and let them know that a player must stay within the boundary of the court. See attached sheet for layout of the basketball court.
Basketball Facts
1. Point out to the students the amount of players for the game and their height. There are a maximum of fifteen (15) players per team and five (5). five players play at a time.
3. Before the game starts, the time clock will show the starting time at both sides of the basketball court. It is 20 minutes for each half time of play.
4. Explain to the student that for a professional game the playing time is 2 - 30 minutes versus the time of a college basketball game of 2-20 minutes.
5. As the game proceeds , the team who has possession of the basketball will have 35 seconds to shoot the basketball. If they do not shoot the basketball within that time they will lose their turn to shoot for points and the basketball will be turned over to the opposite team.
6 They are 15 minutes for the half time break. A short time out will be 20 seconds and 60 seconds for a full time out.
7. As a team scores a point or two it is recorded and shown on the information billboards. Also there are different personnel who will be recording all the scores for each player as the game progresses.
8. The teacher points out to the students the times when a starting player has to take some time out and sit on the bench , this shows that he does not play the full length of time. The student can calculate the percentage of playing time.
9. With all the different "times", the teacher will make up a table showing Length of playing time versus Total time, Break time versus Half time and Time outs.
10. The teacher will create a data sheet to be used in future games for recording any information. Use the data collected to calculate percentage.
11. Assign a different basketball player for each student, the student will record all the information for that player.
12. The teacher will show the student how to calculate percentage.
For example: Steven Edwards plays for 10 minutes in the first half and does not play for the rest of the game.
Percent % = playing time
--------------- X 100
total time
= 10
--- X 100 = 25%
40
As a decimal = .25
Assessment: Teacher will check students work , and they will calculate percentages for their assigned basketball player.
References; Head Coach at Barry University- Mr. Cesar Odio
Player- Marques Tampa
Barry University, Phone (305) 899 - 3557
Contributors: Major: Mignon Griffith
Minor: Carol A. Marinas.
DATA SHEET CREATED TO BE USED AT FUTURE GAMES
Player's Name
Total Time Playing Time Break Time Half Time Time Out