Description

Make Math Exciting with this March Madness Math Project for 6th Graders! Transform boring math practice into basketball-themed fun with this engaging March Madness Math Project! Perfect for energizing your 6th grade classroom during tournament season, this ready-to-use resource combines basketball excitement with targeted math skills practice.

Between you and me, I know how hard it is to keep middle schoolers engaged when teaching fraction, decimal, and percent conversions, calculating mean, and doing data analysis and graphing. That’s why I created this basketball-themed math project that my own students couldn’t get enough of!

What Skills Will Students Practice?

This project directly aligns with 6th grade Common Core standards:

• Converting decimals, fractions, and percentages (6.RP.2)
• Creating meaningful data displays (6.SP.4)
• Analyzing numerical data (6.SP.5)

What’s Included in This Low-Prep Resource?

• Basketball-Themed Activities: Students track free throws, run timed laps, and participate in basketball trivia while applying real math skills
• Student Playbook: Visual math reference guides for conversions and data analysis
• Sportsmanship Contract: Build classroom community while learning
• Differentiation Guide: Support strategies for struggling students and extension opportunities for advanced learners
• Complete Teacher’s Guide: Easy implementation with assessment checkpoints
• SEL Connections: Built-in opportunities for self-awareness and responsible decision-making

Why You’ll Love This Resource

This project takes only 5 minutes to prep – simply print and go! Your students will be actively engaged in meaningful math practice while having so much fun they won’t realize how much they’re learning.

The basketball theme creates high-interest context for practicing those tricky decimal-fraction-percent conversions that 6th graders often struggle with. Plus, the hands-on data collection gives students authentic reasons to create and analyze graphs.

Real teaching truth: My students actually CHEERED when I told them we were doing this project again. When’s the last time your students cheered about practicing conversions?

Perfect for March basketball season or any time you need to energize your math instruction!

Take a look at the preview for a closer look at the resource!

Copyright © Mikey Sivert & Mikey D Teach.

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