Super Bowl scores
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L213
A lesson plan for grade 3 Mathematics
This activity focuses on analyzing the scores for football games. Students study combinations of numbers to produce possible scores for football games. Illuminations provides an activity sheet and detailed instructions for completing the lesson.
Students will:
- Determine mathematical combinations.
- Develop the concept of multiples and combinations of multiples.
NCTM Standards and Expectations:
- Recognize equivalent representations for the same number and generate them by decomposing and composing numbers.
- Develop fluency in adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing whole numbers.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Mathematics (2004)
Grade 3
- Goal 1: Number and Operations - The learner will model, identify, and compute with whole numbers through 9,999.
- Objective 1.03: Develop fluency with multiplication from 1x1 to 12x12 and division up to two-digit by one-digit numbers using:
- Strategies for multiplying and dividing numbers.
- Estimation of products and quotients in appropriate situations.
- Relationships between operations.
- Objective 1.03: Develop fluency with multiplication from 1x1 to 12x12 and division up to two-digit by one-digit numbers using:
- Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use data and simple probability concepts.
- Objective 4.02: Determine the number of permutations and combinations of up to three items.
