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It's Basketball Season again which means Fantasy Basketball is hotter than ever. Basketball players are incredible
athletes, and their statistics are filled with many mathematical concepts.
As a class we are going to decide, based on 2008-2009 statistics, which Point guard, Shooting guard, Small forward,
Power forward and Center we want on our fantasy Basketball team!
Task
In order to beat the other 8th grade classes, we need to choose our players wisely. Our selections must be based on
factual information that we find using resources on the Web.You will search for statistics from the 2008-2009 NBA
season on five different Point guards, Shooting guards, Small forwards, Power forwards and Centers. The class will
be divided into four different groups. Each group will have a different set of statistics to look up and will create
three graphical representations of the statistics they find. Groups will present their work to the class. As a class we
must work together to decide which players we want to draft on our fantasy Basketball team.
Process
The purpose of this assignment is to learn a little about making predictions and have some fun while doing it. We
will do this by dividing the class into groups. Each group will research a different set of statistics of fifteen well
known NBA players. Your group will use these statistics and convert them into fractions, decimals, and percents.
Three graphical representations must be created displaying your statistics.
As a class, we will compare each group’s graphs, and predict which players would most likely score us the most
points on a Fantasy Basketball Team.
Conclusion
You've reached the end of your WebQuest, we're almost done! I hope you have enjoyed learning about
mathematics found in the real world. Through this WebQuest you've calculated averages, converted
between fractions, decimals, and percents, and put your data into three different graphical
representations.
It's now time for each group to present their graphs. Together, as a class, we must make a prediction of
which players we should draft for our Fantasy Basketball Team. Keep in mind, we want players that will
score us the most points, because we want to beat the other 8th grade classes. Based upon the data you
found, who will we draft? Did you like this activity?