Fun Super Bowl Activities
It is crazy to know that over 100 million people tune into the Super Bowl game each year. This makes the Super Bowl a great opportunity to add some fun to your middle school math class! Below is a list of fun and easy ways to spend 10 minutes or more celebrating the “Big Game” each February.
10 Ideas for Incorporating the Super Bowl into Your Math Class:
Paper Footballs: Have your students create paper footballs (Have students teach one another or check out this YouTube tutorial).
Measuring Paper Football Distances: Have students measure the distance each paper football can go. Students could each calculate the average of 5 “kicks”. Then have students work together to create a graph of their average distances on the board or using a large piece of paper.
Who Are Students Cheering For Survey: Have your students survey other classrooms to see which team students are cheering for. They can then create a large poster with a graph that shows the number of students cheering for each team. Display the poster in the hallway. This could be done by grade or as an entire school.
Team Pennants With Statistics: Have students create pennants for the team they are cheering for during the Big Game. In addition to the team name and logo, students should research and include 5 specific stats such as percentage of wins, average number of points scored in a game, number of Super Bowl wins, and more.
Super Bowl Math Worksheets: This resource from my TpT shop includes a template for the above pennant activity idea as well as worksheets in which students will solve problems that will reveal fun facts about the Big Game.
Make Predictions: After discussing the ways points are scored in a football game, have students make predictions of the score of the game. Record predictions on the board. You could also have students predict the score after each quarter.
The Sum of the Total of Points Scored: Similar to the previous idea, have students give a number that would be the sum of points scored by both teams. For example, in 2024 the final score of the Super Bowl game was 22-25. The sum of these points would be 47. Have students guess the number for this year’s Super Bowl. Give a prize to the student who guesses the number or comes closest to the sum of points scored. Prizes might be a candy bar or a homework pass.
Football Word Problems: Have students create word problems based on different aspects of football. There are many topics students could write a problem about including gaining and losing yards, points scored, the cost of ticket prices, food concessions, and more. This is a great activity for students to work in pairs or small groups. Make sure students also create an answer key for their word problems. Then have students switch word problems with one another.
The Math Behind Football: Have students look closely at each NFL team with this set of engaging worksheets. Students will make calculations based on a team’s number of Super Bowl appearances and Super Bowl wins. Students will also look at the numbers behind each NFL team’s stadium. This is such a fun set of worksheets to celebrate the Super Bowl.
Football Trivia: This is not a math activity but a fun way to spend the last 5 or 10 minutes after a quiz or test or on the Friday before the big game. Divide the class into two groups and use this YouTube video to see which group knows the most about the game.
Don’t forget you can grab my ready-to-use math activities for the Big Game here!
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