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Cooperative Countdown

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students work in groups to practice teamwork and ball handling. In this teamwork lesson, students work in groups of 4-5 in a circle and pass a ball. Students rotate within their circle as they pass the ball.
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Team Talk Question Cards

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this team building worksheet, learners get to know each other before working as a group. Students cut apart 8 cards which have conversation starters. Learners take turns participating in group discussion about the cards.
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Physical Education: Tag - You're Wet!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students play a version of water tag under close adult supervision. In waist high water, several students are "it" and the remaining class members have to get to the other side of the pool without being tagged. The first student to...
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Teamwork Hill

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students receive a class score of 1-5 for appropriate behavior and participation during P.E. class. When class exits P.E., they move the class ant to a different fruit or vegetable. Each piece of food is worth 5 points, so some may be in...
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Introducing The Manager System

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the importance of classroom jobs and having a leader. After listening to a book, students discuss teamwork and responsibility as well as the jobs and responsibilities described in the story. They determine how to...
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Citizenship Program

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore teamwork, decision-making, and ways to communicate. They discuss their favorite activities, places they would like to travel and set ground rules for their groups. After identifying their feelings toward the program,...
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Passing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners work in pairs get used to working together to succeed at a common goal. They practice working one-on-one and with the coach as a model to go by. The activity "Pong" is assessed throughout the lesson as well. The playing area...
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Team Handball

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students enter the gym and immediately stretch and perform warm up activities. They work in teams to play a game of handball. They practice to increase their competency in shooting the handball into the goal. Finally, they participate in...
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SPORTS HISTORY

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students research and analyze the development of sports in our country. Students interpret the events in histors that have been reflected in the sports and leisure activities selected as individuals and as a nation. Students create their...
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Astronomy Teamwork

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together in groups to complete an astronomy project. In the classroom, they find real objects to represent various objects in the solar system. After going outside, they practice using a distance scale and use their...
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Basketball- Dribbling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars practice several different basketball dribbling techniques on their own, with partners and as a team. They warm up with spot drills and figure eight dribbles and end the session with a dribbling relay race.
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Shoemaker's Dance

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the Shoemaker's dance. They review the steps needed for the dance; winding the thread, breaking the thread, and driving the pegs. They practice performing the dance.
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Snowshoe Tag Games

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students play a new version of tag on snowshoes. Students are able to discover advantages and disadvantages of wearing snowshoes based on their performance in the game of tag.
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Mini Track Meet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers, in groups, practice all of the physical activities they have learned into a track meet. They run relays and each member of the team is to participate.
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Teaching Tips: Team Building Activities for Elementary Students

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students access a variety of team-building related resources on the Internet. They examine cooperative games, collaborative artwork, create me-shirts, develop Venn diagrams, and create a classroom quilt and class welcome book.
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Advertisements

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Student teams role-play advertising agencies competing for a contract. Winning team completes all tasks, spending the least money. Tasks include naming agency, creating a slogan, inventing a product and advertisement.
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Shuffle About

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders work together and practice communication skills, leadership, trust, respect and creativity in order to complete this outdoor activity successfully. Groups must successfully navigate their way through an obstacle course.
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Radioactive River

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work cooperatively as a team to cross a "radioactive" river using a scooter and carpet squares. They discuss and analyze their teamwork and cooperation and the different skills used to complete the activity.
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Radioactive River

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work together as a team. Their mission is to get their entire team accross the "river" without having anyone touch the radioactive river. If any member of the team touches the river at any time, the whole team must start over.
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Through the Quicksand

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students select a partner, who is the travelling expert, and the other group is the rescue expert. Travel expert starts at one end of rectangular area and the rescue expert stands around the sides of the rectangular with a supply of...
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Bbc Northern Ireland Schools: Go Get It! Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the skills that make you more employable.
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Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: High Rise (Pdf) [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
Hands-on challenge to build a tall tower that can support a tennis ball. Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to build, test, and redesign it if necessary, or take it to the next level. Activity focuses on the engineering...
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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Find It With Gps!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using a GPS handheld device and online resources, students work in teams to explore the technology behind GPS, current GPS applications, and brainstorm new applications for future global use to solve society's issues.
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Try Engineering: Water Rocket Launch

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The main focus of this lesson is learning about aerospace engineering and the principles of rocketry. To accomplish this, students will work in teams to design, build, and launch a rocket made out of a soda bottle, then present their...