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Worksheet
Curated OER

Multiply and Complete Balls Exercise

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this multiplication worksheet, students complete the number sentence about multiplying a certain number of balls. Students complete 1 number sentence.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Bones and Joints

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this bones and joints instructional activity, students build a model of an arm with sticks, balls, and caps to see how bones and joints work. Students also answer 4 questions.
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Lesson Plan
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Pre-School Ball Run

For Teachers Pre-K
Students demonstrate force and motion by rolling a ball through a tube. In this motion lesson students explore what happens to the ball when it is rolled with other balls of various sizes, weights, and textures.
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Worksheet
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First Word: Ball

For Students K - 2nd
In this word recognition activity, students trace the word ball, write it independently, and identify it in a group of other words.
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Lesson Plan
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Time Bomb

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the concept of playing a game of tag with four players throwing balls at kids in the center. Those who are hit with the ball are out of the game until there are four kids...
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Lesson Plan
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Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work together to examine how different types of balls react to colliding with different surfaces. They discover the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions. They practice calculating momentum as well.
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Lesson Plan
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Central Europe’s Glorious Ball Season Starts

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the Ball season in Europe. In this European Culture ESL activity, 9th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students complete a graphic organizer on going to a ball. 
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Lesson Plan
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Where Will It Go?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students predict the path of a ball bouncing off an object. In this physics activity, students conduct the rolling ball experiment to test their prediction. They perform several trials for accuracy.
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Lesson Plan
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Build a Better Bouncer

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create the best bouncing ball possible using basic substances. In this chemistry lesson, students describe the effect of additives to polymers. They graph and analyze their results.
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Lesson Plan
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Making Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders analyze the composition of different balls. In this science lesson, 2nd graders create their own balls using materials provided by teacher. They demonstrate what their invention can do.
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Activity
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Shaving Cream Creativity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students get the shaving cream and any objects to play with. In this art lesson, students can make faces and hair on the balloons or balls. Students can create a castle and can even decorate each other as long as they do not eat.
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Worksheet
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The Largest Objects Letter B

For Students Pre-K - K
For this basic mathematics worksheet, students identify and color the largest object pictured in each box. There are four boxes with various objects in them that start with the letter b.
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Lesson Plan
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Magic Ball

For Teachers K - 2nd
Using the magic ball, students identify the different directions. They follow the movements of the teacher with the magic ball.
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Lesson Plan
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Smorgasboard of Control

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice dribbling and trapping a variety of balls.
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Article
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: That's the Way the Ball Bounces

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the factors that determine whether and how much a ball bounces and includes activities to test "bounciness" for yourself!
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Website
Other

The National Bowling Association, Inc.: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is the National Bowling Association's home page. TNBA is one of the three major governing bodies for amateur bowling in the United States.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Watch the Tennis Ball

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains concepts related to the sport of tennis. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...