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Curated OER

Friction and Inertia

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners study friction and inertia, make predictions, and compare data.  In this investigative lesson students view a demonstration on friction, divide into groups, and complete an activity. 
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Curated OER

Where Will It Go?

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

2D Kinematics w/ String Racers

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students calculate the speed of string racers. In this physics lesson, students measure the time in several trials and get the average. They graph their results using a spreadsheet.
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Other

Teachers Network: A Trip to Baseball Hall of Fame (Writing a Persuasive Letter)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on improving students' persuasive writing skills. Students reseach baseball and then write a persuasive essay to convince the baseball coach that a trip the Baseball Hall in Fame would be beneficial to the members of...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Newton's Triple Play: Baseball Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students watch a video and animations that relate Isaac Newton's three laws of motion to baseball and apply what they've learned about these laws to another sport or other real-life situation. It includes formative and...
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US National Archives

Docsteach: Baseball: A Morale Booster During Wartime?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn about the role of baseball on the American homefront during World Wars I and II. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (during World War I) and President (during World War II), commented on the...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Baseball Math

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learn more about baseball and math when you check out this resource. It provides a lesson plan for upper elementary to middle school students where they will use their skills in percentages, decimals and combinations.
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US National Archives

Docsteach: Baseball on the World War I Homefront

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will begin to learn about the changes that occurred on the American homefront because of World War I by analyzing correspondence from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt and Boston Red Sox Owner and President...
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: All Around the Baseball Field

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here's a lesson plan that combines art, music, movement, critical thinking, math, and baseball. The plan gives complete instructions, printable resources and web links, assessment, and application of national standards.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Baseball, Race, and Ethnicity: Rounding the Bases

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using primary documents as resources, students examine the connection between America's favorite pastime, baseball, and race.
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PBS

Pbs Mathline: Fantasy Baseball Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will be given baseball trading cards to use the decimals and ratios to participate in a fantasy baseball game. Printable lesson
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University of South Florida

Fcat: Baseball Proportion: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners learn about proportions using regular and souvenir baseball bats. This site contains a complete lesson plan, which is available in a printable version.
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US National Archives

Docsteach: The Third League in Professional Baseball

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will analyze three documents from the court case The Federal League of Baseball Clubs v. The American and National Leagues of Baseball Clubs to gain an understanding of baseball contracts and labor issues in the Progressive Era....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Baseball Rocks!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Through videoconferencing, two classes battle out their knowledge of rocks and minerals and the rock cycle by playing baseball. Each class completes a unit on rocks, minerals, and the rock cycle which includes gathering facts from print...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F if Throwing Baseballs

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task about the height of baseballs thrown into the air, students are asked to compare characteristics of two quadratic functions that are each represented differently, one as the graph of a quadratic function and one written out...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Baseball Cards

For Teachers 8th Standards
This task has the context of a baseball card collection. Students are shown four equations that might represent the number of cards in the collection where the total is a function of time. They are asked to explain what we can learn...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Baseball, Race Relations and Jackie Robinson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students draw on their previous studies of American history and culture as they analyze primary sources from Jackie Robinson and Other Baseball Highlights, 1860s-1960s in American Memory. A close reading of two documents...
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Baseball Players [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
This task challenges students to demonstrate understanding of the concept of measure of center.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Babe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Babe & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure" by Dan Gutman. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: The Boy Who Saved Baseball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "The Boy Who Saved Baseball" by John H. Ritter. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Small Sided Soccer Skill Baseball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is an interesting activity where students use their soccer skills in a game that plays much like baseball. Players, while on offense and defense, are required to practice controlling, passing, and dribbling a soccer ball.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Baseball Economics 201

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Some believe our national pastime may be threatened by the big market, high revenue teams like the Yankees (or the New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, etc.) and that smaller market teams (e.g., the Florida Marlins, San Diego...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: On the Ball: Video Umpires

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Investigate innovations that assist baseball umpires in making calls. Examine the accuracy of a "line call" when compared to a taped record of a ball's exact impact location.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Mste: How Much Do Baseball Players Really Make?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
An interesting real-world use of statistical variance and standard deviation to help dispell the common perception that all major league baseball players are paid millions of dollars and are not worth it. The lesson plan gives specific...

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