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Percentages in Word Problems

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, after brainstorming all the places they see percentages in every day life (sales, basketball, grades, etc.), calculate percentages from bases and parts in word problems. They review their notes together on percentage...
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Making Games

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a variety of the following math games to practice problem solving: Factor Capture, Garbage Can Basketball, Equivalent Fraction Capture, and Equivalent Spoons. They practice problem solving involving multiple...
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No Regrets: a Poetry Analysis

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars read a poem and use the TPCASTT strategy for analysis. In this poetry analysis lesson, students journal about their future goals and read John Updike's "Ex-Basketball Player." Young scholars discuss the purpose of the poem...
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Measuring Up on the Mayflower

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a meter tape to compare the length of the Mayflower to a basketball court and make homemade butter for crackers. Afterward, all students sit inside the makeshift Mayflower's dimensions and enjoy their Pilgrim butter.
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Playing the Game

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students view a video "Playing the Game" which depicts racial conflict, including name-calling, taking place during a basketball game at a high school. They discuss and role play situations suggested by the video. Students complete...
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Lesson One: "Full Court Press"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students watch video clip about high school basketball hero who bullied some students, and was killed as result of his bullying. Students then describe and discuss impact of bullying in schools, determine who in the community has power...
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Painted Dreams

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the importance of art in Haitian culture by analyzing the cause and effect within the story, "Allie's Basketball Dream." They examine all the aspects of the story and characters including their goals, dreams,...
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History of Women in Sports

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine online or hard copy timelines of athletics, discuss what they like and dislike about time tables they have reviewed, research in small groups history of basketball, baseball, gymnastics, or track and field, and create...
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Red Ribbon Week Stations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in different physical skills that celebrate Red Ribbon Week. In this Red Ribbon Week instructional activity, students are divided into groups and participate in various learning stations which include jump rope,...
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Give and Take

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students analyze a scheduling dilemma. In this opportunity cost and trade-offs instructional activity, students must schedule the school gym for basketball games, but there are not enough hours for all the games. Groups determine how...
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Triangles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in three experiments to gain understanding of triangles. In this triangles lesson, 4th graders use pipe cleaners to create bubble pipes, basketball hoops and bingo cards to display the characteristics of...
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Sports Science

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars explore athletes and how they perform. In this physics lesson, students investigate how physics is involved in sports. Young scholars go online to interactive sites that explain physics and biomechanics. Students also...
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Quick and easy PE games

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Young scholars praactice flexibility, endurance and training. They participate in physical education games such as hockey, "GOAL Bats" and basketball skills training.
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Scale Basketball

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students understand that a spreadsheet can be used to find the best scale to use in a model. They place the distances of the planets of the solar system to the Sun in one column of the spreadsheet. Students try different scales so that...
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Basketball Caps

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work on a problem, individually or in pairs. They are asked questions that focus on average. They discus that the average number represents an equal redistribution , rather than just being able to state the rule. They write...
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Let's Play Ball

For Students 4th - 5th
In this probability worksheet, students read about a group of students who play six games of basketball and the results. Students solve 6 word problems about the basketball games.
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Free Shot Physics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss ways to test the bounciness of different balls. In this physics lesson plan, students measure how high each one bounce. They record data and compare results.
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"Three Stones Back": Using Informational Text to Enhance Understanding of Ball Don't Lie

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
"Three Stones Back," a passage from Matt de la Pena's best-seller, Ball Don't Lie, allows readers to practice their close reading skills as they compare the passage to an information text about wealth inequality. 
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Freeze

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice recognizing and getting into proper position when playing defense.
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Shadow Dribble Tag

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students work in pairs to refine their dribbling skills. One student is given a ball and told to dribble within the shadow of a partner. The second student is told to move in a way that keeps his or her shadow out of reach.
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Dribble Frenzy

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students reinforce and review dribbling skills taught in previous class lessons and compare their ability to dribble with different types of balls.
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Kokoyakyu

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students video tape a sports function of their choice. They work together to discuss how a sporting event can be an expression of a country's culture. They view a video about basketball in Japan and discuss.
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Recess

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word search worksheet, learners locate sixteen words related to recess. The word list includes basketball, climbing, games, running, and slide.
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Pictures and Fractions

For Students 2nd
In this fractions and pictures worksheet, 2nd graders draw and write what fraction of the boxes are yellow, butterflies are blue, balls that are basketballs, animals that are ducks and what fraction of the blocks are black.

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