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Curated OER

Sports and Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate shapes in sports. In this geometry activity, students identify geometric shapes in sports equipment, fields, etc. Students present their findings.
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Curated OER

Calculating Theoretical & Experimental Probability

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of experimental and theoretical probability. For this experimental and theoretical probability lesson, students collect data by conducting a survey of their classmates. Students compare their data and discuss...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Lower Grade Basketball Activities

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students will learn basic basketball skills and drills during this lesson. Different types of dribbles and tosses are the foci during the lesson.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Macarena Basketball Review

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars review basic basketball skills-- dribbling, faking, shooting, and chest-passing-- while moving to the beat of music. This website includes a description of the activity as well as ideas for varying the lesson and assessing...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Lincoln Avenue Basketball

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students able to move while dribbling a basketball are ready to practice offensive and defensive strategies and skills. At this website, read about an activity through which students work on their individual skills in one-on-one matches...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Shooting Basketball Stars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn and practice lay-ups, mid-range shots, and long-range shots as they earn points. "Shooting Basketball Stars" is a simple lesson, which can be part of a larger basketball unit, and requires students to work together and...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Basketball Mania

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students practice dribbling a ball and making shots from different zones, varying in distance from the basket. Includes ideas for "keeping score" and varying the activity.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Freeze

For Teachers 6th - 8th
At this website, read about a variation of basketball that allows students to score points just by being near the basketball basket. Includes ideas for varying the lesson and assessing students' participation.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Olympic Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students familiar with basketball, football, and hockey skills are ready to participate in a variety of "presidential physical fitness tests." These include the basketball shot, the football toss, the floor hockey shot, and more.
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: 'Laggan Lard Butts' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Laggan Lard Butts by Canadian author Eric Walters is about a campaign to change the name of a school basketball team because it always loses. This teacher's guide includes a book summary and ideas for discussions and learning activities.
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Read Works

Read Works: 3rd Grade Lesson: Realistic Fiction

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan in which students use the book Allie's Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber to learn about the characteristics that define realistic fiction. Lesson includes direct teaching, guided...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who Bounces Best?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a cooperative learning, kinesthetic and presentation lesson. Learners will use the computer to create graphs/charts to display data collected by counting the number of successful bounces when bouncing a basketball for 30 seconds....
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Wally Badminton

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity fuses badminton with basketball. Teacher, use this activity as part of a gym-class lesson to help students improve their badminton skills and accuracy.

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