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Curated OER

Fancy Dribbling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students enter the playing area and pick up a ball of their choice to dribble. Then find a good self space and face the teacher with the ball between their feet. When the music starts they are to dribble all over the playing area.
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Curated OER

Similar or Not?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders define the meaning of similar and congruent using concrete objects. They make similar and congruent figures using geoboards. They draw their figures on dot paper, and color their designs.
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Curated OER

Nature of Game Balls

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders see how, when balls are dropped from the same height, mass and size affects the motion of the balls.
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Curated OER

Smorgasboard of Control

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

How Can You Detect the Invisible?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a lab activity in which they examine the characteristics of radon. They identify radon's link to cases of lung cancer. They complete a radon fact sheet and answer questions to end the lesson plan.
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Curated OER

Types of Groups

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the various types of groups in a society. In groups, they create a chart showing the similarities and differences between primary, secondary, and reference groups. Using magazines, they cut out pictures...
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Curated OER

Graphing Heart Rates

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars explore heart rates. They record pulse rates, predict which exercises cause a faster heart rate, make a chart, and graph the results. Students write an essay using the data to support their predictions. They write a...
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Curated OER

Sports and Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils investigate shapes in sports. In this geometry activity, students identify geometric shapes in sports equipment, fields, etc. Pupils 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. In 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
Students 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 instructional activity and...
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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 middle schoolers 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 instructional activity in which young scholars use the book Allie's Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber to learn about the characteristics that define realistic fiction. Lesson includes direct...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Who Bounces Best?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a cooperative learning, kinesthetic and presentation activity. Students 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...
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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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