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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Lincoln Avenue Basketball
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...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Basketball: Learn All About the Sport Basketball
Learn about basketball rules, history, positions, skills and more.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Basketball: Learn All About the Sport Basketball
Learn about basketball rules, history, positions, skills and more.
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Pe Central: Shooting Basketball Stars
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: Basketball Mania
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 Lesson Ideas: Freeze
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.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: One Digit Addition Basketball Game
Students will practice their one-digit addition skills with this interactive basketball game.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Basketball Picks
A math challenge taken from the NBA that is sure to interest true basketball fans. Use your data collection, organization, and analysis skills to figure out which teams play each other. A one page NCTM Math Challenges for Families...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Overcoming Obstacles
When faced with a bump in the road, sometimes we forget we have a choice: overcome the obstacle or let it overcome you. Steven Claunch, who was born without fingers on his right hand and with one leg shorter than the other and has...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Dennis Rodman
Biographical account of Dennis Rodman, an American professional basketball player who was one of the most skilled rebounders, best defenders, and most outrageous characters in the history of the professional game. He was inducted into...
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Olympic Challenge
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: 'Laggan Lard Butts' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
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.
Read Works
Read Works: 3rd Grade Lesson: Realistic Fiction
[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity 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,...
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Basket Math Interactive
Explore more than twenty math concepts such a perimeter, rounding, exponents, decimals, sign numbers, and more using this interactive basketball game. A Spanish version is also offered. Students results are tabulated daily.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Who Bounces Best?
This is a cooperative learning, kinesthetic and presentation lesson. Middle schoolers 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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Read Works: Sir Isaac Newton and Le Bron James
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining how the laws of motion apply to basketball. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Making the Team
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read a story about a boy named Andreas who is trying out for the basketball team. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Adding Decimals Game
An interactive basketball game where students practice their decimal adding skills to make 3 point baskets.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Who Wins the Game?
A math challenge for the basketball enthusiast. This NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity focuses on the concept of probability. Test your problem solving aptitude as you try to figure out who will probably win the game.
Courseware Solutions
Got Kids Games: Contractions Hockey Game
Focus students understanding of contractions with this interactive language arts skill-building site. Students' type the contraction of two words for points.
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The Official Site of the Harlem Globetrotters: Globetrotter History
The Harlem Globetrotters are internationally known as not only skilled athletes but engaging entertainers. This site details the history of this organization and provides images, legends, rosters and a timeline by hovering over the...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: "I Love This Game"
Resource on statistics has a link to ESPN's women's and men's basketball webpages. Students retrieve stats from these pages and practice figuring the median and mode. There are discussion questions included.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Wally Badminton
This activity fuses badminton with basketball. Teacher, use this activity as part of a gym-class lesson plan to help young scholars improve their badminton skills and accuracy.
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