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On the Track With NASCAR

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students complete a variety of activities to research stock car racing. They use the Internet to research NASCAR acronyms, schedules, results, car design and other aspects.
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Play Ball Scavenger Hunt

For Students 4th - 6th
In this baseball worksheet, learners utilize the Internet to visit one specific website to seek the answers to five fill in the blank facts about baseball.
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Daredevils

For Students 5th - 6th
In this social studies learning exercise, students investigate women daredevils-those who loved the exhilaration of speed. Students read 7 short descriptions of women in sports. Their names are scrambled. Students write the correct name...
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Baseball--Where the Parks Are

For Students 4th - 6th
In this social studies worksheet, students utilize a map to label the location of each city with a Major League team and then with colored pencils label the homes of the All-American Girls League teams.
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Volleyball - Lesson 15 - Tactile Approach

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What happens when the opponents hit a hard spiked ball downward at you? Dig it! More practice digging! Lesson 15 reviews and refocuses on the skill of digging that was taught in lesson 14. The players can never have enough practice...
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Physical Education Lesson: Winter Station Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students experience and participate in a variety of four winter station games. They assess the winter stations of Get the Candy Cane, What is in Your Stocking, Jingle Bell Basketball and Candy Cane Lane. Each student also experiences a...
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Volleyball - Lesson 7 - Setting up the Attack

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Lesson seven out of this 20 lesson unit focuses on setting up to attack. There is a lot to consider and know with regard to attacking to score a point. This piece focuses on passing the ball to the setter, who then focuses on setting the...
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Orienteering - Lesson 1 - Maps & Map Scales

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Lesson 1 of 10 lessons in this orienteering unit is about maps and map scales. After all, orienteering is all about maps, compasses, and finding ones' way around. It is imperative to be able to read maps and understand the relevance of...
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Orienteering Scavenger Hunt Lesson Plan: Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 9th
First, teach your class how to read a compass, and then do the scavenger hunt. This is rather a nice little activity to do. It can be done as part of a unit on orienteering or just for the fun of it as a stand-alone lesson.  The fun...
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Star Drill

For Teachers 6th - 10th
The star drill is set up to practice throwing and catching a football. The path of whom to throw to in this group of five players is to follow the pattern of drawing a star. The players practice their skills and as they get better,...
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Soccer - Lesson 10 - Dribbling Practice & Mini Games

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Lesson 10 in this soccer unit has the players practicing their dribbling skills before embarking on their mini games. Practice dribbling with the inside of the foot, the outside of the foot, dominant foot, nondominant foot, different...
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Soccer - Lesson 15 - Practice Games

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Here's lesson plan 15 of 20 in this soccer unit. This lesson plan has the players practice shooting on goal from different distances. The focus is on accuracy. After a bit of shooting practice, they gather with their team and play some...
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Soccer - Lesson 19 - 2nd Round of World Cup

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Lesson 19 out of 20 soccer lessons is round 2 of their class world cup tournament. There is no skill teaching here, but hopefully some assessment can be done during this tournament. All players are occupied, either playing or refereeing.
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Tchoukball - Lesson 5 - Rebounding

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Tchoukball lesson 5 is focused on rebounding. This is a good skill to learn in that getting control of the ball is so important. After all, one must have the ball in order to score. There are several drills that have been scaffolded to...
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No Foot, No Horse

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Why do horses wear shoes? Why do people wear shoes? Using worksheets, which are embedded in the plan, learners write descriptive paragraphs about their own shoes, classify a pile of shoes, and also engage in math games about the variety...
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Volleyball - Lesson 5 - Winning the Point

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Volleyball - Lesson 5 is about winning the point. It takes some practice and hard word to become good at hitting or spiking a volleyball. This lesson plan focuses on some of the teaching cues and techniques of hitting/spiking a...
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Orienteering - Introductory Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Gain knowledge of directions and degrees while learning how to read a compass. NEWS - north, east, west, south, and everything in between. It's crucial to be accurate in reading a compass and understanding degrees and direction when...
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Target Heart Rate

For Students 7th - 10th
This accompanies a lesson on how various activities affect heart rate. Young learners identify resting heart rate and target heart rate. They do some physical activities to measure their heart rates for each of those activities. They...
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Supersize Me Worksheet

For Students 7th - 10th
Morgan, who is a reasonable, healthy man, embarks on a 30-day quest to eat nothing but food from a McDonald's restaurant. This activity accompanies the video "Supersize Me". The video is definitely worth viewing, but this activity could...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 14 - Hand Signals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
When water skiing or wake boarding, hand signals are the most effective way of communicating. Use this lesson plan on boat safety to ensure that your youngsters are using the proper precautions before engaging in water sports.
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Volleyball - Lesson 12 - Attacking as a Team

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Volleyball Lesson 12 focuses on team work and communication. Helping each other identify balls that are in play or if the ball is going out of play, by calling out loud - in, or, out.  The more communication there is amongst team players...
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Soccer - Lesson 18 - 1st Round of the World Cup

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Lesson 18 in this 20 lesson soccer unit is really just the 1st round of the World Cup class soccer tournament. This is not really a lesson, but is inserted into the unit as a place holder for the days activity. All the players are busy...
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Tchoukball - Lesson 8 - Tournament

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Lesson 8 in this Tchoukball unit is not a lesson but a placeholder for tournament play. The players are in teams of three and play against their opponents in ten minute games. The teacher will be able to make some assessments as to...
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Orienteering - Lesson 7 - Compasses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
More compass practice! This activity has your scholars practicing getting their bearings. They will participate in a schoolyard compass game where they will have a specific starting point and then navigate through the course according to...