Kicking a Ball Teacher Resources

Students punch or kick a ball. Fielders immediately get the ball to pitcher. When pitcher has ball runners must stop. Teacher approaches base where runner has stopped and flashes a multiplication fact card to both the runner and say the...

Here is a 14 minute episode of Elmo's World that focuses on balls. He talks to Dorothy the fish, shows clips of things people do with balls, and talks to kids about playing with balls. Tip: Tell your young learners that verbs are action...

Free kicks, goal kicks, corner kicks, penalty kicks. These are types of kicks in the game of soccer. Lesson four is all about learning and practicing how to kick the ball. Laces, laces, laces. That's the part of the foot that should make...

Given a particular direction and velocity, what force can make a ball swerve into a goal? This visually engaging video illustrates the physics that occur when a ball rotates on its axis while moving in a particular direction, also known...

Fifth graders practice focusing on passing a ball straight to a partner, kicking the ball into the goal, drop the ball straight down for a punt and punt the kick on the top of your foot. They assess how to step up to the target, use...

In this word recognition instructional activity, students trace the words "kick the ball," write the words independently, and color the picture of the soccer ball.

Steve Spangler has created a toy that relies on science to make ice cream! He uses a ball with two cylinders inserted. One contains rock salt and water, while the other contains the ice cream ingredients. Once sealed, a family kicks the...

Students practice the skill of kicking a ball.

Students kick a stationary ball from a stationary position so it travels along the ground. They kick the ball with the left and right foot. Students kick the ball with the inside and toe of foot. They kick the ball so it knocks over a...

Students continue to examine the proper way to kick a ball. In groups, they practice all the kicking positions from a previous lesson and try to increase their accuracy when it comes to making a goal. To end the lesson, they discover...

Don't kick the resource to the curb; you'll definitely regret it. Future engineers devise a kicking machine that launches a ping-pong ball toward a target. They can use a pendulum, a rubber band, or both, depending on whether they want...

Day 3 of the speedball unit covers the drop kick. Teach these youngsters the art of performing a drop kick with a soccer ball. Remember the ball needs to hit the ground and bounce to be a drop kick. If the ball doesn't hit the ground...

Students participate with passing and kicking a medium-sized playground ball. They stand in a large circle and softly kick the ball to another student in the circle. The object is not allowing the ball to get above the knee level and...

That's the way the ball bounces ... or does it? An episode of a physics playlist examines the behavior of different types of balls when kicked. Learners experience the magnus effect as they watch while one ball curves to the right as the...

Students practice soccer skills. In this soccer activity, students use cones and a foam ball to practice kicking and trapping in small groups. Students use a timer to see how quickly their group can pass the ball around the triangle of...

In this ball games activity, students read a passage about ball games and answer multiple choice questions about it. Students complete 5 multiple choice questions about ball games.

Students kick a drop punt. In this physical education skills instructional activity, students participate in a series of skill activities fostering eye-foot coordination. Students practice kicking a drop punt to the coach, a partner and...

Students practice kicking with their instep to improve accuracy. They are to knock down bowling pins while their score is being charted.

Determine critical points in the flight of a soccer ball. Pupils use an interactive resource to find the vertex and x-intercepts of the graph of the trajectory of a soccer ball after being kicked. Scholars investigate the trajectory...

Soccer is all about angles. Young mathematicians use an interactive to correctly position the path of a soccer ball so that it reaches the goal. They consider complementary angles when answering a set of challenge questions.

Second graders kick and pass with the instep and outside of the foot. They demonstrate the difference between sole and toe trapping. Students kick with accuracy and varying velocities (distances). Students get a ball and begin moving...

Students practice soccer dribbling, trapping, and kicking with strong force.

Start putting all the skills learned so far in this soccer unit together. Play mini-games, which means, just two or three players on a team. This way the players can practice all their skills and not be standing around waiting for the...

Children with visual impairments need to continuously work on balance, gross motor skills, and mobility. Foster mobility and orientation skills by engaging them in a series of fun balance stations during PE. You'll set up each of the...