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Sally Ride: Forging a Path to the Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Carry on the legacy of the heroic astronaut/educator who spent 30 years nurturing science learning for young girls.
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Five Dollars

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders catch and throw balls at all levels high, medium, and low while counting their points up from the balls that they catch. They are asked the skills that they have already explored in softball from the previous class. ...
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Balance Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are introduced to the concept of balance. In groups, they travel between eight stations in which they balance their own body and different types of balls. To end the lesson, they share which one was the hardest and the easiest.
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Juggle Time

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students practice juggling with their choice of equipment.
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2 Ball Bop

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe and demonstrate striking, tossing, and fielding techniques to improve their baseball and softball skills. In small groups they participate in an activity in which a tosser throws two balls to a batter, while the batter...
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Throw and Catch Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students throw and catch, moving through general space safely amongst others.
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Throwing for Distance/Accuracy

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners practice throwing for distance and for accuracy.
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Scooter Bring Back

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students travel across the floor on scooter and pick up objects to bring back.
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Push Up Routine

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Pupils improve upper body strength by doing push-ups. They practice synchronized movements they can do with a partner while in the push-up position.
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Haunted House

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students partake in a fun and active Halloween activity.
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Throw Everything

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students throw objects overhand into containers in the center of the playing area.
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Same and Different

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are taught the concept of what looks the same and what looks different, with both objects and movement.
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Locomotor Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice in refining their locomotor skills and developing their understanding of pathways and basic map reading skills.
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Throw Hard

For Teachers K
Students practice the skill of throwing overhand.
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Catching Self Assessment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform a number of different ball tossing and catching skills while completing a self-assessment sheet.
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Crosby Rush

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars develop their striking skills by trying to score a hockey goal. In this striking skills lesson plan, students use hockey sticks and small balls to practice scoring a goal.
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The Nest Striking Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate striking skills and multiplication facts. In this striking skills lesson, students use multi-colored hoops to practice their striking accuracy. Students track their accuracy in various ways, such as the total number...
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15 Relays for Field Days

For Teachers K - 12th
Students, in teams, participate in a variety of fun themed relay races.
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Sports Matching Game

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this matching worksheet, students draw a line to match the sports words with the pictures of the players. Students match 8 answers.
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Crossword Puzzle About Sports

For Students 4th
In this crossword puzzle about sports worksheet, 4th graders fill in the puzzle about sports using the clues and the word bank on the page.
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Electric Charge

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discover and identify positive and negative electrical charges and understand that like repels and opposite charges attract.  In this physics lesson, students observe how friction can be used to give electrical charge to various...
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Slings

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students take three shots at the designated target using a slingshot. They strive to keep all of the shots close to the target or to improve with each shot; by getting closer each time.
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Fusion Confusion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to three types of energy transfer: conduction, convection, and radiation. They model the scientific process of fusion to become with the sun and how it produces energy.
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One Step Throw & Catch

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students, in pairs, choose a ball to throw back and forth between them about 9 feet apart (i.e., 3 giant steps). After making a catch both students take one giant step backwards. If a student misses a catch they move one giant step...