+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Boomerang

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students build their own boomerang. In this physics lesson, students trace the origin of this equipment. They practice throwing and catching them.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sink The Ship

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners throw balls using correct overhand technique in a dynamic setting.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Group Initiatives

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the names and qualities about members in the group. They each say their name and something about themselves. Students gather around in a circle. They listen to the teacher as he or she says the name of someone and throws...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Write, Read and Play

For Teachers K - 5th
Students integrate writing, reading and movement skills. They draw from a hat a movement skill (e.g., throwing, catching, kicking, etc.), sport, or related word (e. g., heart, muscle, etc.) and create a book written on the first or...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cooperative Handball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, in teams, spread out on their half of the playing area and pass the ball from teammate to teammate, until the team goalie catches the ball. The goalies are placed on the opposite ends of where their teamates are.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Beach Ball Word Families

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders throw a beach ball to each other to play a game that helps them practice word families. In this word family lesson plan, 2nd graders throw a beach ball to each other and whatever part their thumb lands on, they look at the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Part of the Earth's Surface is Covered by Oceans?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate oceans. In this Earth science instructional activity, 3rd graders predict how much of the Earth's surface is covered by oceans. Students determine if their predictions are accurate by throwing a globe to each...
+
Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Jamaican Song, Dance, and Play: Experiences with Jamaican Musical Traditions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young musicians experience song, dance, and play of the Jamaican culture. Scholars listen for and recreate beats, they play tunes, make up original dances, and play a game that challenges pupils to pass stones to a specific beat.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The River/Fish Game

For Teachers K
Students practice throwing and catching skills in a pair while competing for all the fish that are caught while successfully demonstrating these skills. The game is made harder by increasing the distance of the throwing and catching.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bean Bag Challenge

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore the human body by participating in a physical education activity. In this bean bag lesson, students identify the hand eye coordination skills necessary to throw and catch a bean bag with a partner. Young scholars...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pancake Express

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a variety of manipulative skills in cross-curricular activities (dramatic play, reading, problem solving) to improve creativity and health education.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

STXBall Soft Lacrosse

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars discover how to cradle, throw and catch and scoop in order to play Lacrosse. They also need to know the simple rules of the game.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Handling Data: Probability, Chase Me game

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students participate in a simulation in which the aim is for the tortoise to catch up with the hare or vice versa. Moves are decided by throwing two dice. Adding together the numbers on the two dice tells you which animal moves one...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Four Wall Handball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the sport of handball. After reviewing the rules of handball, they explore how to hit the ball without hurting their hands. Students discuss arm strokes and proper foot alignment and sidearm positions. Using proper...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Santa's Sack

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice throwing and catching with a partner or self toss-catch. As a prerequisite skill they should understand safe spaces and have some knowledge of throwing and catching skills.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Grocery Bag Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students improve their ability to catch and control an object with a plastic grocery sack.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Batting Rotation- Baseball

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students pay a team sport. In this baseball lesson, students practice various skills such as batting, pitching, throwing and catching. Students learn and practice the batting rotation and participate in each position.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Winter Wonderland Stations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use hockey sticks to strike pucks into a goal, between two cones, or into another target (e.g., bowling pins). They use white rolled up socks as snowballs to throw at a variety of targets that are on the floor or on the wall .
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Four-Wing Paper Boomerang

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students cut out the pattern of the Four-Wing Boomerang and trace it on to one half of the file folder. They practice throwing it.
+
Activity
Curated OER

Laundry Basket Fun

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students entertain themselves in a laundry basket. In this performing arts lesson, students sit in a basket with small items and then throw the items out repeating the procss over an over again.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fishy Fun

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students review the correspondent /ai/ = long a and break into groups of five. They use a fishing pole with a magnet attached to "fish" for words that contain the /ai/ sound in it. If they catch a word that does not contain the /ai/...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Web of Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students work together to create a web of life. In groups, they put on nametags and form a circle. They toss the ball to a random person in the group and they make a connection between the person throwing the ball and the person...
+
Activity
2
2
Do2Learn

Reciprocal Conversation

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Keep the conversation going with a social skills activity. Designed for learners with autism, the lesson guides peers through the back-and-forth of a conversation, encouraging them to wait their turn before responding.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Bean Bags

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Here is useful lesson plan which demonstrates how bean bags can be used to develop manipulative skills. Young learners gain awareness of their bodies by taking part in this exercise. They also respond to a whistle, and focus on following...

Other popular searches