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Baseball Activity: Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the concept of motion. In this hands-on physics lesson, students examine how the construction of baseballs and the temperature they are stored at affect their bounce.
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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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Shadow Ball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view a film about baseball and calculate the time required for a variety of operations that take place in baseball. They use the calculations to stage a credible game of Shadow Ball and reflect on the challenges for arranging...
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Throwing for Distance/Accuracy

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice throwing for distance and for accuracy.
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Team Handball Lesson #3

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students practice hand-eye coordination skills by identifying proper throwing technique, and by passing, throwing, and bouncing ball to partner from distance of six feet, both while stationary and in motion.
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Batting Rotation- Baseball

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students pay a team sport. In this baseball instructional activity, students practice various skills such as batting, pitching, throwing and catching. Students learn and practice the batting rotation and participate in each position.
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Terminator

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice throwing and catching accuracy in a fun and active game.
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Mechanics Aren't Just for Cars

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to the correct mechanics of throwing. They work in peer groups to demonstrate proper throwing form and critique each other's performance.
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Mummy Ball

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice their hand and eye coordination in a ball throwing activity.  In this physical education instructional activity, students participate in a game where they sit in a circle and throw to each other only once until...
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Lesson 3: Measuring Angles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use a protractor to measure angles. They classify angles by type: right angle, acute angles, and obtuse angles. Students build and draw right, acute, and obtuse angles. They discuss how do people in various professions use...