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Math Relay

For Teachers 4th
This is really a math review for older elementary learners to practice making equations using adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing in a fun way. They get to move around and play with hula hoops, bean bags, balls, and jump...
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Gluestick Bowling

For Teachers K - 6th
Have to stay indoors for a PE class? All you need are bean bags and glue sticks, and you have yourself a bowling alley! Check out this activity, which goes beyond a traditional bowling game to give your class members the opportunity to...
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Winter Lake Skating

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students pretend to be ice skating on a frozen lake. The teacher is able to demonstrate proper skating technique using paper plates, bean bags and ice skating music. The students "ice skate" while the music plays, however, when the...
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Likes and Dislikes

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners recognize and use the vocabulary associated with vacationing at the beach and, while playing a bean-bag toss game, express likes and dislikes in first, second, and third person conjugations (Spanish exercise).
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Bag the Beans

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils work in pairs to sort several beans into different piles according to a rule they make up. They use manipulatives to solve complex mathematical problems.
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Bean Experiment

For Teachers K
Students place beans in plastic bags with water and observe changes.  In this germination lesson, students observe and record how many beans sprout each day. Students may also weigh beans, count beans or eat beans.
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Grab Bag Experiment

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students analyze and record data. In this lesson about graphing and gathering data, students learn about the step of an experiment. Students learn new vocabulary, sort beans, record the data, and graph the data. Students add a variable...
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Bean Sort

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define and discuss dichotomous keys. They create a dichotomous key to identify a bag of mixed beans, and assign their group of beans a genus and species name.
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Mine Field

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students experience the loss of their sight and develop feelings for those less fortunate than them.
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Ziploc Gardening

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students observe beans germinating in a plastic bag.  In this bean growing lesson, students predict what their beans will look like. Students draw illustrations to record the changes in their bean plants. Students should also note the...
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Seed to Plant

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students understand the stages of a plants life. In this stages of plant development instructional activity, students read about bean plants and grow their own. Students record growth and photograph changes in their plants. Students...
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Teaching Descriptive Word Usage

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice their creative writing by using descriptive words.  In this language arts lesson, 2nd graders utilize their best descriptive writing to elaborate on one of 20 different bean bag characters.  Students listen to...
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Throwing

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners throw objects overhand. In this exercise instructional activity students practice throwing overhand with several different objects. They practice throwing at different distances.
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Investigating Bean Pods and How They Grow

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe and create a record of seed growth over time. After planting a seed, 3rd graders record their observations of the seed's growth over a three week period. Upon conclusion of the experiment, they write a paragraph...
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Bean Bag Challenges

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students enhance their knowledge of physical fitness skills as well as related terminology. They explore many challenges using beanbags. Locomotive skills as well as manipulatives and non-manipulatives are involved.
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Racing to Rudolph

For Teachers K - 5th
Students split into groups of three with one student standing inside a hula hoop at mid-court pretending to be Rudolph. The other two start at the starting cone and take turns riding the scooter, delivering one bean bag to Rudolph....
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Addition Tic Tac Toe

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in a game of Tic Tac Toe while practicing addition at the same time. They draw the Tic Tac Toe board with chalk on a concrete portion of the playground. They use bean bags with this activity to make it more...
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Valentine Rescue

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students play a Valentine's Day version of tag. They attempt to rescue bean bags (valentines) from one end of the play area and deliver them to another without getting tagged by a 'Hug' or 'Kiss'. Cupid can unfreeze any tagged players.
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Christmas Shopping

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work in teams in teams of two and they have a hula hoop which represents their shopping bag and two hockey sticks to gather presents. They use the other side of the gym that has bean bags and fleece balls, which are scattered...
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Coordination and Flexibility

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice controlling their motion and reflexes by participating in different motor skill activities.  In this physical education lesson, students utilize bean bags and hula hoops to help create flexibility and coordination in...
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Hanukkah Game

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners participate in a game involving their motor skills. With a partner, they are given a menorah and bean bags and they decide who carries the candles. After discussing the history of Hanukkah, they practice their locomotive skills.
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Mini Games

For Teachers K - 1st
Students play a series of mini games in order to learn basic concepts in science and math. In this data collection instructional activity, students weigh rice, count time, participate in a marble grab, look at big feet, participate in a...
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Beat the Grinch

For Teachers K - 5th
Students move safely about the entire gym on scooters, picking up bean bags one at a time, placing them in a basket. This is a good warm up activity to be used for the first 5-10 minutes of class.
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Addition and Subtraction in Center Time

For Teachers 1st
First graders use bean bags, dominos, number trains, counters, paper clips, flashcards, beads and more in a variety of centers to practice basic addition and subtraction facts.

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