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Ultimate Deck Tennis

For Teachers 4th - 10th
The title is misleading because this is more of a keep away game with the ability to score points. This lesson has two groups playing against each other using a deck ring, but a frisbee, or a nerf football could also be used since the...
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Pet Guess Who

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Est-ce que ton animal grand ou petit? Pair up your beginning French speakers for a game of Pet Guess Who! Using pet advertisements from newspapers or the Internet, pairs try to guess what kind of animal their partner has. Also, use the...
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British Warm-Up Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
British warm-up tag is a team dodgeball game. One ball, two teams. Run away from the person who has the ball in his hand to avoid being hit by the ball and eliminated from the game.  If you have the ball in your hands, you may not...
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Tchoukball - Lesson 6 - Game Strategy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The sixth lesson plan in this Tchoukball unit talks about game strategy. There were some basic game strategies presented in lesson four, and this lesson specifically focuses on how to attack the frame, and positioning for offense....
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Pythagorean Theorem: Algebra/Geometry Institute Summer 2010

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners solve Pythagorean theorem problems.  in this Pythagorean theorem lesson, students read real world problems, draw diagrams, and then solve with the Pythagorean theorem.  They define hypotenuse and leg.  learners...
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Where Shall I Put It?

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Position and positional phrases are concepts that need to be constructed for learners with low or no vision. Help them gain competence and a conceptual understanding of words like on, in, and under with a funny game. After gathering a...
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Who is the Expert? Exploring Credible Sources in Healthcare

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How do you decide what sources are credible when researching online? Evaluate sources with a focus on researching health issues. After brainstorming common health concerns and how they would try to diagnose these problems, class members...
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Shapes Game

For Teachers K
Show your youngsters how to discern between shapes of different sizes, types, and colors. After the initial introduction, learners choose the type, color, and size of the shape instructed during a game with the whole class.
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I See

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students play a form of the game "I Spy" with their teacher in their physical education class. They respond with a locomotor skill to a teacher command.
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Energy in the Round - Solar

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify and define terms related to solar energy by playing a class game. In this solar energy instructional activity, students use provided cards to play a class game. They read the "I have ... Who has" card relating to solar...
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I See Something Red

For Teachers K - 6th
For learners with low vision, the ability to identify colors is an important skill that will help them identify people and places. Groups of brightly colored objects are placed around the room. The child is then given a colored paper and...
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Game Applauding Differences

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students cheer wildly for each other as they explore things they have in common and things that make them different. They sit in a circle and clap and cheer as enthusiastically as possible. Students keep an eye on the teacher, so that...
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I Love All My Neighbors

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students participate in a mixing game that is intended to boost self-esteem and entertainment. After a description is given, students switch chairs when they meet a given description. Afterwards, students explore taking healthy risks.
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Special Candy Game

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Building a strong classroom community starts with group activities focused on sharing and respect. The class sits in a circle, shares a talent they possess, then tell peers to throw them a piece of candy if they don't have the same...
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Review of World History I for Lifeskills Students

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders play a Jeopardy style game to review World History. In teams, 9th graders choose a category and a value for their question. Students are given an answer, and they give the correct question to match the answer.
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Who Am I? - Charades

For Teachers 1st
First graders play a game of charades, acting out the roles of producers and consumers. This interactive lesson illustrates how goods and services are produced and consusmed.
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Exponents and Radicals

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What is that fraction doing as an exponent? Fun math games prompt learners to practice evaluating radical expressions and expressions containing rational exponents, both in groups and individually.
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Sing, Sing, What Shall I Sing?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students view "Baby and I Were Baked in a Pie" and "Rain, Rain, Go Away" posters on the board. They also view "Sing, Sing, What Shall I sing?" poster, students are shown the cat playing with the ball of string. Students are asked if...
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Royal Patronage

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The relationship between European royalty and the artists, scientists, and philosophers they support has been a building block in the artistic and technological progress throughout the world. Learn more about patronage throughout the...
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Simon Says "Who Are You?"

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore their similarities and differences. In this getting to know you lesson, students play a variation of "Simon Says," according to various personality and physical traits.
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Exercise Tag ( a non elimination tag game)

For Teachers K - 5th
Students, on signal, get up and do a designated locomotor movement. Students with foam balls try to tag other students with the ball. When tagged, students go to a designated area and do a specified exercise. When finished they come back...
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Multicultural Bingo

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Create classroom community with this Bingo icebreaker, which has the group finding out interesting details about one another. For this version, individuals have a 25-square grid, each square containing one multicultural experience or...
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Who Has More or Less?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice adding and subtracting mentally and use the words more and less to describe whether they are adding and subtracting. They use cards to play this math game.
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Walk Of Faith

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of trust. This is taught by using a game that asks one person to lead the other while blind folded through an obstacle course. The teacher must watch the students...