Workout buddies aren't just for adults! Learners discuss the benefits of 60 minutes of physical activity each day and generate ideas for how they can accomplish this by working toward a goal with friends.

Will the time come when women outperform men at the Olympic Games?Scholars investigate gender differences in Olympic Games performances. They study the historical participation of women and then analyze data to determine if women will...

Looking for tangible ways to practice probability with your class? Through 4 activities, students practice with experimental probability, using math to make educated guesses, then testing it through physically completing the experiment....

Discover how to use mathematics to make a stronger soccer team. Young soccer enthusiasts use given data to make decisions about a soccer team. They decide which position to assign each player, consider what makes a good pass and...

English language arts, math, science, dramatic arts, and cooking; this lesson has it all! In this multidisciplinary resource, your scholars will take part in a read aloud of The Ogre Bully by A.B. Hoffmire and have a grand...

Who's on second? Young mathematicians use a diagram of a baseball field to find the distance a catcher must throw to reach second base. A brief video of such a play during a baseball game sets the stage for the assignment.

Shoot for a better knowledge of optimization strategies. During the first part of the task, scholars use given basketball shooting percentages for different players to predict the winner by examining systems of inequalities. For the...

Students explore physical education by participating in a game with their class. In this number sense lesson, students utilize their motor skills while performing a music version of racquetball. Students utilize math skills by...

Students practice grade level math skills. In this math lesson, students solve math facts on index cards and collaboratively arrange them in numerical order on a jump rope. Correct order earns the team a chance to physically move towards...

Mystery is an exciting genre for young readers to investigate. The plots are so intriguing! Here is a series of lessons featuring Sherlock Holmes stories that invite learners to enter the world of the mystery genre.  Based on what...

Fourth graders explore business by participating in physical activities. For this entrepreneur lesson, 4th graders define profit and how it is necessary to run a successful business. Students pop balloons with monetary values inside and...

The students participate in a game involving a hula hoop and basketballs. After each student participates in the activity, they write their game score in fraction form using the points they earned over the points possible.

Musical chairs is a great activity to get children moving while still paying attention and listening. This activity, which is based on musical chairs, gets students moving while learning basic addition facts. They hop from hoop to hoop...

First graders study addition and subtraction. For this mathematics and physical education lesson, 1st graders pop balloons and solve math sentences involving addition and subtraction inside each balloon.

Fifth graders participate in an equivalent fraction tag game. Pupils who are tagged have to call out an equivalent fraction to the person unfreezing them.

Make your lesson on radioactive decay pop with this lab exercise. Using popcorn kernels spread over a tabletop, participants pick up all of those that point toward the back of the room, that is, those that represent decayed atoms. As the...

Probability, especially conditional probability, can be a slippery concept for young statisticians.  Statements that seem self-evident on the surface often require a daunting amount of calculations to explicate, or turn out to be...

Three, two, one...liftoff! Elevate math skills to new heights while having a blast. A great resource that combines entertainment and education for children of all ages.

Young scholars increase their cardiovascular endurance through movement. At the same time, they learn place value of numbers to the millionths place.

Students engage in a physical activity that helps them to distinguish the difference between numbers and letters.

Students recognize coins and their values and count coin groups. They play a game where when music is turned on they skip, hop, jog and when it is turned off, they go to a spot in the room marked with the same coin or value as is in...

Fourth graders practice their multiplication facts by using jump ropes and incorporating math into physical education. They use their jump ropes to jump the product of the multiples that the teacher calls out.

Second graders define the term culture and are exposed to a variety of cultures from around the world. They read books, play Native American games, develop a class book that examines their own culture and, after examining currencies from...