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PhysEdGames

Dead Ant Tag

For Students K - 5th
Tag, you're a dead ant! Players run around the playing area and runs from the taggers. If a player gets tagged, then they must lay on the ground with their arms and legs in the air. To get back into the game, four people must touch the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Running on the Football Field

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Make your class into Pythagorean theorem fanatics in no time. What a great resource to get your sports enthusiasts into the math game! Read the commentary so you can you can strategize how to apply the three math practices.
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Curated OER

Teen Living: Six Basic Emotions

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Helping teens recognize and identify the six basic emotions, this activity involves a game in which they match feelings with statements on cards. No game card content is attached. View film clips first with no sound to evaluate body...
PPT
Curated OER

Playing "Pin the Tail on the Donkey": A Social Story

For Teachers K - 6th
What is "Pin the Tail on the Donkey?" It's a game people play at parties. Prepare your Autistic pupil to play along by reading this social story. Each page contains rules of the game and what to expect. Playing games is a great way to...
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Curated OER

Math Magic

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners work in pairs, and take turns pretending to be a magician. There are a set of instructions for the magician to follow. A penny and a dime are used, and odd and even numbers are employed for multiplying. There is also a nifty...
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Curated OER

Allusions to Shakespeare in Popular Culture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Send your high schoolers on a scavenger hunt through popular culture (music, television, video games, movies) to find allusions to Shakespeare. They must each provide three to share with the class, and the one they present cannot have...
Worksheet
Helping with Math

Ratio and Proportion: More Writing Ratio

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Three ratio word problems make up this concise assignment. Mathematicians compare blondes to redheads, red and white shirts, and action-adventure and sports video games. The write ratios to answer the questions. Use this as a class warm...
PPT
Curated OER

Hobbies: ESL Vocabulary

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Explore the fun world of hobbies with this presentation, which displays basic terms for everyday activities. English learners can study words like sewing, video games, basketball, and painting. Bright illustrations help to define each...
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Curated OER

Ayiti Lesson 1: Play the Game

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students participate in an economics role-playing video game demonstrating social responsibility  For this economics lesson, students play "The Cost of Life" game which requires students to think critically to make...
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Curated OER

Urban Legends

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners consider how people of color and minority culture are represented in video games. After debating the issue as representatives of various interest groups, students reflect on their personal feelings regarding this issue.
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Curated OER

Just Can't Get Enough

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research modern addictions and create public service announcements about them. They research modern additions such as food, shopping, and video games.
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Curated OER

Math Game Night

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students plan a family game night. In this problem solving lesson, students brainstorm games to play, watch a video to help with room arrangement and determine which room arrangement would work best. When all the preparations are done...
App
PBS

NOVA Elements

For Students 5th - 12th
It's like a periodic table variety show! When the plethora of periodic table apps becomes ho-hum, this one may revive interest.
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Curated OER

Human Body Series - Respiratory System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Elementary schoolers play a respiratory relay toss in order to take in the respiratory system! They also create their own question cards based on several kid-friendly online articles about breathing and the health of the lungs. They use...
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PBS

Atlantean Dodgeball

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Which team has the advantage? An imaginary story about a game of dodgeball in the lost city of Atlantis demonstrates the ways to compare two quantities. One coach compares the ratios of the numbers of players on each team while the other...
Lesson Plan
BrainPOP

Coping with Bullying Lesson Plan: Strategies for Real-Life Situations

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Offer young scholars strategies for dealing with bullies with help from BrainPop Jr.'s favorite characters, Annie and Moby. Youngsters watch a video, take part in a grand conversation, and play a game designed to reinforce...
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Council for Economic Education

Economic Data Lesson: Economic Policy Options

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Can you make decisions that will impact millions of people around the nation? Scholars research the role of the Federal Reserve, and its Chairman, on the economic outlook of the country. They analyze current trends in unemployment,...
Interactive
New Mexico State University

Ratio Rumble

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Develop a potion of ratios. Learners play a matching game to make potions that follow a recipe. Pupils create equivalent ratios to make multiple recipes at a given time. As levels increase, ratios get more difficult, as they include...
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Judicial Learning Center

Judicial Independence: What’s Wrong with This Court?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Why is it important for judges to operate independently of politics or other branches of government? Scholars ponder the question as they examine video clips, case studies, excerpts of the US Constitution, and an interactive computer...
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Balanced Assessment

Bouncing Off the Walls

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Apply geometry concepts to improve your pool game! Here scholars create the perfect bank shot using angles of incidence and refraction. They create three different options for the same shot.
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American Chemical Society

Atoms Can Be Rearranged to Make Different Molecules

For Teachers 2nd
Uncover the building blocks of the universe as budding chemists explore atoms and molecules in an exciting inquiry-based activity. Investigators view an interactive video describing the chemical structure of six molecules. Using...
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Scholastic

Study Jams! The Water Cycle

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Will tomorrow's soccer game be rained out? That depends on the water cycle. An animated feature explains precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, and condensation with diagrams and dialogue between Sam and RJ as they huddle under a...
Activity
Butterfield Canyon Elementary

Think Win-Win: Everyone Can Win

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Can there be scenarios where everyone feels happy with the result? Learn about win-win situations and conflict resolution with a series of exercises and games designed to encourage teamwork and cooperative learning.
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NOAA

Mid-Ocean Ridges Interactive

For Students 6th - 12th
Your class will be on top of their game when it comes to mid-ocean ridges! The second installment in a 13-part series focuses on the 65,000-km underwater ridge system that spans our globe. Junior oceanographers practice placing the...

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