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Curated OER

Boccia

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Boccia is very similar to the game of bocce. There is a jack, a small ball that is tossed within a 12' x 6' area which becomes the target. Each team has six hand-sized leather balls which they try to get as close as possible to the jack...
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Curated OER

Ball-Launcher Design

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use a simple design process to solve the problem of launching a ping pong ball the farthest distance. They discuss the design process, and in small groups, design, build, and test a launching device that adheres a variety...
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Curated OER

Yoga Ball Bash

For Teachers 5th - 9th
This line dance instructional activity involves the use of PE equipment. If you have yoga balls and rhythm sticks then take a look at this instructional activity. Of course there are other things that could be used instead of yoga balls....
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Bill the Ball Bearing Man

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Just how durable could a hollow ball bearing be? Learners model the strength of the walls of a ball bearing as a function of the radius of its cavity. They use their models to make reasonable conclusions about the probability of failure...
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Lesson Plan
Mr Gym

Field Dodge Ball

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Set up two teams, one in the field throwing the ball, and the other who will be running through the field to try to score a run. The running team forms two lines behind an endline and the first player in line must run across the field...
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Curated OER

Curve Ball

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Create a Height-Time plot of a bouncing ball using a graphing calculator. Graph height as a function of time and identify the vertex form of a quadratic equation that is generated to describe the ball's motion. Finally, answer questions...
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Curated OER

Syllable Challenge Ball Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Toss the ball! Help readers listen for the number of syllables in a word. They play an interactive ball game where they toss the ball to a peer and state a word using the number of syllables called out by the teacher. This is a great...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Line Up Balls

For Students K - 6th
At times special needs or Autistic children have a difficult time disengaging from a lesson to line up at the door. This brief strategy overview employs mini-porcupine balls and a pocket. It was developed to help pupils transition to...
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Curated OER

Bouncing Ball

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers collect height versus time data of a bouncing ball using the CBR 2™ data collection device. Using a quadratic equation they graph scatter plots, graph and interpret a quadratic function, apply the vertex form of a...
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Lesson Plan
Mr Gym

Pirate Ball

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Pirate ball is much like the game of capture the flag. Each team has a vault area that contains a treasure chest. There is a dungeon where captured enemy pirates are detained. In this game of pirate ball there are four teams competing to...
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Curated OER

Alfonso Ball

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Joey Alphonso made up this game, which is played using a gator skin ball and a tennis racket on a basketball court. The simple rules and strategy of the game are explained. This is a high-scoring, run around activity. Everyone can...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Throwing a Ball

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners translate numbers, from real life scenarios of throwing a ball vertically upward, into a given formula so the remaining variable is the solution.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Great Balls of Fire - I Got Locomotor Skills

For Teachers K - 5th
Teach and review elementary locomotor skills. Use "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee Lewis to get youngsters up and grooving to the beat! The dance steps are described in rich detail and you will have the class jumping, skipping,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bouncing Ball : Function Families

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A bouncing ball serves as more than entertainment when learning to apply quadratic functions to real-world events. This is the second of a two-part lesson, which can also be accessed from the website. The instructions say to measure the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Rhyming Words: Ball and Wall

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Preschoolers and kindergartners can identify the pictures that do not rhyme with the lead image. They say each of the four words and then find the image that doesn't belong. In addition, they trace the words ball and wall.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dribbling a Ball With a Hand

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify physical education by participating in a sports activity. In this dribbling lesson plan, students discuss how basketball players move the ball without holding it and define the action as dribbling. Students participate...
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Curated OER

Making Bouncing Balls

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the movement of balls and use different materials to make balls. For this bouncing balls lesson, students explore the movement of balls, they investigate the inside of balls and they design and make their own balls...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ball games

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ball games worksheet, students read a passage about ball games and answer multiple choice questions about it. Students complete 5 multiple choice questions about ball games.
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Curated OER

Corner Ball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate throwing and tossing skills and shooting balls into a basket. Using garbage cans as baskets, in small groups they toss lightweight balls into the garbage cans that have been placed in each of the corners of the room.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Curve Ball

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Learners explore the concept of parabolas by collecting quadratic data on a bouncing ball as it is falling using a motion detector. They plot the data and determine the equation of the quadratic in vertex form, then determine the values...
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Lesson Plan
Perkins School for the Blind

Beach Ball with Bell

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Encourage your learners who are blind or visually impaired to participate in sports or recreational activities. This super simple idea uses a beach ball with a bell on it to help kids become comfortable with playing catch. The activity...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Solving Real-World Problems Using Multi-Step Equations: Bowling Ball Delivery

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
How many bowling balls can a truck carry? A slider interactive changes the weight of boxes and the number of bowling balls per box. Investigating with this slider lets users find the maximum number of bowling balls.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Quadratic Functions and Their Graphs: Soccer Ball Trajectory

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Determine critical points in the flight of a soccer ball. Pupils use an interactive resource to find the vertex and x-intercepts of the graph of the trajectory of a soccer ball after being kicked. Scholars investigate the trajectory...
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Worksheet
Scholastic

Soccer Balls

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Add some variety to your teaching of two-digit multiplication with this fun skills practice exercise. Presented with a geometric design of six soccer balls each with two-digit multiplication problems written inside of them, students must...

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