Roald Dahl
The Twits - The Furniture Goes Up
Work gets done faster when people work as a team. The ninth installment of an 11-lesson unit designed to accompany The Twits by Roald Dahl combines character education with research skills and creative writing activities. The lesson ends...
Curated OER
Star Wars® Dodge Ball
Put a new, action-filled spin on a classic game with Star Wars® Dodge Ball. Scholars turn into Jedis and lightsabers are used to save peers from sitting on the sidelines, all the while a bombardment of balls fly towards moving targets.
Novelinks
The Martian Chronicles: Fishbowl Discussion
Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles provides the text for a fishbowl activity. Class members to sit in concentric circles, with the center circle discussing the topics from the book, and the outer circle observing the participants.
Mathematics Vision Project
Module 2: Systems of Equations and Inequalities
The brother-sister pair Carlos and Clarita need your class's help in developing their new pet sitting business. Through a variety of scenarios and concerns presented to the siblings, the learners thoroughly explore systems of equations...
Maryland Department of Education
The Concept of Diversity in World Literature Lesson 9: Debating Imperialism
To gain an understanding of Imperialism, class members read Rudyard Kipling's poem, "The White Man's Burden" and Mark Twain's essay, "To the Person Sitting in Darkness." Groups compare these perceptions of non-white cultures with the...
Messenger Education
Design Challenge: How to Keep Gelatin from Melting
The inside of the spacecraft Messenger, which explores Mercury, will experience temperatures from 32 to 91 degrees Fahrenheit. In the final installment of a series of four space-related activities, groups spend time discussing and...
Curated OER
Deal or No Deal
Students play a game based on the popular TV Show "Deal or no Deal." They have several envelopes labeled by their type of exercise such as "push-ups", "jumping jacks", "sit-ups, "mountain climbers", "jogging", etc. Students listen as...
Curated OER
Data Analysis and Probability
Students make their own puzzle grid that illustrates the number of sit-ups students in a gym class did in one minute, then they make a histogram for this same data. Then they title their graph and label the scales and axes and graph the...
Curated OER
Deal or No Deal
Students participate in a P.E. game based on television show "Deal Or No Deal." Students are offered deals by the teacher to do a set amount of sit-ups, push-ups, jogging laps, or jumping jacks, and they either select the offer or the...
Curated OER
Sit on It!
Students design and create a chair. Students look at current stool design and come up with a prototype from donated materials. Students then test their chair in various settings.
Curated OER
Sit Down, Stand Up
Have your class practice solving algebraic equations, finding the square root of a number, and more. This activity allows learners to practice key skills in a motivating way.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Game of SKUNK
Do I stand or do I sit? The class plays a dice game where they must decide to either continue to stand and play or sit down and keep their points. After the game, groups discuss individuals' strategies and see connections to the...
PhysEdGames
Secret Agent Tag
Have the whole class sit down on the floor with their eyes closed. Pick a few people to be the "bad guys," which are the taggers, and a few people to be the "secret agents," which are the freers, by tapping them once or twice on the...
PhysEdGames
Pizza Tag
Who said pizza and tag don't go together? Assign one person as the "chef" to be the tagger and to stand in the middle of the gym. Divvy the rest of the class into three equal groups of "toppings" (ex: cheese, pepperoni, onion). Have all...
Early Childhood Education
Shape It Up!
The best way to understand shapes is to make them. Young geometers explore basic shapes through a variety of gross motor and fine motor activities. Shape sorting, singing songs about shapes, and eating shape snacks are just a few of the...
PhysEdGames
Bean-Bag Relays
Divvy up the class into equal groups. First person in line on each team runs to the opposite end of the gym, around the cone, and back to their line. They pass off the bean bag to the next person and sit at the end of the line.
Radford University
A Place at the Table
Find a seat at the table. Learners design a non-rectangular picnic table given constraints on the number of people that should be able to sit at the table. They draw blueprints and build scale models of their tables. After researching...
Carl's Corner
Four Little Penguins
What happens to the four little penguins sitting on the ice? Find out with a mini book that includes eight pages of illustrations and rhyming lines. Sure to delight the penguin lovers in your class!
C-SPAN
Presidential Primary Challengers
A formidable opponent can shake up the election of an incumbent president. Class members explore the results of the elections of 1912, 1968, 1976, 1980 and 1992 using video clips. A chart helps pupils organize their thoughts and analysis.
Overcoming Obstacles
Adapting to Change
Peter Pan doesn't want to grow up and doesn't want to change. Many middle schoolers feel the same way. The first lesson plan in the "Looking to the Future" module underscores the concept that change is a natural part of life and that a...
Curated OER
Basketball Warm-Ups
Students participate in several warm-up activities to prepare for playing basketball. Activities are to be completed as individuals or with a partner.
Curated OER
Round Remainders Up or Down Depending on Context #2
In this rounding remainders learning exercise, students complete a total of 14 problems, rounding remainders up or down depending on context. Answers on page 2.
Curated OER
Let's Clean Up Our Act and the Earth!
Learners complete activities that help clean up the Earth and protect the environment. In this Earth protection lesson, students go outside and listen to the environment. Learners discuss their observations and their role in protecting...
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Everyone's It
In this lesson, Everyone's It, students play a game of tag. Each person who gets tagged has to do 10 jumping jacks. The activity that is done when tagged can be changed to any of the following activities: push-ups, sit-ups, or jog in...