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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Adapted Physical Education: Track and Field

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Here you'll find a list of ideas and activity descriptions for hosting an adaptive physical education or special olympics event. It includes the setting, rules, and pointers for over 10 different track and field activities.
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Performance
Radford University

Marking Starting Locations for the 400-Meter Dash Track and Field Event

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
No fair! I had to run more than they did! Young mathematicians first measure various lengths on a school track. They develop strategies and show calculations to prove that all participants will run the same length using a staggered...
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Assessment
EngageNY

Mid-Module Assessment Task: Grade 6 Math Module 2

For Students 6th Standards
Make sure scholars know all about fractions and decimals — not just a fraction of the information. The 12th installment of a 21-part series is a mid-module assessment. Learners solve problems in the context of a birthday party and a...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

How to Host a Metric Field Day

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Celebrate National Metric Week with a fun-filled field day where learners actively apply the metric system.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

End of Unit Assessment: Writing a Rainforest Field Journal Entry about Howler Monkeys

For Teachers 5th Standards
Give me more details. Scholars complete an end of unit assessment by creating an information text box to go with their field journal entries about howler monkeys. Learners use the class time to work independently.
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Assessment
EngageNY

End-of-Module Assessment Task: Grade 6 Math Module 2

For Students 6th Standards
Give learners a chance to shine. The last installment of a 21-part series is an end-of-module assessment. Scholars show their understanding of operations with decimals and division of fractions by solving problems in the context of a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Solar Storm Timeline

For Students 7th - 10th
In this solar storm timeline, students read about a series of events that took place in space beginning with a solar flare. Students gather the information and create a time line of events mentioned. They determine the length of time it...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson 4. Killing Fields

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders describe several of the WWI's bloodiest battles, track the battles' progression to determine advances made by leading nations, and write frontline journalistic accounts of one or more of the battles.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alaska Virtual Field Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in an on-line virtual field trip to the state of Alaska. In this U.S. Geography lesson, students research several Internet sites dealing with travel to Alaska and activities to participate in. Students create story...
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Printables
Student Handouts

Station Signs

For Teachers Pre-K - 7th
Keep this resource handy for all your learning center and station needs! Whether you have just a few or 20 stations, these printables will clearly indicate each stop along the activity and help keep your learners on track.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trips as Cheap as Chips

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students take part in summer activities. In this field trip opportunities instructional activity, students may visit California Country Park, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Manchester Art Gallery, the Princess Diana Memorial...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Go for the Gold!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young athletes practice various locomotor movements. They use locomotor skills as directed by the teacher to move between "Olympic rings" (hula hoops). Students participate in a discussion about Olympic events prior to playing the game.
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PPT
Mr. E. Science

Magnetism and Electromagnetism

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
The biggest magnet in the world is at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and can reach 100 tesla. By comparison, magnets that lift cars are about two tesla. The 11th presentation in this series covers magnetism, focusing on...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fun Through Fitness Day

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students engage in an entire morning of physical fitness activities called Field Day. Events such as dashes, water relays, hoop pass and obstacle course are some of the ideas.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Out and About: Railways

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students explore British Railway history. In this railway lesson, students may visit the Natural Railway Museum, the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, or Steam - Museum of the Great Western Railway online or in-person to discover...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

September 12th Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt learning exercise, students learn that Olympian Jesse Owens was born on September 12, 1913. Students answer the question, "If you could invent a new Olympic event, what would it be and why?"
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Activity Seven -- Picturing Particles (Student Page) A LAB Worksheet

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
This worksheet lists background information for a lab on the topics of atom smashers, accelerators or colliders. It clearly states the Rules of the Game -- science laws that apply. Student do the lab and track their results in the given...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lake Log: Diary of the Basin

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students log news articles about the changes in the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. In this wetlands and news instructional activity, students track articles about the wetlands area around Lake Pontchartrain, write brief summaries, include...
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Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Specialization and the Decathlon

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Michael Phelps, the economist? Scholars research the economic advantages of specializing in one kind of service, and how it relates to athletes doing the same in their respective sports. They evaluate absolute advantage, production, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Famous Olympians

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars study about famous Olympic athletes. They are introduced to a few that have earned gold medals to encourage interest. Students read to find out more about them to become with more equally famous Olympic Games stars.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Write a Letter to Jesse Owens

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine the accomplishments of Jesse Owens and the views of the Nazi Party in 1936. They read and discuss two handouts, conduct research on the Nazi Party's views and the Civil Rights Movement in American in 1936, and write a...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

New York State Testing Program: Mathematics Book 3, Grade 4

For Students 6th
In this 4th grade math standardized test practice activity, students solve 6 multiple-step open-ended math problems based on New York academic standards.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 7/7 on Verbs

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recognizing verbs that have been used as sentence openers learning exercise, students read a passage, identify the verb openers, and list them. Students list 10 answers.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Squigly’s Sports Crossword

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Squigly's sports worksheet, students explore researching all the aspects of all types of sports and then answer the forty clues going across and down in a crossword puzzle.