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Polytechnic Institute of NYU

Potential vs. Kinetic Energy

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Legos in science class? Watch your pupils fall in love with this activity. After learning to measure potential and kinetic energy, young scientists create their own ramps using Lego Mindstorm sensors and software.
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Games on Echolocation

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Get a little batty with life science! This fun simulation game replicates how bats use echolocation to hunt moths in their native Hawaiian habitat. After creating blind folds and discussing some basic principles of echolocation, students...
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Out and About: The Science of Sport

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Young scholars take a closer look at sports science. In this hands-on learning instructional activity, students may visit the Science Museum, the Life Science Centre, or the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum online or in-person to discover...
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Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Conservation of Energy

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
By rolling marbles down a six-foot length of track, physical scientists determine how much energy is lost to heat. It is recommended that you opt for the foam pipe insulation track because more friction slows the marble, allowing...
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Cross (Curricular) Fit

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Get up and move with a set of cross-curricular activities designed for math, social studies, or science classes. Each physical education exercise is paired with a concept from a different discipline, including the geography of the Mali...
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Cheetah Outreach

Population Change

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Your youngsters become cheetahs in search of food, water, shelter, and space in a fun physical game that does a fantastic job of representing fluctuating species population based on resources available over years. 
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Achievement Strategies

CCSS Unit Design Template for PE

For Teachers K - 12th
From baseball and tennis to capture the flag and four-square, here is a great document that will help you design your next unit on a sport-related activity. 
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Snow Science

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate how efficient different substances are at melting snow. Students collect and analysis data.
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University of Wisconsin

A Rain Garden Year

For Teachers K - 12th Standards
Pupils become plants in an interpretive play that depicts what happens throughout the seasons in a rain garden. As you narrate, young scholars bloom, flower, and go to seed accordingly. The lesson is first in a series of lessons written...
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Predator, Predator, Don't East Me!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
To prep for a lesson on predator/prey relationships, get kids up and moving. This game is based on the game 'Red Light, Green Light' but employs the concept of predator vs. prey. This is not a full lesson but could be useful as an...
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PE Planets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use various ball skills to reinforce the names of the planets, their order in relation to the sun, and the revolving of the planets around the sun.
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Molecules

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students combine movement with science in this fun integrated lesson. When students are "liquid" they can "melt" or "ooze" at the end and when they are are "solids" they can "freeze" in a shape.
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Introduction to Earth Sun Relationships Incorporating P.E.

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate space science by performing physical activities.  For this solar system lesson, 3rd graders perform a relay activitiy with their class in which they race between different "planets".  Students define space...
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Scrabble Laps

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars access that the purpose of this activity is to integrate physical fitness with spelling of core vocabulary words used in science and social studies. Students play the Scrabble Lap Game.
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Dinosaur Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review dodging, chasing and fleeing skills while reinforcing concepts about dinosaurs. They need to review the following concepts about how dinosaurs eat and move: Herbivores eat plants, carnivores eat meat, and omnivores eat both.
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Organizer
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Comparing Physical and Chemical Properties

For Students 4th - 8th
In this matter properties worksheet, students complete a Venn diagram by comparing and contrasting physical and chemical properties.
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Respiratory Attack Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play tag using science terms.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Be a Scanning Probe Microscope

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
Extensive reading is done in order to learn about scanning probe microscopy and nanoscale. Afterward, individuals use a pencil to probe an unidentified object that is inside of a box so that they cannot see it. Using only what they could...
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Plants Word Chop Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this plants vocabulary worksheet, learners analyze a table of words that have been chopped in half. Students find the pieces that match and write the plant words on the line.
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Community Service

For Teachers 3rd
Studen collect trash around the community with trash bag and gloves. They recognize and describe ways that some materials
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Shadow Interlude

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners explore light and shadow and discover that the sun is the primary source of light. they explore the aspects of light and that the size and shape of a shadow depends on the proximity of the light source and create a sundial.
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Habits of Mind

Haileybury Habits of Mind Learning Resource Book

For Teachers K - 12th
Imagine a learning community committed to using Costa and Kallick's Habits of Mind as the basis of curriculum design. The resource book is packed with lessons that are designed for and identify the standards and habits of mind targeted...
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Oh Panther

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students play a game that replicates the balance of prey and predators in an ecosystem. In this physical education lesson, students follow the instructions to play "Oh Panther!" Students collect data regarding the game and discuss the...
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Potential & Kinetic Energy

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students test different sized marbles and how fast they can go. In this energy lesson plan, students test different sized marbles going down an incline. They predict which would have the most potential and kinetic energy. After the test,...

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