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Basketball- Dribbling
Students practice several different basketball dribbling techniques on their own, with partners and as a team. They warm up with spot drills and figure eight dribbles and end the session with a dribbling relay race.
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Sportsround
Students devise a plan to help get kids more active by encouraging them to participate in sports. Student, using spreadsheets, devise a weekly exercise timetable for a fitness fanatic and a realistic one of themselves.
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Physical Education: Movement Activities in Australian Rules Football
Students practice movement activities used in Australian Rules Football. In groups, They practice stealing the football from the other group. Students demonstrate handball skills and breakdowns.
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London Olympics 2012
Students examine sports vocabulary based on the Olympics. They take a quiz and create a quiz about the Games. They read about the Games and design sports that could be includes as new competitions. They write a bid for a city to be...
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Words in the News Maradona And the 'Hand of God' 24 August 2005
Students study vocabulary about football and the World Cup. They complete word work and read an online article looking for answers to specific questions.
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The Olympics Return Home
Students compare the ancient Olympic Games with the modern version of the event. They study the history of the Games and observe how they have changed through time.
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How Do Weather Conditions and Lunar Cycles Affect Fishing Success?
Middle schoolers use weather measuring devices to record and study weather conditions at different locations, during different times. They attempt to draw conclusions about the relationship between weather conditions, lunar cycle and...
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Field of Dreams
Students study several of Marc Chagall's paintings with an emphasis on his use of symbolic color and of space. They explore learn basic techniques for using Scholar colored pencils, and create an artwork using a baseball theme.
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Who's on First?
Fourth graders experience playing different positions in the outfield and learn the position numbers. After viewing Abbott and Costello's, "Who's On First," students go outside and play the game, "Move Up."
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Undokai - Japanese Games
Students are introduced to several traditional Japanese sports and games. Students organize an 'Undokai' - a sports day in which they compete in teams.
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Soccer Scatter
Students practice dribbling the ball with his/her feet and passing to a partner.
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Putting Golf Assessment
Students assess their golf putting skills by filling out an assessment form.
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Bottle Cap Basketball
Students play a simple game to practice the fundamentals of a bounce pass and aiming the basketball.
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Lincoln Avenue Basketball
Students practice incorporating the various skills and strategies associated with basketball. This activity can also be used to introduce different offensive and defensive strategies.
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Card Sharks Basketball Passing
Young scholars practice chest and bounce passes with either basketballs or playground balls. They draw a card in order to determine which skill to practice.
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Shark
Students practice the strategies of putting one's back or side between the ball and the defense, as well as switching the ball to the hand away from the defense when moving with the basketball.
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Freeze
Students practice recognizing and getting into proper position when playing basketball defense.
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Soccer Tennis
Young scholars volley a soccer ball in a dynamic environment in teams of 3-6 players.
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Your Chapter in Snowboard History
Learners are challenged to discover facts about snowboarding and write their own chapter for an imaginary book on snowboard history for publication on the World Wide Web.
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Snowboarding: Who, What, Where, When, Why?
Students research the Who, What, Where, Why, and When of snowboarding, and then produce a Webzine (magazine) to showcase their new knowledge.