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Homeschooling Chronicles - Swim Team - The Right Fit!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Finding a sport that works for the whole family is the true meaning of winning. Maybe it's not soccer, but swimming? Maybe it's not basketball, but archery? There is a sport for everyone!
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Olympic Field Day

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils participate in a school-wide "Olympics" complete with opening and closing ceremonies, class competitions, medals and more. Activities can vary depending on age and physical abilities.
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Football Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this football worksheet, students match football terms with their definitions. Students complete 20 matches total on this worksheet.
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It's About Time: Olympics, Winter Sports, Math, Media, Time Zones

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use the Internet to determine broadcast times for the Winter Olympic Games snowboarding competitions. In determining these times, they need to consider time zones throughout the world.
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Olympic Snowboarding Village

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students adopt a country to research and tour the country online. They plan a trip from Nagano back home to their country.
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Commemorative Coin Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss and research an individual or event that has been memorialized on a commemorative coin. They use the information they found to write acrostics, creating stand-up accordion books to display the poems.
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Minerals, Crystals, and Gems

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discover the relationships between minerals, crystals and gems. They bring in rocks that they find at home, in the schoolyard, etc. and examine them and attempt to identify them. They set up a classroom exhibit that includes all...
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Good/Bad Headlines BBC News School Report

For Students 4th - 6th
In this BBC News good/bad headlines school report worksheet, students read 48 possible report headlines. They place a tick mark next to good headlines, and put a cross next to bad headlines.
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Basketball Rules!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the purpose for rules and laws by examining how basketball rules have changed.
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Journalism - The Attention Grabbing Topic Sentence

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students act as journalists to grab audience attention with the topic sentence for their writing. They write paragraphs in quantities appropriate to grade level.
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How Things Fly

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students observe photographs of selected twentieth-century aircraft at the National Air and Space Museum and note differences in the design of aircraft wings, fuselages, and engines.
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Spy on a Spider

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils view slides or live specimens to name and describe the distinguishing features of groups of arthropods, especially spiders and insects. They complete worksheets, observe webs and then search for and record where spiders can be...
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Creatures from Planet X: Spiders

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are given a description of some fascinating animals from "Planet X". They follow the descriptions given to illustrate one of these animals paying careful attention to introduced vocabulary such as 'appendages', 'receptors', and...
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High Ten Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students are scattered within the playing area. Chasers have a foam ball. They chase the other students. When someone is tagged,they freeze with their hands over their head. They jump up and give a high five to unfreeze someone.
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Slalom Blindfold

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders tap wands on the floor, attempting to guide a blindfolded teammate through a slalom course of five cones.
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Superstar Bowling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn the proper cues of rolling or bowling a ball and at the same time reinforcing cooperation and spelling skills.
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Slalom Blindfold

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students refine their spatial awareness and enhance concentration skills by guiding a blindfolded teammate through a slalom course of five cones. They tap wands to provide a clear "sound pathway" for the blind-folded player.
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How Things Fly

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students, by drawing on their own experiences, discuss and examine the basic physics of flight. They participate in a variety of activities regarding flight.
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Canada's other ice show

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students increase consciousness of the history of Canadian success in figure skating and appreciate the pioneers of figure skating in Canada; to examine their accomplishments in their historical context.
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Investigating Human Behavior

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explore the Holocaust and themes such as prejudice and discrimination.
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Safety Belts and the Media

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discuss the importance of using their seat belts in cars. After viewing different public service announcements, they identify ones which made an impact on them. In groups, they draw their own announcement to educate others about...
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Pearson Education: Athletic Code of Conduct: Snowboarding

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this activity, students will analyze the rules of snowboarding as established by the US Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) in order to help them develop an athletic code of conduct for elementary school students. This code of...
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Pbs Learning Media: Muhammad Ali: Boxer and Civil Rights Activist

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
By watching a short video and engaging in two primary source activities, students will examine the career of tenacious champion Muhammad Ali and learn about his remarkable athletic achievements.
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Teach Engineering: Bumps and Bruises

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about the role engineers play in creating protective gear for sports. Students then build a protective landing pad to catch a dropped egg without it breaking

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