Curated OER
The Shortest Distance
Students, working on their GED, examine the steps used to resolve the unknown sides of a right triangle. They express the square root function as an exponential function and derive the distance formula using principles of geometry.
Curated OER
Using Circumference
Learners participate in a lesson that covers the concept of finding the circumference of a circle. The teacher covers relevant vocabulary with the students. They work in groups to measure objects and calculate the formula to find the...
Curated OER
Fractions-Word Problems
Students participate in completing a math worksheet of word problems that involve fractions. The worksheet is included in this lesson plan along with the answers to the word problems. The worksheet can be used as the assessment piece...
Curated OER
Historical Scavenger Hunt
Students engage in a game of History Scavenger Hunt to research significant figures found in History. The focus of the lesson coincides with the curriculum being studied for review.
Curated OER
Travel Buddies
A travel buddy is some sort of animal or stuffed character that is transported from one school to another and another. A journal accompanies the buddies and the students make journal entries as if they were written by the buddy at each...
Curated OER
Leaves
Students explore, observe, and collect leaves from outside. They make journal entries, discuss the differences and common features of leaves and what function leaves serve. They will discuss the plant and tree leaves. Students draw...
Curated OER
Mean, Median, and Mode
Pupils calculate the mean, median, and mode in a set of numbers. In this data analysis lesson, students put a set of numbers in ascending order and perform calculations to find the mean, median, and mode.
Curated OER
Where Will It Go?
Learners predict the path of a ball bouncing off an object. In this physics lesson, students conduct the rolling ball experiment to test their prediction. They perform several trials for accuracy.
CommonLit
Common Lit: "How Jackie Robinson Changed Baseball" by Jessica Mc Birney
A learning module that begins with "How Jackie Robinson Changed Baseball" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Baseball: Fractions & Money
Have you ever been to a baseball game? Meet Zoe and help her solve some fraction and money problems.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Baseball: Time
Benny invites you to a baseball game. Along the way, he'll help you to calculate hours and minutes using analogue and digital clocks.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Baseball: Fractions and Decimals
Explore fractions and decimals with Tony at the baseball field through these leveled learning exercises.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Baseball: Fractions
Bob the baseball coach is not very good with fractions. Help him simplify, order, and find equivalent fractions in these interactive exercises.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Baseball: Time: Clocks and Time
Join Dan at the baseball field! Can you help him be on time for his practice?
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America" S. Robinson
Selected (17) reading passages (grades 5-11) to pair with "Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America" by Sharon Robinson. In Promises To Keep, Sharon Robinson, daughter of the baseball legend, shares memories of her famous...
Read Works
Read Works: A Museum of Their Own
[Free Registration/Login Required] This infomrationa text piece discusses the accomplishments of several African-American baseball players from the days of segregation and the museum that has been built to honor their accomplishments....
Read Works
Read Works: Before Jackie: How Strikeout King Satchel Paige Struck Down Jim Crow
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ReadWorks passage provides a brief biography of the baseball player Satchel Paige and his significant accomplishments. A paired passage, a vocabulary support sheet, a questions sheet, and an...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Baseball: Fractions
Students will complete a series of learning games to practice comparing, ordering, and determing fractions.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Baseball: Percentages
Students will compare percentages and convert them to fractions and decimals.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Baseball Math Trivia
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews multiple math concepts in a baseball game format. It was created to be used as a daily math review (in place of calendar math) for a 2nd grade classroom.
Read Works
Read Works: Famous African Americans Jackie Robinson
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains biographical information about the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Novels for Growing Readers
Come and check out this informative resource featuring novels for growing readers. This site lists several appropriate books for students ranging from grades three through six.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Fences" by August Wilson
The play "Fences" explores the complex relationships of a 1950s middle-class, African American family and how they deal with issues of financial hardship, infidelity, and insecurities. Selected (7) reading passages (grades 7-11) to pair...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863-1940) was an American writer and poet, best known for the following poem, which is considered a classic in sports-related literature. As you read, take notes on how the author develops the mood of the poem....