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Freeze

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice recognizing and getting into proper position when playing defense.
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Shadow Dribble Tag

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students work in pairs to refine their dribbling skills. One student is given a ball and told to dribble within the shadow of a partner. The second student is told to move in a way that keeps his or her shadow out of reach.
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Dribble Frenzy

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils reinforce and review dribbling skills taught in previous class lessons and compare their ability to dribble with different types of balls.
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Kokoyakyu

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students video tape a sports function of their choice. They work together to discuss how a sporting event can be an expression of a country's culture. They view a video about basketball in Japan and discuss.
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Recess

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word search worksheet, learners locate sixteen words related to recess. The word list includes basketball, climbing, games, running, and slide.
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Pictures and Fractions

For Students 2nd
In this fractions and pictures activity, 2nd graders draw and write what fraction of the boxes are yellow, butterflies are blue, balls that are basketballs, animals that are ducks and what fraction of the blocks are black.
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Addition with Three Addends

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Do you know how much of one activity that you did ALL day? Through addition, your learners will determine how much dancing and how much basketball Morgan and Anna did over the course of one day. They will have to create a number sentence...
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Black History Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars strengthen motor skills while acquiring knowledge about famous African Americans. In this Black History Physical Education activity, the students participate in various learning stations which enhance their knowledge of...
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Paper Toss Shootout

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the concept of percentages. In this math lesson, students throw paper at wastebaskets as if shooting a basketball in a hoop. Students shoot the paper a given amount of times and then calculate their shooting percentage....
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Convert among decimals, fractions, and percents

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders convert among decimals, percents, and fraction with and without a calculator.  In this seventh grade mathematics lesson, 7th graders explore strategies that help them to remember how to perform the needed operation...
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Spur of the Moment Act

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students perform a skit.  In this performance and creativity lesson, students brainstorm ideas to be performed such as playing basketball, cheerleaders, roller skating and doing the dishes.  Students perform a skit and the...
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Shaquille O'Neal: Foot and Hand Size

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this measurement worksheet, students will cut out and compare their own feet and hands to that of basketball star, Shaquille O'Neal.
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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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Study Jams! Bar Graphs

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Mia teaches Sam how to create a bar graph, including forming a title, creating and labeling the axes, choosing a scale, and entering data. After viewing, data analysts can test themselves with seven follow-up questions and review...
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Projectile Motion

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Have you ever wanted to shoot someone out of a canon? This simulation gives you that chance! In addition to a human, you can shoot a car, a piano, a cannon ball, and many other items. Scholars set the angle, initial speed, mass, air...
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Keep Your Brain in the Game: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Boost physical activity as well as concept proficiency with brief bursts of movement. Before taking a test, scholars vote on five exercises to complete from a set of 8 cards. After two minutes, learners begin their work with heightened...
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Basketball Mania

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers practice dribbling and shooting with the hands. They be on a group of two or three players; each group stand behind one of the ten frisbees or hoops.
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Basketball Assessment: Left Handed Layup

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify if their peers are using the correct cues when shooting a layup.
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Dribbling Beanbag Transfer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice their hand dribbling control.
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Monster in the Forest

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice dribbling a ball using their fingertips while keeping the ball at waist height. They need to travel across a gym through a maze of cones while continually dribbling the ball successfully.
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Wally badminton

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use badminton racquets, shuttle cocks, nets and basketball hoops to improve their accuracy of the badminton overhead and/or underhand clear.
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Making Math Meaningful in March Madness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the statistics of March Madness, the college basketball tournament. They watch videotaped basketball games to collect data for further analysis using Word and Excel. They analyze the data in a variety of activities...
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Red Light, Green Light Dribble

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students respect others personal space while playing a basketball version of "Red light, Green Light." students improve dribbling skills with this physical education activity.
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The Fraction Race

For Teachers 3rd
The students participate in a game involving a hula hoop and basketballs. After each student participates in the activity, they write their game score in fraction form using the points they earned over the points possible.

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