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How to Bounce a Ball

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners practice bouncing a basketball with their right and left hands as well as running while bouncing.
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Bouncing Ball Experiment

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students collect data for a bouncing ball and select one bounce to analyze. They explore the relationship between velocity, position and acceleration. They seek out connections between the graphs and the physical motion of the ball.
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Bounce!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. In this energy lesson plan students investigate the height a ball will bounce when dropped from various heights.
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Bounce Back Ball

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders work in teams of four to measure the rebound heights of a tennis ball dropped from four different heights. They investigate with the bouncing balls to measure changes in the type of energy they possess.
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Height of Bounce

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine the relationship between the height of bounce of a ping-pong ball and the height from which it was dropped. They are assessed on the ability to record and interpret data, graph data, make predictions, and make...
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That's the Way the Ball Bounces

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate and compare the bouncing ability of the materials from which four different balls are made. They determine which material performs the best for use as a basketball. After collecting data in a small group they...
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Bounce With Me

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How many practice lay-ups do you think Michael Jordan has done in his lifetime? Too many to count, but he had to start somewhere! Practice is the key to getting better in any activity. Look through this basketball lesson as there are...
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Super-Ball Physics

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students experiment with varied balls to determine the bounce factor in centimeters. In this physics instructional activity, students experiment to find the height a ball must be dropped from the have the highest bounce rate. Students...
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Curve Ball

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Learners explore the concept of parabolas by collecting quadratic data on a bouncing ball as it is falling using a motion detector. They plot the data and determine the equation of the quadratic in vertex form, then determine the values...
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Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a polymer ball in the lab. In this chemistry lesson, students identify the different properties of the polymer they created. They explain what type of chemical reaction took place.
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Bouncing Pig

For Teachers K - 1st
First graders practice discerning between the lowercase letters p and b. Through hands on and listening activities, they recognize the difference between the commonly confused letters b and p. They practice writing both letters and...
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Bounce (Projectile Motion And Collisions)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the motion of an object as it moves through a complex path that includes rolling, falling, and bouncing. They answer questions related to what forces are acting at any given time.
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Curve Ball

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Create a Height-Time plot of a bouncing ball using a graphing calculator. Graph height as a function of time and identify the vertex form of a quadratic equation that is generated to describe the ball's motion. Finally, answer questions...
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Follow The Leader - Soca Style

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here's a great warm-up activity to get your dancers up and moving. There are some very basic moves like hopping, sliding, marching, and bouncing in place. Add some hand and arm movements. Some days you could have slower music and some...
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Basketball Rebounds

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your young basketball players will build a table and develop a general formula for a decaying exponential scenario involving the rebound distance of a bouncing ball. Using a CBR and graphing calculator can make this even more hands-on...
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What Fits?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The bounce of a golf ball changes the result in golf, mini golf—and a great math activity. Scholars graph the height of golf ball bounces before finding a line of best fit. They analyze their own data and the results of others to better...
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Exploring Quadratic Data with Transformation Graphing

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Using a data collection device to collect data regarding a bouncing ball, students use various features on graphing calculators to experiment with the parameters of the vertex form of the parabola and their effect on the shape of the...
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Superball Physics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders bounce superballs and measure to see if they can hit the same spot over and over. In this superball lesson plan, 8th graders calculate the weight of the ball with the force of the throw to try and hit the same spot with...
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Balloon Ball Bounce

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate energy conversions. In this physical science lesson plan, students make balloon balls to better understand rebound and the law of conservation of energy. The students will use there balloon balls in a series of tests...
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Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students make observations of a bouncing ball and study how it travels.  For this height lesson students complete a lab activity and describe and explain the motion of the ball. 
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Bounce to Spell

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are in their own personal space with a playground ball and a partner. They are given a spelling word from their classroom or shoolwide list. They bounce the ball to their partner saying a letter as they pass the ball.
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The Beautiful Bouncing Ball

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice recognizing a letter and its phoneme by utilizing the alphabetic principle while working with and identifying the sounds of /b/. They assess a big book, objects in the room, a timer and the tongue twister, "Billy...
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Biography Bounce

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review important people in history by participating in a "Biography Bounce." The students bounce rubber or soccer balls after correctly identifying the person presented by the teacher.
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Bouncing Sunlight

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use flashlights and balls to demonstrate how the light bounces off of the sun and reflects onto the moon. They record their observations in a journal.

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