Students practicewith a racket, to learn strategies for moving the ball around the court and the importance of placing the ball in different spots .

Students work cooperatively with older students in P.E.

Students practice dribbling and passing fundamentals using the appropriate cues.

Students study that colloids are mixtures which display the properties of more than one of these states.

Students capture the serve motion of a tennis player with a digital or video camera. Using transparencies or a software package, analyze the speed, acceleration, displacement and time of the racquet head and ball in the tennis stroke.

Fourth graders observe changes in matter caused by the addition of heat. They participate in a physical education activity where they deal with science concepts. They have a knowledge of how particles act in water when heated.

Students are introduced to the concept of energy. After observing a demonstration, they identify the sources of heat and the ways heat can change objects. In groups, they travel between stations to view different demonstrations dealing...

Sixth graders review their results from the previous experiments. After viewing a kaleidoscope, they make their own pattern on paper and describe the role of light. To end the lesson, they examine light being relfected and refracted and...

Students perform a simulation of the workings of an electron microscope to discover that the resolution will need to improved to detect objects in the nano-scale. They use wooden dowels as detectors to determine the shape of objects in...

Students work in groups to practice teamwork and ball handling. For this teamwork lesson, students work in groups of 4-5 in a circle and pass a ball. Students rotate within their circle as they pass the ball.

Students explore physical fitness by incorporating a class game into their sport activities. In this physical education lesson, students draw cards in a similar style to the game Candyland, except these cards instruct the students to...

Students practice rolling a ball to a target and learn various bowling terms and rules.

Students practice proper throwing and catching activities, different locomotor activities and cooperative activities.

Students review the basketball skills learned in class and are challenged to perform specific skills to the beat of the music.

Students move towards the ball while maintaining a body position that permits them to pass the ball to their team mates.

Students practice tossing, catching, and balancing in a fun, theme-based setting.

Students practice and improve their ability to consistently dribble a ball, using cues previously introduced.

Students practice their hand dribbling control.

Students practice dribbling with their one hand while staying away from the designated taggers.

Students reinforce and review dribbling skills taught in previous class lessons and compare their ability to dribble with different types of balls.

Eighth graders experiment with M&M's and a cup attached to a spring to to simulate a bungee jump. They graph the results of the experiment and make predictions for continuing the experiment. They determine the "line of best fit."

Students learn the procedure for mixing secondary colors from primary pigments and observe the results of mixing two primary colors.

Second graders use knowledge of measurements and ratios to mix various combinations of liquid starch and glue. They chart their ratios, make observations, and write a summary of the activity. They mix their own batch of Crazy Putty to...

Students explore how a surface can be described without seeing it.