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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: Dancing With the Math Stars

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a great math writing assignment. First, learners learn about the patterns and shapes of polynomial equations and their inverses by making their bodies imitate mathematical concepts, using popular disco & 80's dance moves....
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Early Break Dancing

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Library of Congress America's Story series, find how closely break dancing and gymnastics are related as well as other facts about this dance and cultural expression.
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Other

World Arts West: People Like Me: Dance Styles

For Students 9th - 10th
This site creates a sort of Online Encyclopedia of World Dance which encompasses varying dance styles and dance cultures from around the world. Each dance style is linked to further information and dance move depictions.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Add on Line Dancing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
After inventing their own dance moves, students are to teach them to classmates. These lesson plans provide tips for encouraging creativity and getting all students involved in teaching and learning dance moves.
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Young Dancers the 1st Dance Dedicated Site for Teens

For Students 9th - 10th
For anyone who loves dance, this is the place to be. Look at pictures, learn new moves, read dance quotes, and more!
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Follow the Leader Soca Style

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Student familiar with simple dance steps will enjoy this line dance activity, which helps students practice moving to music, following a leader's steps, and creating their own moves.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Staying Alive

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learn and teach a simple line dance created for the Bee Gees' song, "Stayin' Alive." Recommended for elementary students, the dance steps provided here could easily be simplified (or made more difficult) for students of different ages...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This website describes a simple line dance for the simple holiday song, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Also provides an option for simplifying the dance.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Aerobics: Dance Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In groups, students invent and practice a dance to be part of a larger aerobics routine. Also, students must evaluate their project, explain the roles each team member had in the creation of the routine, and write a creative paper...
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Dancesport Uk: Cha Cha

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes what the Cha-cha dance is. It has a picture of two dancers and lists different dance moves, divided into three categories according to how advanced they are: bronze, silver and gold.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Moving With Mathematics [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students explore the concepts of fractions, percentages, and decimals by creating dances using locomotor and non-locomotor movements.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Moving Sound [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
For this lesson, 4th graders will use movement and dance composition to aid their comprehension of sound and sound waves.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Jingle Bells Paper Plate Dance

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This instructional activity teaches students a series of dance steps in order to move rhythmically to a song while also manipulating a paper plate.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dancing to New Heights

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson plan for young students to move their bodies in specific ways. Warm-up exercises are done to culturally diverse music. (Note: Lesson references a book that is not included and contains a link to a song that does not work.)
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PBS

Pbs Newshour Extra: Neuroscience Basics Through Puzzles and Dance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This interesting lesson plans uses giant neutron puzzles, the game of telephone, and dance to explain how transmitters and receptors work in neurotransmission.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Larger Than Life Line Dance

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn and teach a few simple moves that will help students feel comfortable with line dancing. Students practice listening and moving to music during this simple and fun gym-class activity.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Cool Line

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use the guidelines provided at this website to introduce young students to a simple line dance. Children will learn to move to a beat while participating in a fun, low-impact aerobic activity.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Moving Shapes [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
These activities will allow students to discover the concepts of geometry through shape exploration and the creation of choreographic sequences.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Moving With Fractions [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th Standards
In this lesson, 4th graders use movement phrases to model common fractions and decimal fractions with like denominators. They compare the fraction of locomotor and non-locomotor movements in a movement phrase. Students then create their...
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Other

Susan Kramer: Body Mind Rhythmic Movement

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Susan Kramer's online book is available as a free resource for teaching basic movements and dance skills. The text is broken down into seven sections. You can access information on anatomy, rhythms, creative movements, rhythmic...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Poetry in Motion [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson plan, learners learn about and create sequences and patterns as they move and dance.
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: States of Matter [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson, students will move and generate choreography to understand different states of matter.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Figure Skating

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great resource for fans of figure skating and those wanting to know more about the technical aspects of the sport. Read about the equipment, jumps, spins, steps, and scoring system. Also, learn about the history of the sport,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Hans Holbein the Younger

For Students 9th - 10th
Hans Holbein the Younger was born in Augsburg, Bavaria; He trained with his father, Hans Holbein the Elder, who operated a successful workshop. In 1515, he moved to Basel, where he worked for a circle of intellectuals and their printers....

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