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Bowl-a-rama

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice rolling a ball to a target and learn various bowling terms and rules.
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Bear, Bee, and Bunny

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students enter the gym. Teacher hands out the 3 animals to 3 different students. They with the animals are the taggers. One at a time, each tagger calls out a different locomotor movement to travel in (preferably running is NOT a choice).
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Heart Rate Monitor 1K

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice moving at an appropriate pace to maintain a target heart rate.
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Excuse Me

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a game where one student is "the tagger." The tagger holds an object in their hand to signify they are the tagger. They attempt to move through the playing area attempting to tag other players with their beanbag.
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See Me, Be Me

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play follow-the-leader to music. When the music stops, the teacher is in a frozen shape. Then on cue, students follow the teacher in an activity.
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Tape Toes & Rubberband Hands

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn the proper form for throwing. Correct hand placement is demonstrated as imaginary and then real objects are thrown at a target. Tape is placed on one shoe and referred to as the tape toe to get the student in position for...
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basketball golf

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice shooting basketballs at a hoop and keep track of their own score.
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Soccer: Dribbling and Tackling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore how to dribble the ball and tackle the players in possession of the ball. A drill for practice is included.
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Cross Country Running Club

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work on their cardiovascular fitness by participating in an after school running club. They select a running buddy, and walk, run or jog the designated course of the day. They practice interval training, running on varied...
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NorthEast Ohio Geoscience Education Outreach

Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Using a jigsaw approach, earth science experts teach each other about the physical, biological, and geologic components of the carbon cycle, with a specific focus on the ocean. 
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Happy Feet=Healthy Body

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the benefits of regular exercise.  In this physical health studies lesson, 4th graders create visual demonstrations to track their progress with physical fitness related goals.  Students discuss various...
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Ridgerunner

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students jog at the beginning of the class while learning about the Appalachian Trail. They integrate math into the lesson by adding up how many miles they have run, and comparing it to distances on a real trail map.
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How Warm is the Water?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research how surface sea temperature changes throughout the year. They draw a time series of sea surface temperatures for each month of the year and a depth profile for a summer and winter month using an OceanExplorer...
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Science: How Solids Become Liquids

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover how matter changes from one state to another by observing melting ice cubes. They decide on means to warm the ice and predict what will happen. Students record how long it takes for the cubes to melt.
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Learning the Hard Way

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore instances of segregated education around the world, supporting and refuting the idea through debate and persuasive essay.
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Lincoln's Secret Weapon

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore how principles of gas behavior relate to diving in order to plan safe underwater activities.
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Vinegar Experiment

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders mix vinegar with different substances and explore the reaction. They record data from the experiment. Students examine chemical change, reaction, physical change and physical reaction.
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Creating AB Patterns

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students work with patterns. In this pattern lesson, students find AB patterns in nature and the manmade world. They create their own AB pattern using math manipulatives and visual arts. 
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How Do Cells Reproduce?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine cell division and the process of mitosis.  In this cell reproduction lesson students grow yeast and observe the results, and learn about the career of scientific illustration. 
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Winter Survival

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Learners examine what animals need in order to survive.  In this investigative lesson students play a "role" of an animal in winter.
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Mountains of Erosion

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study the change in land formations due to water erosion. They work in groups to build a model of a mountain that will be composed of materials that will best withstand water erosion.
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Whale Adaptations

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore whales and how they have adapted to survive in the ocean.  In this whale adaptations lesson students complete several activities that allow them to investigate animal adaptations.
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Don't Mess with Mercury (Lesson C)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The health effects of mercury exposure if the focus of the first of three activities about the properties of metals. Pairs research mercury to write, prepare, and share posters, articles, or PSAs with the class. 
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Gym Buddies

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