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Designing a Playground!
Students design their own playground equipment. In this design lesson, students take pictures of equipment they like and make a class pictograph of their favorite ones. They investigate the design, research equipment around the world,...
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Playground Physics
Students research definitions and examples of simple machines. They identify simple machines that are working parts of playground equipment that reflects their personalities and incorporates at least two simple machines. Students are...
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Math: Designing a Playground
Sixth graders design and draw a model playground to scale. They configure the layout to include a sandbox, slide, baseball field and other equipment. Their design includes adaptations for students with disabilities. Their designs are...
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Redo the Playground
Young scholars redesign a classic piece of playground equipment. In this architecture lesson students take existing designs and formulate additions or changes for improvements. Young scholars translate their ideas into visual form and...
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Playground Safety Check
Students study a playground safety checklist, conduct a safety check of the schoolyard and/or local playground and write a report about their findings, # present the report to school or community leaders
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Design A Playground
Pupils engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of designing a dream playground. They conduct a survey of specific traits needed for the equipment. Students draw a picture of the ideal playground and then construct a model.
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Playground Design
Learners design recreational equipment for a community. In this architecture lesson, students work in pairs to design the equipment. Learners select materials and begin designing. Students assess themselves with a pre-made rubric.
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Playground Safety
Students conduct experiments with fruit falling from playground equipment to explain the effects of falling off playground equipment.
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Playground Signs Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students examine a picture of 2 playground signs. Students then respond to 10 true or false questions regarding the picture.
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Playground Safety at School
Students evaluate their playground for safety. They work in groups to identify any equipment that needs fixing or adapting and illustrate dream playgrounds that promote safe play.
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Playground Modeling K-2
Students use and develop their spatial-visualization skills to represent features and physical objects on their playground. Working in groups, they use everyday classroom materials (blocks, crayons, counters, etc.) to build a simple...
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Angle Hunting
Do angles change with distance? Using a previously made tool, individuals find and measure angles on a playground. They observe that angles are the same measure regardless of the distance at which they're measured.
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Taking Turns
Scholars work cooperatively, taking turns, to boost peer relationships and fairness. Rotating through five stations, players practice tossing, bouncing, push-ups, and working together to clean up fallen equipment, then rate their...
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Geometry Shapes Playground Safety
Learners create a new playground design to present to elementary students during Playground safety week. They review basic geometry to use in observing and recording the equipment on a local playground. They research playground safety...
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Physics Park
Young scholars research and design a playground for a park or school in their community. They explore the physics concepts that are present in the design and, if applicable promote their ideas to city or school officials.
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Activity Plan 2-3: Outdoor Picture Math
Learners match images of objects to their real counterpart. In this play-based matching lesson, children explore the playground and match real play equipment with what is seen in pictures. Lesson includes a language and literacy...
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Budgeting
Students establish budgeting techniques. In this Economics lesson, students work in small groups to prepare a budget for a simulation activity, purchasing new playground equipment.
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"Just Playing" Playground Design
Students design a playground. In this just playing activity, students identify and measure a specified area surrounding their school to be used for a playground. Once identified, students measure the area for equipment. Students write a...
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6th Grade Art
Sixth graders create "macquette" sculptures, which would be models for larger playground pieces.
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Surprise!: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 2)
Surprise! is the theme of this series of ESL lessons. Cover an array of topics such as where we live, different times of day, shapes, the city and the country, what we do for fun, jobs, and games, all while practicing how to express...
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Sharing Space
Interacting with peers can be difficult for many children and adults with autism spectrum disorder. Guide them through a collaborative activity, during which class members come up with self-care solutions to a scenario in which they must...
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Playground Modeling
Students build a model of their school playground. They view models from the classroom (such as a globe, doll house, or cars). Students share observations about the models. They use a paper mat to represent the playground and use...
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Playground Signs-- Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students look at a photograph of 2 warning signs posted in Derbyshire, UK. Students read 10 questions about the information given in the signs and write "true," "false" or "we don't know" next to...
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Design a Theme Park
Students examine pieces of art by Alice Adams. They discuss what they see in the paintings. In groups, they design their own piece of playground equipment.