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Simulation: River Cruise: Rivers of the World

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify major rivers in the world. In this geography lesson, students form teams and play a whole class board game in which clues are read and rivers are identified.
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Sounding out accuracy, Word Potato

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Learning to sound out CVC words can be fun, when you turn skills practice into a game. Kids play "Hot Potato" by passing a bucket filled with phonetically regular words on cards. When the music stops, students choose a word and sound it...
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Fitness Four Square

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students play the common game of Four Square while incorporating fitness into the activity. They participate a variety of exercises that work on strength and flexibility.
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Math Jeopardy: Basic Skills

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students play a PowerPoint activity to be used as a review of basic skills for order of operations, and the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division for whole numbers, some fractional numbers and integers....
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Wipeout (Dancing Legs) Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students choose to dance or do a stationary swimming movement within this lesson. They play a game of noodles and taggers. The teacher explains the rules to the game and then the game begins.
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Pirates of the Caribbean

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in a "Pirates of the Caribbean" tag game to demonstrate scooter skills and safety techniques. Students identify and discuss scooter safety rules, then play a tag game with each student (pirate) on a scooter, with...
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Jeopardy Review

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a "Jeopardy" review game. In this review activity, students are divided into two teams and are asked to pick a question for a specific amount of play money. The game board can be drawn on a chalkboard with a...
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Math Activity: "Snake"

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore patterns by participating in a class math activity. In this early algebra activity, 4th graders utilize a die and chart to keep record of a snake game in which students must utilize a math function to solve a...
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Medieval Millions

For Teachers 5th
This PowerPoint enables students to review mathematical concepts that were addressed in fifth grade. This is an interactive review game where the class is divided into two teams. The team that answers the most questions right wins. Each...
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Sounding out accuracy, Musical Chairs

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Here is a great spin on the classic game, Musical Chairs! Instead of fighting to get the last chair when the music stops, learners will need to read a CVC word to stay in the game. They walk around, whoever is near the word bucket when...
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Fraction Memory

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Fraction fanatics play a memory game using equivalent fraction cards. Individuals pair up with another player and match one fraction to another that represents its simplest form. The teacher's advanced preparation mentions that you will...
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Prepositional Phrases

For Teachers 5th
Focus on prepositions and prepositional phrases, is the goal of this game of charades. The clues are based on maps that they have drawn out of a hat, and describe how to get to a certain location in a town using prepositions. Note:...
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Spaceship Commander Tag

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students review key locomotor skills and the rules of the spaceship commander tag. They choose 3 students to be Space Commanders and the rest of the students are aliens. The game is played using different locomotor movements
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Understanding the Importance of Cyber Ethics

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students play a paper clip game which leads to a lesson on cyber ethics. In this cyber ethics lesson plan, students play the game, and then discuss the proper rules of how society should act and view their internet usage.
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Sounding out accuracy, Bingo

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore language arts by participating in a class game. In this word sound instructional activity, students discuss the sounds that vowels make in words and identify the different vowels. Learners utilize index cards with words...
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Sounding out accuracy, Word Baseball

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners practice sounding out words. In this phonics instructional activity, students play a baseball game, practicing sounding or stretching out words for accuracy.  Learners read the word off the card and stretch it out.
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Hanukkah

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners learn about the holiday of Hanukkah by making a milk box dreidel, playing the dreidel game, and lighting a menorah. In this Hanukkah lesson plan, students also read Hanukkah books.
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United Words Stand

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils explore contractions and compound words by playing a whole-class game. For this reading lesson plan, students define compound words and contractions, and describe how they are formed. The game format should make this an exciting,...
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Harbor Estuary

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students study waste and how to eliminate the use of fertilizers.  In this estuary lesson students play a pictionary game that helps them to develop a better understanding of an estuary and its issues.
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Miscellaneous Word Problems 31

For Students 3rd
In this miscellaneous worksheet, 3rd graders complete multiple choice problems about books, games, and more. Students complete 15 problems.
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Healthy Food Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners play a tag game while practicing healthy food choices. They must move safely in their own space and tag gently. They also have discussed in class the differnce between healthy foods and taste good foods.
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Going Whole Hog

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils participate in a game in which they compare fractions and graph the fractions.
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Radiocarbon Dating

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers play the dating game by going to the website given by the teacher. They also are presented with the powerpoint, done the m&m simulation, and determine the age of the mummified seal and man.
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The Battle of Gettysburg

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in a basketball game that involves taking on the roles of Union and Confederate armies. In two teams, each wearing either gray or blue fabric strips, they attempt to capture their opponents and free their own...