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Rope Volleyball
Students use a jump rope as a net and volley a ball or balloon over the net a specified number of times. They work cooperatively and improve their eye-hand coordination as they play a fast-paced game of jump-rope volleyball.
Curated OER
Physics Midterm Exam #2
This comprehensive midterm exam covers a vast array of topics typical to high school physics curriculum. Problem solving and mutliple choice questions are incorporated. Review the exam to make sure that the content is suitable to your...
Broward County Public Schools
Force and Motion
Get the ball rolling with this upper-elementary science unit on forces and motion. Offering over three weeks of physical science lessons, this resource is a great way to engage the class in learning about simple machines, friction,...
Curated OER
Shape Chaser
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders measure different nets to figure out the shape they represent. They enlarge the nets, cut them out and create the shape to get their final answer. There are 10 nets with an answer key.
Curated OER
Gullah Contributions to South Carolina History
Students research the Gullah people and their impact on South Carolina. In this South Carolina history lesson, students study, locate, and color the region of Africa the Gullah people came from. Students listen to Gullah music and watch...
Curated OER
Introduction to Polyhedra
Students investigate Euler's Formula. In this geometry lesson, students perform an inductive activity of Euler's Formula using nets to identify a variety of prism, pyramids, cylinders, and cones.
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Clothesline Sleuth
Third graders discover the origin of an item of clothing. In this clothing instructional activity, 3rd graders navigate the net to locate information related to various fabrics. Students answer questions and define vocabulary...
Curated OER
Indoor Snowball Game
Students demonstrate the skill of throwing a ball overhand in a game situation. They throw and catch yarn balls across a volleyball net, retrieving the balls that are not caught and throwing them back.
Curated OER
Wally badminton
Students use badminton racquets, shuttle cocks, nets and basketball hoops to improve their accuracy of the badminton overhead and/or underhand clear.
Curated OER
Email, Part 2: Addresses
Young scholars investigate the symbols utilized to form an email address. The lesson was originally written for librarians who have had little or no net experience.
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Polyhedra
Seventh graders explore the characteristics of three-dimensional figures. They compare the nets of figures. Students describe the relationship between the nets draw and the solid. They identify the vertices, edges and faces of the...
Curated OER
Cross-Stitching a Frog Bookmark
Students identify symmetry and create their own frog design. Students apply hand-eye coordination in placing their designs of cross-stitch netting. Students identify with new textures. Students present and analyze their design once...
Curated OER
Calculating Discounts and Sales
Students discover that a discount is used by manufacturers and merchants to mean taking off a certain percentage of the price given in a price list. This price is called the list price. The list price less the discount is known as the...
Curated OER
Population Growth and Urban Planning
Students discuss the following terms and their definitions: zero population growth, population density, demographics, urban sprawl, census, immigration, migration, infrastructure, population booms, megacities, birthrate, death rate,...
Curated OER
Understanding Your Pay and Paycheck
Students discuss as a class, the time delay between the end of a pay period and a person's paycheck. They discuss the difference between gross pay and net pay, and identify the different figures on the sample checks or the check stubs...
Curated OER
Chemical Analysis and Stoichiometry Problem Set
In this chemical analysis worksheet, students calculate the empirical formula using a combustion analysis report. Students write balanced chemical equations, total ionic equations, and net ionic equations. This worksheet has 2 problems...
Wake Forest University
Authentic Activities for Connecting Mathematics to the Real World
Check out the handout from a presentation that contains a collection of high school algebra projects connecting a variety of mathematics to the real world. Activities range from simple probabilities to calculus. The activities...
Shodor Education Foundation
Rabbits and Wolves
A change in a parameter can end in overpopulation. The resources gives pupils the opportunity to control the parameters of rabbits and wolves in a natural setting. Using the set parameters, the simulation runs and displays the population...
Curated OER
Volume Of A Cube
Fourth graders find the volume of cubes and cylinders. To determine volume, they fill large cubes with centimeter cubes. They discuss the formula used to find the volume of a cube. Students explore why the solution to the volume of a...
Curated OER
Picture/Word Worksheet #36
In this vocabulary acquisition worksheet, students use the pictures and trace the words to help them learn the following words: frying pan, net, ice cream, rose, waterfall, and squirrel.
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"No News Like Ancient News"
Want to know more about Ancient history? Young historians will read a minimum of two web sites to complete the chart "Residents of Olympus". They choose one Greek god or goddess to research. This could be a small group activity or...
Illinois State Board of Education
Common Core Teaching and Learning Strategies
Here's a resource that deserves a place in your curriculum library, whether or not your school has adopted the Common Core. Designed for middle and high school language arts classes, the packet is packed with teaching tips, materials,...
Curated OER
Insect Biodiversity
Young scholars observe the process of transect sampling using insect nets, to get a chance to compare the presence of different species and populations in various vegetational areas. They study the different specimens caught and compare...
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WWW, Part1: Hypertext
Students explore the World Wide Web and its interconnecting threads providing data. The lesson was originally written for librarians with little or no net experiences.
