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Home Baseball Activities for Kids - MLB
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K to 8
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Want fun activities featuring your favorite team? This MLB roundup, originally published in May 2020, offers a wide assortment of kid-friendly, baseball-themed learning and enrichment...more
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Want fun activities featuring your favorite team? This MLB roundup, originally published in May 2020, offers a wide assortment of kid-friendly, baseball-themed learning and enrichment activities. The collection directs families and educators to activities from MLB teams across the league, including coloring and drawing pages, word searches, crosswords, mazes, reading challenges, baseball-themed math problems, crafts, physical activities, puzzles, and educational games. Additional resources introduce baseball history, Jackie Robinson, STEM, fitness, and lessons using baseball cards. Because this page was assembled for at-home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, some linked activities may have changed or are no longer available, but the roundup still offers teachers ideas and starting points for baseball-themed learning.
tag(s): baseball (36), crafts (109), crosswords (25), game based learning (323), puzzles (178), STEM (385)
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Students can create their own crossword puzzle with a baseball theme using Crossword Labs, reviewed here. Students can use Trading Card Creator reviewed here to create a trading card with their favorite team's current stats. Have students use Suno AI Song Creator reviewed here to create a song about their favorite baseball team.
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Aerodynamics of Baseball - NASA Glen Research Center
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6 to 12
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NASA designed Aerodynamics of Baseball for baseball fans. The site includes simulations that show how airplane and rocket aerodynamics apply to baseball equations. The Physics of Baseball...more
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NASA designed Aerodynamics of Baseball for baseball fans. The site includes simulations that show how airplane and rocket aerodynamics apply to baseball equations. The Physics of Baseball explains the forces on a baseball, fly ball results, curveball trajectory, and more. Simulations include: Curve Ball, Curve Ball Expert, Hit Modeler, Hit Modeler Weather, and Flight Calculator.
tag(s): baseball (36), forces (54), newton (25), simulations (48)
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Students can use Google Keep, reviewed here to take notes as they are playing their games. Have students create their own game using Genially, reviewed here. Assign students to use Scratch, reviewed here to code their own baseball game as an extension activity.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Baseball STEM Activities: Hands-On Learning at the Ballpark - I'm The Chef Too!
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3 to 8
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Baseball STEM Activities: Hands-On Learning at the Ballpark is an article that teaches fundamental baseball skills. The article covers concepts such as the Physics of the Pitch, the...more
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Baseball STEM Activities: Hands-On Learning at the Ballpark is an article that teaches fundamental baseball skills. The article covers concepts such as the Physics of the Pitch, the Language of the Diamond, and Engineering the Perfect Game. The activities include a list of materials and simple directions.
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tag(s): baseball (36), data (214), forces (54), motion (60), newton (25), statistics (127), STEM (385)
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Students can use Google Slides, reviewed here to share their lesson with others. Assign students to record a podcast explaining their activity using Spotify for Podcasters, reviewed here. Have students use Stormboard, reviewed here for notetaking during the activity.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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STEM Education: Baseball - Washington Nationals' Grand Slam Schools
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1 to 6
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Love baseball? Check out these baseball-themed STEM lessons for grades 1-6. The site includes STEM lessons such as Science of Groundskeeping, Sports Vision, Calculating Your Field Percentage,...more
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Love baseball? Check out these baseball-themed STEM lessons for grades 1-6. The site includes STEM lessons such as Science of Groundskeeping, Sports Vision, Calculating Your Field Percentage, and Measuring Your Strike Zone. Each lesson is available as a downloadable PDF and includes a video tutorial.
tag(s): baseball (36), forces (54), friction (14), motion (60), percent (59), STEM (385)
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Have students participate in the lessons that are posted on the site. Students can use MyLens, reviewed here to create interactive charts after collecting data and calculating their field percentage. Assign students to use Google Keep, reviewed here to keep track of data.
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Physical Science: Science on the Sandlot - National Baseball Hall of Fame
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3 to 12
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Have you ever wondered why a baseball has red stitches, why some players choke up on a bat, or why not every hit is a home run? The Science of ...more
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Have you ever wondered why a baseball has red stitches, why some players choke up on a bat, or why not every hit is a home run? The Science of Sandlot provides lessons to answer those questions and more, with activities on the physics of friction, mass, motion, and more. Units are divided into Rookie (grades 3-5), Intermediate (grades 6-8), and Advanced (grades 9-12). Each lesson is downloadable as a PDF and includes objectives, time required, materials, vocabulary, procedure, and alignment to the science standards.
tag(s): baseball (36), forces (54), friction (14), mass (21), motion (60)
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Students can participate in the lessons featured on the site. Assign students to use ScreenPal, reviewed here to record themselves as they are working on the lessons. Students can also use Power BI, reviewed here, to put data into interactive charts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Chalkie - Chalkie AI Ltd
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K to 12
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Chalkie uses AI to generate free teaching resources, including interactive lessons and activities. Start by adding a prompt in the message bar that states the content and type of activity...more
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Chalkie uses AI to generate free teaching resources, including interactive lessons and activities. Start by adding a prompt in the message bar that states the content and type of activity you want to create. Use the prompts to adjust the content to the grade level, reading level, output language, and other options. Additional options include activity types, adding standards and learning objectives, and creating vocabulary lists. The final step before Chalkie generates your activity is to select a theme option, some of which create materials for students who require low stimulation and have ADHD. After Chalkie generates your materials, use the options to edit them as needed. Although registration isn't required to create with Chalkie, a free account lets users share and export materials to Google Slides, PowerPoint, and PDF, and use Teach Mode. Free plans let users create 5 resources weekly, plus up to 10 AI edits each week.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), assessment (142), blended learning (30), presentations (51), remote learning (33), slides (40), Teacher Utilities (233)
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Use Chalkie to create new lessons or to update your current lessons. Easily differentiate materials by adjusting the grade and reading levels you generate. Generate bell-ringers, to-dos, exit tickets, and other quick activities to assess student learning. Use Chalkie as a planning partner to generate a first draft, then review, revise, and adapt the content to fit your students and instructional goals.Edge Features:
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GenType - Labs.Google
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3 to 12
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Creators have many font options; however, GenType lets you create a unique alphabet font by simply telling it what you want it to be made of. Start by typing a ...more
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Creators have many font options; however, GenType lets you create a unique alphabet font by simply telling it what you want it to be made of. Start by typing a prompt in the text box; Google suggests prompts with a foreground, background, and style for the best results. After generating your alphabet, type in a phrase to download as a PNG image or scroll down to copy or download individual letters. Visit the FAQ section to learn more about how to use and download GenType.
tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), descriptive writing (41)
In the Classroom
Use GenType to personalize and enhance multimedia projects, newsletters, or written documents. Share it with students to make book reports and research projects more engaging. Generating an alphabet with a prompt requires strong descriptive language; use this feature to give students practice writing descriptive terms. After students create an alphabet, have them share it with a friend and see if they can recreate a similar alphabet without the original prompt. Have students use their alphabets to add interest to websites created using Google Sites, reviewed here or Site123, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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LabXchange - The President and Fellows of Harvard College
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6 to 12
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LabXchange is a free online science platform designed for middle school, high school, and undergraduate students that delivers interactive digital lab simulations, articles, and learning...more
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LabXchange is a free online science platform designed for middle school, high school, and undergraduate students that delivers interactive digital lab simulations, articles, and learning pathways. The site provides access to thousands of open-source educational resources contributed by universities, research institutions, and museums, allowing students to explore complex scientific concepts through virtual experimentation and multimedia content. You navigate through a vast library of modular content items, combining digital text, video clips, and realistic laboratory simulations to build customized learning experiences or complete structured pathways aligned with standard science curricula.
tag(s): multimedia (71), OER (54), Research (92), simulations (48)
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For a biology or chemistry lesson, you can use the interactive lab simulations to let students safely test hypotheses and manipulate variables before conducting physical experiments, supporting active engagement and foundational understanding. Students can then record their observations and design digital diagrams of cellular processes using MindMup, reviewed here, which replaces traditional paper maps with collaborative, media-rich visual organizers that modify the standard lab report task. To extend learning and promote critical thinking, students can record audio reflections summarizing their experimental findings and conclusions using Vocaroo, reviewed here, redefining traditional assessments by turning standard written summaries into shareable digital audio logs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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DataBasic.io - Rahul Bhargava & Catherine D'Ignazio
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7 to 12
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DataBasic offers four easy-to-use tools to introduce methods for working with data. The tools include a word counter that analyzes your text, WTF CSV, which helps you understand what...more
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DataBasic offers four easy-to-use tools to introduce methods for working with data. The tools include a word counter that analyzes your text, WTF CSV, which helps you understand what is happening in .csv files, SameDiff, which compares two or more text files for similarities and differences, and Connect the Dots, which shows data connections by analyzing them as a network. Select any of the tools to access an activity guide and a video explanation of how to use the tool.
tag(s): critical thinking (188), DAT device agnostic tool (134), data (214), inquiry (39)
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Use WordCounter to analyze patterns in speeches, articles, or student writing; SameDiff to compare two texts or perspectives; WTFcsv to help students examine and question a dataset; and ConnectTheDots to visualize relationships among characters, historical events, scientific concepts, or other connected ideas. These tools work well for inquiry activities that ask students to identify patterns, ask questions, and explain what the data does and does not reveal.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Science and Math of the Summer Olympics - Pacific Science Center
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K to 8
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Use the excitement of the Olympics to explore the STEM concepts hiding behind athletic performance with this collection of explanations and hands-on activities from Pacific Science...more
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Use the excitement of the Olympics to explore the STEM concepts hiding behind athletic performance with this collection of explanations and hands-on activities from Pacific Science Center. The resource introduces biomechanics, force, momentum, nutrition, physiology, scoring, statistics, geometry, and trajectories, then provides age-appropriate activities for preschool, elementary, and middle school learners. Younger students can count and measure sporting events, engineer paper javelins, and make dough medals. Elementary students can try math relays, measure reaction time, and build a model lung, while middle school students investigate probability and design playground sports equipment using physics and geometry. Several linked activities provide additional instructions and background information. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the videos.
tag(s): forces (54), gravity (55), measurement (123), nutrition (140), olympics (64), preK (352), probability (134), statistics (127), STEM (385)
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Students can run a classroom math relay modeled after the article, solve an age-appropriate problem at each station before moving to the next leg, then discuss whether accuracy or speed had a greater effect on their team's performance. Have younger students engineer paper javelins using the activity described in the article, measure each throw, revise one feature of their designs, and use the new measurements as evidence to explain whether the redesign improved performance. Invite students to finish an Olympics STEM unit by creating a short review assessment with Google Forms, reviewed here, using questions about biomechanics, measurement, probability, forces, geometry, or human physiology.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Class2Class- Discover Projects - Class2Class ApS
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K to 12
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Bring the world into your classroom with Class2Class.org, a global collaboration platform where teachers can find, join, or create projects with classrooms worldwide. The Discover Projects...more
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Bring the world into your classroom with Class2Class.org, a global collaboration platform where teachers can find, join, or create projects with classrooms worldwide. The Discover Projects area includes searchable opportunities organized by student age, language, starting month, and project status, with activities ranging from cultural exchanges and storytelling to debates, sustainability investigations, Model UN, and problem-solving around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Projects commonly ask students to research, discuss, compare perspectives, collaborate with international peers, and create products such as videos, profiles, reports, infographics, displays, or presentations. Teachers can also use ready-to-use activities and lesson plans rather than building an international project from scratch. The platform is free for teachers and students, and teachers create and manage student accounts.
tag(s): collaboration (142), problem solving (282), Project Based Learning (30)
In the Classroom
Have students synthesize what they learned from an international exchange by creating a short podcast with Adobe Podcast, reviewed here, explaining how another culture's perspective changed or expanded their thinking. Invite students to exchange interviews or personal stories with a partner classroom, then turn their findings into a digital story with Book Creator, reviewed here, combining text, images, and reflections. Assign small groups a global issue represented in one of the Class2Class projects and have them prepare evidence-based positions for a live or recorded debate, using the exchange with international classmates to challenge assumptions and strengthen arguments.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Summer Olympic Games Science - Home Science Tools
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5 to 10
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Connect Olympic sports with physics through two hands-on investigations from Home Science Tools. The first activity uses a spinning office chair and equal weights to model conservation...more
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Connect Olympic sports with physics through two hands-on investigations from Home Science Tools. The first activity uses a spinning office chair and equal weights to model conservation of angular momentum, helping students understand why divers, gymnasts, and ice skaters spin faster when they pull their arms and legs closer to their bodies. The second investigation measures reaction time by having a partner catch a falling meter stick, then using a provided reaction-time table or formula to interpret results. Both activities include materials, step-by-step directions, science explanations, and extension questions that encourage students to test variables and connect results to sports and everyday situations. The page also links to additional sports-science resources.
tag(s): gravity (55), olympics (64), sports (106), STEM (385)
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Have students complete the reaction-time investigation in pairs, record at least three trials, and compare their average response times to see whether repeated practice improves them. Have small groups alter one variable in the reaction-time experiment, such as age, practice, or completing another task while catching, then graph their results with Infographic Presentation Templates, reviewed here and write a claim supported by evidence. Ask students to research an Olympic sport that involves rotation and create a labeled explanation with Google Drawings, reviewed here, showing the rotational axis, body position, and how angular momentum affects movement.
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10 Winter Olympic Games Classroom Activities - Newsela
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K to 12
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Newsela's Winter Olympics article offers teachers ten classroom activity ideas to bring the excitement of the Winter Olympic Games into instruction. The activities can build reading,...more
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Newsela's Winter Olympics article offers teachers ten classroom activity ideas to bring the excitement of the Winter Olympic Games into instruction. The activities can build reading, writing, discussion, research, and critical-thinking skills while helping students learn about Olympic sports, athletes, traditions, and related topics. Teachers can use the ideas as whole-class lessons, small-group activities, enrichment projects, or connections to current events. The blog article is free to read and requires no registration. However, some Newsela articles, lessons, or resources linked within the post may require a paid Newsela subscription. Newsela does offer a free Newsela Lite account, but it provides access to a limited, rotating selection of content rather than the full Newsela library.
tag(s): climate change (112), data (214), forces (54), matter (51), motion (60), olympics (64), sports (106)
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Have students choose a Winter Olympics research topic such as a famous athlete, the history of the Games, or a recent Olympic event and use Newsela's suggested readings to gather evidence before presenting their findings to classmates using Adobe Creative Cloud Express, reviewed here. Ask students to use the snowboarding dataset highlighted in the article to explore incline angle, speed, trick height, or potential and kinetic energy, then write a claim supported by calculations and observations from the data. Invite students to write review questions about Olympic history, athletes, physics, climate, and vocabulary, then use Wayground (formerly Quizizz), reviewed here, to create a class formative-assessment game.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mind Games - NeonGames
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K to 7
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Mind Games offers many free word and letter games and quizzes, with no registration required. Hover over any game icon to view a summary and select Play. Games come in ...more
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Mind Games offers many free word and letter games and quizzes, with no registration required. Hover over any game icon to view a summary and select Play. Games come in many formats, such as crosswords, word searches, and Wordle-style activities. Most games include foreign language options, including Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, and Dutch.
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tag(s): crosswords (25), game based learning (323), puzzles (178), vocabulary (260), vocabulary development (112)
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Offer Mind Games as a center activity or include games as part of choice board options. Differentiate learning by offering different games to students of different interests or abilities. For example, this site includes several Wordle-type games that require different levels of vocabulary and word-knowledge skills. If Mind Games doesn't meet your classroom needs, make games for your students using Educandy, reviewed here, using personalized vocabulary lists.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Major League Baseball = Major League Science - Science Buddies
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6 to 12
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Combine science and baseball with Science Buddies' Major League Baseball = Major League Science collection. Students can explore baseball-themed science projects investigating topics...more
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Combine science and baseball with Science Buddies' Major League Baseball = Major League Science collection. Students can explore baseball-themed science projects investigating topics such as wood versus aluminum bats, the physics of hitting and hit charts, the biomechanics of pitching, how stadium dimensions may affect batting statistics, and the science behind cheating in baseball. Each project provides detailed guidance, including an abstract, project summary, objective, background information, key terms and concepts, research questions, materials, experimental procedures, variations, related careers, and additional resources.
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tag(s): baseball (36)
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Complete the different science experiments that Science Buddies shares on the website. Use Timeline Infographic Templates by Canva, reviewed here to show your step by step procedure. Have students use Free Online Screen Recorder, reviewed here to record yourself showcasing the final results.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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5 Winter Sports STEM Ideas For Elementary - Simply STEAM by Sarah Barnett
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2 to 5
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Bring winter sports into the classroom with five hands-on STEM investigations focused on force and motion. This Simply STEAM resource introduces speed skating through center of gravity,...more
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Bring winter sports into the classroom with five hands-on STEM investigations focused on force and motion. This Simply STEAM resource introduces speed skating through center of gravity, bobsledding through drag and air resistance, alpine skiing through balanced and unbalanced forces, curling through friction, and hockey through angles and deflection. Each activity pairs an approachable science concept with experimentation, building, testing, and redesign using common materials. The associated Winter Sports STEM pack includes 5E lesson plans, student-friendly reading passages, comprehension questions with answer keys, STEM challenges, recording and reflection pages, teacher tips, and materials lists.
tag(s): angles (51), forces (54), friction (14), gravity (55), motion (60), olympics (64), problem solving (282), sports (106), STEM (385)
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Have students build the speed-skater model described in the resource, test how changes in height or body position affect balance, and then ask pairs to explain how the center of gravity affected their results. Invite pairs to choose two winter sports challenges and compare the forces involved using Venn Diagram Creator by Canva, reviewed here, to create a science comparison students can use during whole-class discussion. Have students investigate friction by testing marbles on several classroom surfaces before designing a curling broom, then invite groups to compare which surface and broom designs helped their "stone" travel farthest and most accurately.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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BON in a Box - GEO BON
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Explore how scientists collect, analyze, and report biodiversity data with BON in a Box, an open platform for developing and supporting Biodiversity Observation Networks. Users can...more
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Explore how scientists collect, analyze, and report biodiversity data with BON in a Box, an open platform for developing and supporting Biodiversity Observation Networks. Users can search a large catalog of observation-design, data-collection, management, analysis, and reporting tools, investigate registered monitoring projects, and work with pipelines that transform local or global data into Essential Biodiversity Variables and biodiversity indicators. Featured topics include genetic diversity, threatened species, habitat change, protected-area connections, species distribution, biodiversity intactness, and phenology. The visual pipeline editor can run existing components without coding, although advanced work may involve R, Python, Julia, data preparation, GitHub, or installation on a local computer or server. This resource is designed primarily for researchers, conservation practitioners, policymakers, and advanced learners, not as a ready-made K-12 curriculum. Several pages include YouTube tutorials. If your district blocks YouTube, the videos may not be viewable.
tag(s): biodiversity (44), citizen science (45), conservation (104), data (214), ecosystems (115), habitats (113)
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Have students design a schoolyard biodiversity investigation by identifying a research question, target organisms, sampling locations, collection methods, and possible sources of bias, then sketch their proposed sampling map on paper before comparing it with the platform's monitoring concepts. Have students search the projects portal for biodiversity-monitoring efforts in different regions, then plot selected locations and summarize the species, ecosystems, and sampling methods in Google My Maps, reviewed here. Ask pairs to select two monitoring projects and compare their geographic scale, biological groups, data-collection methods, and conservation goals using the Interactive 2 Circle Venn Diagram by Read Write Think, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Felipe Femur & Friends - David Vincent Dorn and Russell J. Dorn
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K to 8
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Step into Toonstone, a kid-friendly world of skeletons, witches, werewolves, vampires, and other friendly monsters, with a surprisingly broad range of seasonal learning activities....more
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Step into Toonstone, a kid-friendly world of skeletons, witches, werewolves, vampires, and other friendly monsters, with a surprisingly broad range of seasonal learning activities. Felipe Femur & Friends brings together original comics, stories, games, music, videos, printable coloring pages, crafts, recipes, riddles, trivia, science experiments, scavenger hunts, and Halloween activity guides. Students can read the original comics on the site, explore interactive games hosted externally, investigate Halloween-themed STEM activities, or use the printable and hands-on materials for creative projects. The mix works particularly well for seasonal enrichment, classroom celebrations, literacy centers, STEM connections, and early-finisher activities. Some content is primarily recreational rather than instructional, so teachers will want to select individual materials that support their learning goals. If your district blocks YouTube, you may not be able to view the videos.
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tag(s): crafts (109), game based learning (323), halloween (44), holidays (292), riddles (16)
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Ask students to select several Halloween riddles and explain the clues that lead to each solution. Invite pairs to write original riddles and exchange them with classmates for a seasonal inference and wordplay challenge. Ask students to choose a friendly Toonstone monster and create a character trading card using Trading Card Creator, reviewed here describing its appearance, personality, interests, and important traits. Have students support each characteristic with information gathered from the site's character descriptions. Invite students to complete the site's Halloween scavenger hunt in teams or adapt it for a classroom hunt. Older students can photograph items rather than collect them, then organize their findings into categories and explain their classification choices.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Living With Fire - Project Learning Tree
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K to 8
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This site contains supporting resources for an online environmental training course for educators. Download activities, including a fire triangle worksheet in French and Spanish, STEM...more
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This site contains supporting resources for an online environmental training course for educators. Download activities, including a fire triangle worksheet in French and Spanish, STEM connection strategies, a flat Smokey, and other hands-on materials that teach students about fire prevention and safety.
tag(s): fire prevention (19), fire safety (21), preK (352), STEM (385)
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Add these resources to your current materials for Fire Safety Week or when teaching about staying safe at home. Organize and curate lesson resources with Wakelet, reviewed here for easy access. As students learn about fire safety, ask them to use Animate Characters, reviewed here to create short, animated recordings that include fire safety tips. Share a new tip each day on your class website during Fire Safety Week.
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Napkin Slides - Napkin AI
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Napkin Slides turns any idea into a customizable slide presentation from any prompt. Type or paste your idea, then add an optional source file (such as an Excel, PowerPoint, or ...more
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Napkin Slides turns any idea into a customizable slide presentation from any prompt. Type or paste your idea, then add an optional source file (such as an Excel, PowerPoint, or Word document) to get started. Slides asks a few clarifying questions to gain additional context, then generates a slide deck based on your responses. Once finished, users can refine slides, including changing text, adjusting image size, and more. When complete, present slides from Napkin Slides or export as a PowerPoint, PDF, SVG, or PNG file. The free plan includes 500 credits weekly; Napkin says it uses about 1 AI credit per word processed, though more complex operations may use more credits. This means the free plan is likely enough to create several lesson presentations each week. For example, if you typically create 8- to 12-slide lesson decks from about 100 words of notes, you could expect to generate around five presentations per week before reaching the 500-credit limit
tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), presentations (51), visualizations (16)
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Napkin Slides is part of NapkinAI, reviewed here which generates stunning visuals from text. Use both tools to create informative presentations with visuals that enhance student learning. Share Napkin Slides with students to use to create engaging presentations for any subject. Napkin Slides currently only allows users to attach Microsoft documents to a prompt; if using Google products, look for options in each file to download as Word, PowerPoint, or Excel documents.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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