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Utilizing the Bicycle for Non-Traditional Activities
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Maina, Michael P.; Maina, Julie Schlegel; Sebek, Ludek; Hoffmanova, Jana; Kane, Jennifer Jackson – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2012
This article examines the bicycle as not simply a means of transportation or as an exercise device, but rather as a vehicle for teambuilding and problem solving activities within a physical education curriculum. The activities described in this article focus on bike-centered initiatives that foster creative problem solving. They have universal…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Activity Units, Problem Solving, Physical Education
As Far As Words Go: Activities for Understanding Ambiguous Language and Humor, Revised Edition
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Spector, Cecile Cyrul – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
Understanding ambiguous words, phrases, and sentences is an important part of reading well, communicating skillfully, and enjoying humor based on word play. With this seven-unit activity book--filled with creative, ready-to-use activities based on jokes and puns--students will learn how to decipher the language ambiguities they encounter inside…
Descriptors: Proverbs, Activity Units, Sentences, Cues
Teaching How Language Reveals Character
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Metzger, Margaret – Harvard Educational Review, 2007
In this Voices Inside Schools essay, a veteran teacher shares her reflections on a classroom unit entitled "How Language Reveals Character." The goal of the unit is to help adolescents read and write critically through an exploration of literary characters' language. Beginning by drawing on adolescents' fascination with one another,…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Learning Activities, Class Activities, Literary Criticism
Striving for the STARS--The Victor High School Experience
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Collins, Shelly – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2006
NASPE STARS is a national recognition program featuring five levels of excellence to recognize outstanding physical education programs in K-J 2 schools across America. The criteria for this award are based on the essential elements that are necessary for a quality physical education program, as defined by the published national standards and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Recognition (Achievement), Educational Quality, Physical Education
Changing the Game: What Happens when Video Games Enter the Classroom?
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Squire, Kurt – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2005
Over the past few years, games have gone from social pariahs to the darlings of the media, technology, and now educational industries. E-learning educators in particular stand to learn a lot about building next-generation learning environments from games. While online courses are usually little more than "online course notes," games offer entire…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, World History, Activity Units, Video Games
A Standards-Based Thematic Unit: "Le Geant de Zeralda"
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Keoseian, Therese; Ladd, Richard; Moakley, Rosanna; Pierce, Constance – National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, 1998
This unit was created as a result of a summer institute sponsored by the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. The Center's goal is to improve student learning of foreign languages in kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12). To this end, the Center provides professional support for foreign language…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Fairy Tales, Foreign Countries