Incorporate your students’ love of sports with lessons about addition, force, momentum, and energy. Through a project-based curriculum, students learn how to shoot and aim a basketball or kick a soccer ball, while also discovering the science behind each move. Overarching pack includes basketballs, footballs, soccer balls, volleyballs, a teacher's guide with 8 sports-based lessons, and more! Available in packs for students in K-2 and 3-8 with age-appropriate equipment and a teacher's manual. Manual is also sold separately. Educators Pick Best of STEM 2023 Award Winner. Accommodates 30 students. Recommended for Elementary and up.
K-2-ETS1-1: Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool.
K-2-ETS1-2: Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
K-2-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
K-PS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
2-PS1-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
2-PS1-2: Analyze data obtained from testing different materials to determine which materials have the properties that are best suited for an intended purpose.
Grades 3-8 Edition:
3-5-ETS1-2: Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
3-5-ETS1-3: Analyze data from tests of two objects designed to solve the same problem to compare the strengths and weaknesses of how each performs.
3-PS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to compare the effects of different strengths or different directions of pushes and pulls on the motion of an object.
4-PS3-1: Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object.
4-PS3-2: Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents.
4-PS4-3: Generate and compare multiple solutions that use patterns to transfer information.
5-PS1-1: Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
5-PS1-2: Measure and graph quantities to provide evidence that regardless of the type of change that occurs when heating, cooling, or mixing substances, the total weight of matter is conserved.
5-PS1-3: Make observations and measurements to identify materials based on their properties.
MS-ETS1-2: Generate and compare multiple solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the design.
MS-ETS1-3: Analyze data to determine the best solution to a design problem.
MS-PS1-1: Develop and use a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.
MS-PS1-2: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after they undergo a chemical reaction to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
MS-PS1-4: Develop a model to describe that the total number of atoms is conserved in a chemical reaction.
MS-PS2-2: Plan and conduct an investigation to determine the effect of force on the motion of an object.
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Common Core State Standards for Mathematics*:
Grades K-2 Edition:
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.A.3: Write numbers from 0 to 20 and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.C.6: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.MD.A.1: Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.MD.A.2: Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has more of/less of the attribute, and describe the difference.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.A: Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.B: Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.C: Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.C.4: Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C: Solve word problems that call for addition of three whole numbers whose sum is less than or equal to 20.
CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.A.1: Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.
CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.A.3: Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
CCSS.Math.Content.2.MD.C: Work with time and money.
Grades 3-8 Edition:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.C.7.B: Solve real-world problems involving area of rectangular figures with fractional side lengths.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.D.8: Solve problems involving the volume of rectangular prisms.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.MD.A.2: Use the four operations to solve problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, and masses of objects.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NF.A.2: Compare two fractions with different numerators and denominators.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NF.C.5: Express a fraction with denominator 10 as an equivalent fraction with denominator 100.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NF.C.6: Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.7: Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.G.A.: Solve real-world problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.G.A.3: Draw polygons in the coordinate plane.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.A.1: Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.RP.A.3.C: Use ratio reasoning to convert measurement units.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.G.A.2: Draw geometric shapes with given conditions.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.F.B.4: Interpret the equation y = mx + b as a linear function.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.SP.A.1: Construct and interpret scatter plots for bivariate data.
*National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State School Officers. (2010). Common Core State Standards. Washington, DC: Authors.
National Standards for K-12 Physical Education*:
Standard 1: Develops a variety of motor skills.
Standard 2: Applies knowledge related to movement and fitness concepts.
Standard 4: Develops personal skills, identifies personal benefits of movement, and chooses to engage in physical activity.
*SHAPE America – Society of Health and Physical Educators. (2024). National Physical Education Standards.
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