Designed for special education and special needs students, STEM Special Teams Players is a fun and engaging way for students to learn and retain the concepts of STEM through a variety of sports. With each lesson aligned to NGSS and/or CCSS – Math and National K-12 Physical Education standards, students will have the opportunity to exercise their minds and bodies using their senses and skills.
Each STEM Special Teams Players kit comes with one (1) curriculum manual, six (6) 25.5-inch youth outdoor basketballs, five (5) cut ball swatches – indoor, five (5) cut ball swatches – outdoor, five (5) calipers, one-hundred (100) latex balloons, three (3) PGA Tour Tee-Up medium-size putters, three (3) PGA Tour Tee-Up medium-size irons, three (3) PGA Tour Tee-Up large-size putters, three (3) PGA Tour Tee-Up large-size irons, one (1) PGA Tour Tee-Up left-handed medium–size iron, one (1) PGA Tour Tee-Up left-handed large-size iron, eight (8) PGA Tour Tee-Up balls, two (2) PGA Tour Tee-Up flagsticks, six (6) PGA Tour Tee-Up launch pads, three (3) Callaway Golf halved golf balls, six (6) soccer balls, six (6) pickle ball paddles, six (6) pickle ball balls, one (1) Billie Jean King’s Eye Coach Training System, twenty-four (24) disc cones, six (6) 25’ tape measures, six (6) digital stopwatches, one (1) ball of string, one (1) ball pump, and one (1) set of inflation needles.
Activities and lesson include:
Learn about the behavior of a basketball using detailed observations, such as texture, stretch, and movement of the ball during a game.
Learn about the force of a golf swing by planning and carrying out an investigation through practice, including how accuracy and precision relate to applied force.
Learn how to engineer a hole-in-one using the Engineering Design Process (EDP) to design a solution for the problem of the ball not going in the hole.
Learn how to calculate distance using a coordinate plane system when playing pickleball.
Learn about chance/probability in soccer using penalty kicks to carry out an investigation to support their findings using the Scientific Method.
The goal is to provide teachers with the necessary tools to ensure every student can think critically, collaborate, and problem solve. We have no doubt each Special Team Player will succeed in the classroom, on the field and court!
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