We have to teach the class how to do soemthing like play the guitar or something. I'm teaching them how to play lacrosse so what are some cool lacrosse tricks and how do u do them?
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Did you pick this topic? If so, ask your teacher if you can change to a topic you already know about - it will make it much easier on you.
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MUSIC!!! start a band:Dplay guitar together:D
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get involved with the students and know them beyond the teacher/student relationship.  is there anything that they're dealing with at school?  perhaps a school event?  talk with them about things other than books and problems.  i don't know what grade level you're talking about and i'm not a teacher, just a student.  perhaps have activities that can show the students that it's not all about homework and tests.  how to do this?  not so sure.  but these are my suggestions.
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do something fun . not to bore the kids or anything . some kind of reviewing activity like flash cards or a " mind dump " ( what my 5th grade teacher used to do ) a mind dump is where you take all your knowledge and just write it on a piece of paper. lol . if not then just go original and ask them questions .
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If you take the same lesson plan that was devised for older students and simply resolve to spend more time explaining and demonstrating to the younger kids, will that work?  I hate to think there's anything the younger ones can't do, although grant you they won't do it with the polish of the older kids.  Please tell me we are not talking about the idea that safety is a major factor in the difference; having to use blunt-end scissors, no small parts they can swallow, and all that garbage.  A major problem when I was a kid was too boring, so the idea of working on something originally designed for older kids would have thrilled me no end.
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Use some props or other visuals.  Throw out questions to the other students every so often.  Keep your mood lively, and it will be infectious.
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When warm weather settles in, take them on a nature hike.  Most teens will think this is cheesy, but the competition will soon settle in.\n\nPlay a seeking game.  Create a list of items, with points attached, of things that are around their school.  List the scientific name (ones studied in class and some hard one for bonus pts)...deducting points if they have to ask about their common name.\n\nItems can included leaves, feathers, rocks, etc.  Make it a week long project where kids can work in teams.\n\nMy 10th grade Bio teacher did this...and even though we moaned at first at how childish the game was...we all aced our test the following week, and had a good competition.\n\n(We got some sort of reward, but I forget what it was.)
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LACROSSE ROCKS! Been to many professional lacrosse games and they kick butt. Too bad yahoo doesnt care. Might be because there are SO many lacrosse leagues. In the hockey forum, you mainly get the NHL. In lacrosse, there are many lacrosse leagues to talk about which to yahoo might not be a good idea. (MLL Major League Lacross and NLL National Lacross League to name two.)\n\nMaybe we should gather up yahoo employees, stick them in a lacrosse arena and then see what happens. Muahaha ;)
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If it is for a class let me know what kind of class...I can't think of anything right now but I'll try to help. Sorry.
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Please let me know if he actually gets to learn to play the guitar from a book. I´d like to learn as well but have no much time and I have an erratic shcedule that won't allow me to take lessons.(P.S. You must really love your husband to be willing to endure constant headaches for the next few months; my wife would probably recommend I take painting lessons instead)
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I'm assuming you're a girl and you want to play...\n\nThe rules for girl's lacrosse are based on one premise: No plays or actions, defensive or offensive, that could end up hurting another player. The rules are a lot like basketball. The rules are complicated. After three years of coaching girls lacrosse, I still don't understand them all. \n\nThis is a comprehensive resource:\nhttp://www.uslacrosse.org/the_sport/girls_rules.phtml\n\nThere are 11 players on the field and one goalie:\nFirst Home, Second Home, Third Home (All-Time Offense)\nCenter, 2 Attack WIngs, 2 Defensive wings (Midfield)\nPoint, Cover Point, Third Man (All-Time Defense)\n\nThe play on the field is a lot like soccer. Almost all the players move up and down the field to the offensive side of the field and down to the defensive side of the field. Also, fouls can result in cards (Yellow, Red), depending on the severity of the offense.\nMajor fouls, such as tripping, taking a dangerous shot, Hitting a girl in the head, will result in a yellow card. Covering the ball with your stick, kicking the ball (called a "body-ball") will result in a warning and a turnover. These rules are a lot like soccer. \n\nAnyways, there are many, many more rules in girls' lacrosse. I could spend hours writing about the different rules for different situations on the field, but that would take too long. \n\nTo start you need a stick and a ball. That's it. Go to a wall and throw the ball agains the wall and catch it. It takes a while, but after about 1000 reps, it should be pretty natural to you. \n\nThe best way to learn is to play. Remember: coaches are there to teach you and a good coach won't lose his patience. \n\nGood luck
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I'm a student, but my favorite way to learn math involved making it a more tangible subject.  I want to see what I'm learning.  Can you think of any hands on activities that relate to the subject?  For instance, when learning vectors, have students make a square jello mold and put skewers in as the x, y, and z axis.  Then add more skewers to represent vectors.  You can also hold up a sheet of extra wide graph paper behind the cube or put Nerd candy balls in it before it completely sets to represent points. \n\nI'm not sure what concepts you are teaching so I can't give relevant examples but some other off the wall ones that I've heard are: \n\n- creating jingles for statistics\n\n- getting students to use their arms to show equations of lines (x=y, parabola, etc...personally I hated this one, but I did learn it if only to make the teacher stop making me do it!)\n\n- game shows with groups battling each other -- set up groups of at least 4 and display the problem on an overhead projector. Give each team a piece of paper and tell them to write the answer on the board when they think they have it.  Give bonus points to the team who gets the most questions correct in the shortest period of time.  Also, try to choose the groups yourself and match higher performing students with lower performing ones, but don't let the same student put up all the answers.  A spinoff is a Jeopardy game for concepts (What is the name of the horizontal axis?)\n\nThere are several articles on this subject:\nHelping Teachers to Encourage Talented Girls in Mathematics.\nM. Katherine Gavin; Sally M. Reis; Teaching and Counseling Gifted Girls.; 2005;  p. 147-167 \n\nTurner, Julianne C; Meyer, Debra K; Cox, Kathleen E; Logan, Candice; DiCintio, Matthew; Thomas, Cynthia T. Creating contexts for involvement in mathematics. [References]. [Journal; Peer Reviewed Journal] Journal of Educational Psychology. Vol 90(4) Dec 1998, 730-745. \n\nIf you are interested in acquiring a copy of the Turner article, email me through the link in my Answers' profile, and I will send it to you.
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you have nice friends or at least the photos were nice.  I have never met a female lacrosse player very cool game, and the girls are tougher than the boys sometimes.
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I had a terrible time learning the multiplication tables.  I finally made a tape of myself singing them in a song I made up.  It helped that I made the song and funny sounds for the music while in the bathtub.  Reading the tables while singing the song would help.  \n\nMy mother still has the tape.
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track! its hard but gets u in shape fast, also lacrosse
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first, strive to be ambidextrous (ability to dribble with both hands). then learn the Spin Move, Pivoting, Thru The Legs, Windmill, Butterfly, Spider, Etc. Basics are all the same. Juz Pass the ball more often & avoid too much body contact with opponents. we're not professionals anyway. Let the Centre or Forwards do the scoring job.
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Why would you introduce conservation to first graders?\nPiaget showed that the ability to conserve is a thinking process that develops, not one that is taught.\n\nAnyway here is an ideas for you.\nStudents can explore clay.Then you can show them a lump of clay. Then roll the clay into a snake. Ask them,"Do I have more clay now? Less clay? or the same?\n\nUse a balance scale to create two blobs of clay that weigh the same. Give the clay to two students and ask them to make a pancake and a ball. Let the class vote on which student has more clay.