![]() ![]() ![]() Just play for fun against a partner and don’t worry about the tournament or keeping score.Change the distances or point values to fit your situation and students.I’ve taught this over 2 50 minute classes and also just done a single class period, they both work, it just depends on how fast you want to move and if you want to allow your students to have time to play all of their classmates – you can easily go longer or shorter depending on how much time you have.I award the winner of the tournament with one of the printable bowling champion certificates and pay them one “Landers Bucks” after declaring them the Class Bowling Champion! Variations and Modifications ![]() The disco light I have is a cheap $50 light off Amazon and is linked up in the Tech Tools section of our Amazon Store if you want to check it out.Ī post shared by Ben Landers Awards Ceremony Cosmic Bowling ModeĪfter 1 round of bowling I usually turn off the lights and do the disco dance lights, which I call “Cosmic Bowling Mode” see below for an example. You can get the lesson plan and printable bowling certificates on TPT or inside of the PE Specialist Membership Resources Libraryĭepending on time available you can modify the scoring or time limit, but I found it worked well to play the team with the most points after 4-5 minutes was the winner of that game.You can get a template and see a tutorial on how I make the fake money on TPT here or inside of the PE Specialist Membership Resources Library.You can definitely just play for fun, but I like to keep track of score by giving out some “Landers Bucks” (fake money) to the winners after teach round and then count it up at the end to see who the tournament champion is. If students aren’t wearing a wristband, they don’t move and once their new opponent gets to their lane they will begin a new game. I’d recommend letting the class watch one lane of students play a few rounds and then once you make sure everyone understands how the activity works you can get the party started! Wristbands for Rotationĭuring the first round, while students are playing, I walk around and give one team bracelets to wear to help reduce any confusion when I rotate students.Īfter the first round of play, I then have all teams (or students) with a wristband rotate the same direction to the next lane over and play at a new lane. Getting students to think about this ahead of time will reduce sportsmanship issues in the game (see below). A Few Tips for Success: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cureīefore explaining the game and demonstrating a few rounds of play we quickly discuss good sportsmanship and the correct way to shake hands and say “good game” after you finish playing. I also use wristbands to quickly rotate teams as I explained in the video.Īlso, the more you can add to the “Cosmic Bowling” feel the better, I dim the lights and put this super cool disco ball video up on my TV and would love to get some of those lazer light balls, bubble machines or smoke machines and black lights that would add even more of a fun feel to the lesson. I use dome cones to designate each lane and numbered cones to remind students of the point values for each line. I normally do this with my 2nd – 5th grade students, but if you modify it with less point values to simplify the scoring I think it would work with younger grades, it just depends on your classes.Students will work together with a partner or group of 2 and follow the Good Sport Code during and after gameplay.Students will focus on underhand rolling a ball with control at a target using the cues “Swing, Step, Roll” ( similar to our underhand throw cues).Let’s break down the activity below: Focus / Grade Level Outcome:
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