Kinect+Lessons

=XBox Lessons for the Classroom= media type="youtube" key="qrqc8W5VsTY" height="315" width="560"
 * ~ ==Game and Lesson Ideas== ||
 * Body and Brain Connection || **Combinations for 10** -- build stronger math skills with game "Perfect Ten" ||
 * || **What's your angle?** -- introduction for concepts of angles and how they form shapes ||
 * || **Stick to the math facts** -- play "Which is Bigger?" for using greater than and less than symbols ||
 * || **Fast Facts** -- play "Meter Reader" for mental strategies in quickly adding numbers ||
 * || **Visual discrimination** -- play "Match Maker" for image matching skills ||
 * || **Read Carefully** -- play "Pop 'Til You Drop" for word recognization ||
 * || **Least to greatest** -- play "Balloon Buster" for practice in ordering skills ||
 * || **Follow the pattern** -- play "Playing Off the Radar" to follow and extend patterns ||
 * || **Countdown race** -- play "Time Bomb" to learn how to count down or backwards ||
 * || **Angles and the unit circle** -- play "Off the Radar" to help students develop geometry and precalculus skills ||
 * Kinect Adventures || **Which way works best?** -- play "Reflex Ridge" -- earn points through trial and error challenges for students ||
 * || **Moving in space** -- play "Space Pop" -- imagine what it is like to go into space and experience zero gravity. ||
 * || **Marine Life** -- conduct factual research into the marine life you see in 20,000 leaks. Use for Literacy and English ||
 * || **How are Bubbles made?** -- research on components of bubbles. Use for Science class discussions ||
 * || **Key Phrases** -- what key phrases would you need to learn for a trip to a foreign country? Use in Foreign Language class. ||
 * || **You CAN get there from here** -- practice physical skills and develop travel skills ||
 * || **Water, water everywhere!** -- play "River Rush" for discussion of bodies of water ||
 * || **Muscle mania** -- play "Reflex Ridge" -- a math/science resource ||
 * || **A bubble's eye view** -- play "Space Pop" to discuss gravity and its effects ||
 * || **Undersea stories** -- play 20,000 Leaks -- writing exercise (sea adventure) ||
 * Once Upon A Monster Activities || **Acting out emotions** -- Students demonstrate movements associated with different emotions. ||
 * || **Understanding Force** -- Playing Trash Can Basketball provides opportunities to experiment with force. ||
 * || **Historical Figures** -- Playing Dress Up, students can create an historical figure and have partners guess. ||
 * Kinectimals || **Food chain jumble** -- examine how energy moves through a food chain. ||
 * || **Locations and Directions** -- students can learn about their location in the world and understand directions. ||
 * || **No place like home** -- students learn about diversity in the world. ||
 * || **Wandering the wild** -- students can explore the different geographical areas on the planet. ||
 * || **Wild vs. domesticated animals** -- students can learn about characteristics of each type of animal. ||
 * || **Care and Feeding** -- Students can learn about care and feeding of their cubs. ||
 * || **Bear-sitting** -- Seeing the needs of others and taking care of others. ||
 * || **Afternoon adventure** -- writing stories about afternoon with they animal. ||
 * || **Design your room** -- encourages decision-making and creativity. Students learn where things are in relation to one another. ||
 * || **Bear-sitting** -- Seeing the needs of others and taking care of others. ||
 * || **Afternoon adventure** -- writing stories about afternoon with they animal. ||
 * || **Design your room** -- encourages decision-making and creativity. Students learn where things are in relation to one another. ||