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The Phillies in conjunction with the New in Education Department of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News each year create a 16-page baseball oriented educational supplement that reaches nearly 50,000 students in the area. This year's supplement, Let's Get on the Honor, discussed how to set and reach goals and focused on geography, history and world cultures.

Additionally, a Teacher Workshop is held to educate teachers on how to best use the incorporate the supplement into their classroom.


This year a lesson plan contest was held asking area teachers to submit a baseball oriented lesson plan that used the newspaper and the Phillies website. From the entries received, four teachers were selected as winners and one was selected as a Grand Prize winner. The winning teachers presented their lesson plans at the Teacher Workshop.

Below are the top lesson plans. We hope that teachers can utilize them in their classroom and students will enjoy them!

LESSON PLAN CONTEST WINNERS

Cereal Box and Trading Card Biographies
GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Erin McGee
School: Kingston School - Cherry Hill, NJ
Grade Level: 3rd/4th Grades
Subjects: Language Arts/Baseball
Duration: 2 Days @ 1 hour and 10 minutes
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Phillies Dream Team
Winning Teacher: Kelly Albany
School: Riverside Elementary - Princeton, NJ
Duration: 45-60 minutes
Subjects: Mathematics, Technology
Grade Level: 4th-6th Grades
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Baseball Weather
Winning Teacher: Joanna Friedland
School Name: Melvin H Kreps Middle School - East Windsor, NJ
Grade Taught: 6th Grade
Subject: Earth Science
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Phillie Phanatic Comes to Visit
Winning Teacher: Rachel Rubel
School: Ithan Elementary School - Bryn Mawr, PA
Grade Level: 1st Grade
Duration: 2 days
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Home Run Line Graphs/Score Problem Solving
Winning Teacher: Joy Patterson
School: Kingston School - Cherry Hill, NJ
Grade Level: 3rd/4th Grades
Subject: Mathematics/Baseball
Duration: 20 minutes a day from April to June
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