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Controlled Water Fountain Procedures
Students get drinks during physical education in a controlled manner when the water fountain is not in the gymnasium. Then they identify and practice that they do not have to interrupt class to ask for permission. Students also identify...
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Volleying (Setting)
Students demonstrate basic volleying skills. They perform the forward backward stride and discuss its benefits. Students portray flexed knees and elbows, as well as positioning of hands in preparation of a set pass. They communicate the...
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Friendship Dance
Students explore dancing to a Friendship or Round dance songs. They perform basic dancing steps such as the stomp and hit. Students demonstrate rhythm, hand motion and proper foot placement. They listen to the music and perform a dance...
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Slings
Students take three shots at the designated target using a slingshot. They strive to keep all of the shots close to the target or to improve with each shot; by getting closer each time.
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Skipping- Introductory Lesson
Students particpate in an introductory lesson to skipping. They move in and out of spaces, whenever they come to a line on the floor they must jump over it. They repeat the actions just practiced, but they use a jump rope and jump over...
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Climate And the Greenhouse Effect
Students demonstrate the greenhouse effect. They recognize that relatively small changes to our environment can stimulate significant climate changes. They determine that the "scientific method" is a process of testing hypotheses and...
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No Place Like Home?
Young scholars investigate the impact of the physical environment on an endangered species. They create a plan for the ideal care of the species and develop an advertisement to promote awareness about the need for its protection.
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Something Fishy?
Students try to draw and identify a jellyfish from a physical description. After reading an article, they discover new information about cnidarians. In groups, they research and develop dioramas about a specific cnidarian species. They...
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Archimedes' Principle
Students examine the relationship between density and buoyancy. In this physics lesson students use Archimedes' Principle to complete calculations on buoyancy and a lab activity.
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Things Are Heating Up!
Third graders study how heat is produced from mechanical and electrical machines and human activities.
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Ridgerunner
Students jog for three minutes at the beginning of the class, increasing one minute per week for ten weeks. They count each lap as one mile on the Appalachian Trail, computing the class average and plotting their progress on a class map.
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Zoo Parade Days
Students practice proper throwing and catching activities, different locomotor activities and cooperative activities.
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Everybody It
Students are in scattered formation within the playing area. The activity begins with all of students being "it". They move about the general space tagging various classmates while avoiding being tagged.
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Freeze
Middle schoolers practice recognizing and getting into proper position when playing defense.
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Humon Knot
Students must hold out their right hand and grab the right hand of the person across from them??Cas if shaking hands. Then, each person should hold hands (left) with one of the people standing next to him or her.
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Buckets
Students practice their collecting and gathering skills while practicing recognizing colors and learning body contol.
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Bowl-a-rama
Students practice rolling a ball to a target and learn various bowling terms and rules.
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Bear, Bee, and Bunny
Students enter the gym. Teacher hands out the 3 animals to 3 different students. They with the animals are the taggers. One at a time, each tagger calls out a different locomotor movement to travel in (preferably running is NOT a choice).
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Heart Rate Monitor 1K
Learners practice moving at an appropriate pace to maintain a target heart rate.
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Excuse Me
Students participate in a game where one student is "the tagger." The tagger holds an object in their hand to signify they are the tagger. They attempt to move through the playing area attempting to tag other players with their beanbag.
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See Me, Be Me
Students play follow-the-leader to music. When the music stops, the teacher is in a frozen shape. Then on cue, students follow the teacher in an activity.
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Tape Toes & Rubberband Hands
Students learn the proper form for throwing. Correct hand placement is demonstrated as imaginary and then real objects are thrown at a target. Tape is placed on one shoe and referred to as the tape toe to get the student in position for...
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basketball golf
Eighth graders practice shooting basketballs at a hoop and keep track of their own score.