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basketball golf
Eighth graders practice shooting basketballs at a hoop and keep track of their own score.
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Push and Pull Factors: Tug O' War
Students define the concepts and create a list of push and pull factors after reading a narrative about migration. Each distinct factor be written up on index cards labeled "Push" or "Pull." students engage in a tug of war to simulate...
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Bouncing Balloon Volley
Students practice volleyball skills using a balloon to volley with a two-handed underhand pattern while keeping the balloon in their self-space.
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Working with Willows
Students explore their sense of touch and discover why the sense of touch is important to us and to how we observe and identify our world.
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Undokai - Japanese Games
Students are introduced to several traditional Japanese sports and games. Students organize an 'Undokai' - a sports day in which they compete in teams.
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Equipment Fun/Forming Groups
Students practice creative and safe play using P.E. equipment by themselves and with a partner.
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Team Leap Frog
Students participate in a team game to determine how many people on the other team they can tag and have squatting at the end of the time period.
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Paper or Plastic
Students practice throwing and catching skills with plastic grocery bags.
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Dribble Tag
Learners practice dribbling with their one hand while staying away from the designated taggers.
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Dry Water Skiing
Students explore how to get out of the starting position while in the water to prepare for water skiing.
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Service Anyone?
Students get numerous opportunities to practice an overhand serve in both the deuce and the ad courts.
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Push Up Routine
Students improve upper body strength (push-ups). This can be used as part of a strength warm-up or as a fitness station.
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Man-Defense in Basketball Part II
Pupils demonstrate man-defense concept in small group or regular sized game of basketball.
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Football Numbers
Students listen carefully and react quickly to the circumstances. While working on these skills, students practice physical skills like throwing, catching and defending.
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Muscle Movements
Students participate in a game to identify major muscle groups in the body and gain an understanding of muscle functions.
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The "Spare" Game
Students concentrate on "picking up" spares in bowling, not just throwing the ball down the alley.
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Sports Careers
Students research various sports careers, locate possible places of employment, and give an oral presentation of their findings.
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Fitness Race Track
Middle schoolers complete a series of exercises and run laps. They estimate what their heart rate be at the end of the session and then check their estimates.
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Bottle Cap Basketball
Learners play a simple game to practice the fundamentals of a bounce pass and aiming the basketball.
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Olympic Sprint Training
Students work with a partner and observe and analyze their partner's form while running. They make recommendations from a list of eight cues to help improve both running speed and technique.
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Lincoln Avenue Basketball
Students practice incorporating the various skills and strategies associated with basketball. This activity can also be used to introduce different offensive and defensive strategies.
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Freeze
Students practice recognizing and getting into proper position when playing basketball defense.
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Soccer Tennis
Pupils volley a soccer ball in a dynamic environment in teams of 3-6 players.