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Adapted Physical Education: Track and Field
Here you'll find a list of ideas and activity descriptions for hosting an adaptive physical education or special olympics event. It includes the setting, rules, and pointers for over 10 different track and field activities.
Special Olympics
Train at School
Here is a fantastic compilation of adaptive physical education lesson plans that cover the major concepts of physical fitness, including: aerobic endurance, balance, coordination, flexibility, power, speed and agility, and strength.Ā
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Teaching Adapted PE
Locomotor and Object Control Stations
Develop children'sĀ basic locomotor and object control skills with anĀ invigorating Adaptive PEĀ lesson. AĀ series of four, timed stations engaged the class in playing a game of Twister, walking on aĀ balance beam, throwing bean bags, and...
Kenmore Town of Tonawanda UFSD
Fitness Lesson Worksheet
The best way to really learn something is to teach it! Using this worksheet as their guide, your class members will each create a 20-minute fitness lesson to teach to their peers. Lesson plan template calls for identification of the...
Special Olympics
Review of Skills as Sports
Young athletes put together the athleticĀ skills they need toĀ play different sports in the eighth week of this physical education unit. First theyĀ work on basic skills like running, jumping, kicking, throwing, and catching. Next,Ā children...
Austin Independent School District
Forearm Pass/Setting
Here is a beautifully designed volleyball lesson plan on the forearm pass/bump and overhead pass/set. It includes aĀ detailed multimedia presentation and set of instructional guidelines, skill cues, and lists of strategies for...
Gustavus Adolphus University
Five Physical Fitness Components
Five learning stations for five physical fitness components: cardiovascular exercise, body composition, muscle endurance, muscular strength, and flexibility. As pupils progress through each station, they will complete assigned tasks,...
Special Olympics
Walking & Running
Here's a fun collection of activities for helping youngsters develop body awareness, walking and running skills, spatial awareness, fine motor skills, and adaptive physical education skills such asĀ following directions.
American Institute of Physics
Historical Detective: Edward Alexander Bouchet and the Washington-Du Bois Debate over African-American Education
Young scientists meet Edward Alexander Bouchet who, in 1876, was the first African American to receive a PhD in Physics. This two-part lesson first looks at the debate between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois about the type of...
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Black Tiger Academy Martial Arts Fitness Unit ā Lesson 5
āPeople will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Black Tiger Academyās martial arts instructional activity five of 20 has a great team building activity in which a...
British Counsil
Sport
From traditional sportsĀ like football and basketball to more unique or extreme sports like windsurfing, caving, or bungee jumping, your youngsters will surely get a thorough introduction to the world of sports with this lesson plan!
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Challenge Games - Lesson Plans
Challenge games and cooperative games are in abundance. This is the lesson plans home page Ā for a wide range of challenge games that promote teamwork, cooperation, trust and communication. There are many links included in this page that...
Scholastic
Extension Activity Building a Healthy Classroom Community
WorkoutĀ buddies aren't just for adults! Learners discuss the benefits of 60 minutes of physical activity each day and generate ideasĀ for how they can accomplish this by working toward a goal with friends.
Lunch Lab
Exercise
This is the perfect resource forĀ helping youngsters understand the importance of physical activity in their daily lives. The lesson and its worksheets focus on brainstorming a variety of fitness activities, such as games you can play...
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Dodgeball: The 4-Week Lesson Plan
There's more to this game than just dodging! Here you'll find loads of activities and practice exercises for teaching your young athletes a variety of overarm/underarm throws, catches, dodges, and tactics.
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Volleyball - Lesson 20 - Setting up the Attack
It's time to pull all those volleyball skills together in lesson 20! The focus of this lesson is running plays. The setter communicates with her team to set the ball to a certain player and in a specific way. That player will then spike...
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Volleyball - Lesson 19 - Serve Receive
Lesson 19 of 20 in this extensive volleyball unit is about bringing it all together. Pass, set, hit! A volleyball players mantra. So practice, practice, practice. Practice receiving the ball and making a pass to the setter, who then sets...
Champions for Change
How Many Minutes Should I Get?
Thirty minutes of physical activity a day maintains health and keeps chronic disease away! Your class will learn and discuss the number of minutes of physical activity needed every day to maintain good health, as well as the short- and...
Curated OER
Dance Sequences and Phrases
A series of lessons about dance would be a great addition to your physical education class. Straightforward as well as creative, it teaches the basic skills of dance movement. A rubric helps guide the dancers to let them know what steps...
Curated OER
Full Esteem Ahead
Does having higher self esteem encourage learners to take better care of themselves? It absolutely does! Does having high self esteem mean that one likes everything about themselves? No, but that they like most things and can work to...
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Soccer - Lesson 18 - 1st Round of the World Cup
Lesson 18 in this 20 lesson soccer unit is really just the 1st round of the World Cup class soccer tournament. This is not really a lesson, but is inserted into the unit as a place holder for the days activity. All the players are busy...
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Golf - Lesson 9 - Setting Goals, Strategy
Golf - lesson 9, which is the final lesson in the golf unit, helps the class set goals and have a strategy for game play. They learn to set realistic goals for themselves based on their self-identified strengths and weaknesses. After...
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Soccer - Lesson 6 - Job Duties
There's more to soccer than just playing the game. Here, the class is introduced to the duties of the: owner, manager, coach, captain, statistician, publicist, and referee. Each of these roles have specific duties in order for a team to...
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Soccer - Lesson 17 - Practice
Another lesson set up for teams to practice their skills and prepare for the World Cup tournament the class will have. There is a great warm-up for this lesson. It's called the Team Marathon, Activities and Sequence. It includes...