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Sack Relay Race
Students race each other while their legs are bound in a giant sack. In this physical education lesson plan, students step into giant sacks and hop back and forth in a relay race, tagging the next member until they are finished.
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Food Pyramid
Students identify good nutrition. In this food pyramid lesson, students learn the basics of good nutrition, identify the six basic food groups, state the effects of the food on the human body, and learn nutritional information while...
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Three Legged Relay
Students participate in a three legged relay. In this physical education lesson, students use teamwork to win a three legged relay race.
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The Blob- Tag Game
Students participate in a tag game called "The Blob." In this physical education lesson, students select a peer to be "it" and tag someone. When a person it tagged, he joins the person who is "it" by holding hands. The students...
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Team Handball Lesson Plan 3
Students explore the sport of handball. In this physical education lesson, students review the overhead pass and waist pass. Students also practice the bounce pass and dribbling.
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The Community of Fun
Students participate in a parachute activity. For this physical education lesson, students use teamwork to lift a parachute and keep soft balls on top of it. Students demonstrate how working together can accomplish a goal.
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Who's Here Today?
Students sing a song while clapping their hands and listening for the first letter of their name. In this attendance activity, students participate in locomotor activities such as turning around and squatting down. Students jump up and...
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Fire Chief
Students practice locomotor movements while pretending to be "firemen" at "fire stations". In this movement instructional activity, students stand in hoola hoops representing their fire station. They practice 8 different locomotor...
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Walk your Dog
Students strike a ball with a long handled implement. In this dribbling lesson, students practice knee bends while they hold a long handed implement to dribble a ball. Students practice this activity with various size balls. Activity...
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Tick Tock Goes the Clock
Pupils become familiar with cues for the one-handed underhand throw/roll. In this throwing lesson, students practice getting items into the target area as they follow commands to help them correctly underhand throw. Teacher awards sticks...
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Sports
In this sports activity, students search for the vocabulary terms and the answers are found by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
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Athens and Sparta Comparison
In this World History learning exercise, students compare and contrast the Athens to the Spartans. They define their physical, intellectual, and military characteristics, as well as the form of government established. Finally, students...
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Shrek Tag
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the game of freeze tag that is adapted using the movie characters from "Shrek". Each one takes on the role of one of the characters with a role to play when tagged by the taggers.
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Bean Bag Tag
Students participate in a physical activity similar to rugby. For this physical education lesson, teams of students sit opposite of each other and race to retrieve a bean bag placed between the teams. Upon retrieving the bean bag, the...
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Time Bomb
Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the concept of playing a game of tag with four players throwing balls at kids in the center. Those who are hit with the ball are out of the game until there are four kids...
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The River/Fish Game
Students practice throwing and catching skills in a pair while competing for all the fish that are caught while successfully demonstrating these skills. The game is made harder by increasing the distance of the throwing and catching.
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Wipeout (Dancing Legs) Tag
Students participate in physical education activities such as dancing or completing stationary swimming movements. They perform various actions to specified instruments such as guitars and drums. Students attempt to stay away from...
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Family and Physical Education Nights
Students, in grade levels, perform a program of events that they have participated in throughout the year. Each grade level has their own night and extra nights are arranged for family nights. They then are asked to teach their parents...
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Basketball Dribbling Activities
Young scholars develop the skills of dribbling a basketball while practicing various types of drills. The teacher helps the them to complete various drills through modeling and supervises successful completion and demonstration of skills.
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Get Ready/Burns' Warm Up
Students in P.E. class organize into squads. Displayed on a computer screen are a given set of warm-up exercises. Each squad runs up, reads the directions, completes the warm-up and then runs back up to read another set of directions,...
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On The Sidelines Non Participation In PE Worksheet
Students complete a worksheet if they are unable to participate in gym activities. Individually, they are given an assessment sheet and a writing utensil to complete the assignment. To end the lesson, they review their answers with an...
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Elective P.E.
Students choose a group to work with and sign up. They then choose which physical education activities, and the length of time in each activity to increase the level of responsibility, participation and ownership in the middle school...
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Olympic Field Day
Young scholars participate in a "mock" Olympics. They participate in field day type events, and have ceremonies/traditions as if they were in the Olympic games. Such traditions are: torch lighting, flags, songs, the Olympic Oath, and...
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Pedometer Challenge Day
Students participate in a pedometer challenge as part of their ongoing physical education program. They use the pedometers to measure the number of steps they take over a given amount of time. They are encouraged to set improvement goals.