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"A Lesson Before Dying" by Ernest J. Gaines

For Teachers 8th - 12th
An exploration of the book "A Lesson Before Dying" can lead students to discussions about the role of men in society.
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Fitness Trail

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students design a fitness trail which incorporates warm-up, aerobic, and cool-down phases. Each student develops their own plan and monitors their own progress through the use of an exercise log.
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Fit For Life Presentations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the internet to compare and contrast the diet, nutrition and fitness of a major language group and the United States. As a class, they are introduced to the vocabulary in the language related to health and fitness and share...
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Fitness Concepts, Principles, and Benefitws

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design an informative tri-fold fitness pamphlet for a fictitious fitness center that contains a persuasive paragraph encouraging fitness, that is attractive and has the five fitness components.
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Best Practices

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are encouraged to do their best on the mile run portion of the fitness test. They also gain knowledge about fitness in other academic areas of the school too. In science, the class records resting pulse rates, in math, charts...
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Creating Fitness Goals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a fitness goal to include one of the following: muscle building, cardiovascular development or healthful diet. They utilize a daily calendar to record progress. They utilize the Internet to research proper ways to reach...
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Teaching Handball

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students participate in a number of different lessons with the intention of improving skills to play handball. Each lesson plan focuses on a certain skill like strokes and serves. The skills have a progression of difficulty until the...
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Gymnastics Lesson

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the importance of having a healthy body by performing gymnastics.  In this physical education activity, students utilize their flexibility and body strength to perform intense physical gymnastic maneuvers with...
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Exercise and Muscles

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify and label the primary and secondary muscles used to perform an exercise. Students perform an exercise on a weight machine to figure out which muscles are being used. Students illustrate the muscles used by...
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Halloween Carnival

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners, in order to participate in the carnival, dress out and participate in a Fitness Activity for the day, e.g., 2 minute jog, warm-up by stretching, etc.
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Pedestrian Safety

For Teachers K - 4th
Students review the concepts of pedestrian safety. Individually, they draw a picture of themselves doing an activity they enjoy noting the rules of safety. After sharing their picture, they discuss the benefits of being safe during...
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Diet and Exercise Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore their physical abilities by participating in team sports.  In this physical education lesson, students collaborate in groups in one of several team sports before moving on to the next station.  Students discuss...
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Four Wall Handball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the sport of handball. After reviewing the rules of handball, they explore how to hit the ball without hurting their hands. Students discuss arm strokes and proper foot alignment and sidearm positions. Using proper...
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Women and Sports

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students brainstorm famous female athletes and the sports they are related to using Inspiration software. After brainstorming, they either interview three females of different age categories to determine their view of a female athlete...
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Two-factor ANOVA

For Students 11th - 12th
In this statistics and probability worksheet, learners analyze the variance (ANOVA) to determine if two or more samples have the same "mean" or average. The one page worksheet contains three problems. Answers are provided.
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Comparing Microscopic Organisms in Fresh and Polluted Water: An Invitation To Inquiry

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners have the opportunity to develop and formulate ideas and explanations through the scientific standard of inquiry. They identify organisms by using an identification key for specific aquatic geographical area.
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The Lure and Lore of Weight Lifting

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils examine the importance of physical activity and positive reasons for weight training. They analyze and discuss a famous ad, read and summarize an article, and identify the benefits of resistance training.
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Breathing Easier

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore asthma, and then write proposals outlining how teachers, coaches, administrators and school support staff can be better prepared to treat students with asthma.
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Breakfast of Champions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders classify foods using the food pyramid and write about the foods they eat. They distinguish between healthy and junk food and make healthy choices for their meals. They listen to the story "No Peas for Nellie" and discuss...
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The Functions of the Heart

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore the function of the human heart. In this heart anatomy lesson, students participate in activities offered at an Internet website to discover the characteristics and jobs of the parts of the human heart.
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If You Give A Cat A Cupcake

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students participate in literacy based activities based on the book If You Give A Cat A Cupcake. In this literacy lesson plan, students will read the given book, and do activities based on the book. The activities include having a...
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Data Handling

For Students 8th - 11th
In this data handling worksheet, students explore multiple ways to represent data.  They create stem and leaf plots, histograms, and bar charts.  Students examine and interpret diagrams and statistics.  This eleven-page...
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Who Wants To Be A Fitnessaire? Closer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners enjoy a review game to measure their knowledge about physical activity and the various components of fitness.
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Floor Hockey

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice key aspects of floor hockey: passing, playing cooperatively, moving the ball or puck with both sides of the stick and shooting. They practice drills and play a game without a goalie.

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