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Interactive Heart Rate Worksheet
Pupils perform various cardiovascular activities, then complete a worksheet that records their target heart rate.
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Food Pesticides and Their Risks to Children
Students examine an industrial disaster in India which affected the food for generations to come. In groups, they research the history of pesticides and place them into groups based on the type of pests they control. They partcipate in...
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Number Crunching
Young scholars are shown 3-5 different types of crunches as well as the correct Fitnessgram curl-ups. They do sets of different types of crunches and count the total number by using multiplication skills. Studnets do multiple sets and...
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Learning Style Inventory
Students investigate their own personal learning style with the use of a personal inventory. They access the inventory by using the internet. Students write reflectively and discuss in class personal style of learning and how they prefer...
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Fire Safety Skills Tag
Students practice their fire safety skills of stop, drop and roll, as well as moving low (crawling) through a low organized tag game. They discuss fire safety practices and the importance of smoke detectors. Students experience...
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Social Skills: Anger Management, Recognizing Anger
Students recognize the emotion of anger. They complete a writing journal and record the feelings of anger as they occur. The teacher models anger, and presents new skills of dealing with anger as the lesson evolves.
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Anger Management
Students examine the issue of anger management in the workplace and how to use assertive statements. They read and discuss assertive responses on a handout, participate in a role-playing activity, and discuss assertive and unassertive...
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Music: Dancing a Jig
Students Watch a video to observe Celtic dancers prior to playing a game called, "Irish Jig Tag." When students are tagged with a Shamrock wand, they mimic an Irish jig. The game can be adapted to celebrate other nationalities or...
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It's All in the Translation
Students compare and contrast translations of Greek literature. In this dramatic literature lesson, students read and perform passages from four different translations of Euripides's Hecuba. Students discuss how the translations impacted...
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Visual History of the Civil War III
Eighth graders examine the Civil War. In this Civil War instructional activity, 8th graders analyze various images about the Civil War. Students write an essay in relation to the images of the Civil War.
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Butterfly Life Cycle
Students read books about animals and describe their structures, how they grow and change, and their life cycles. In this animals lesson plan, students also make animals out of pasta.
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Dribbling for Nutrition
Students practice reading food labels and determining the correct number of grams of fat and carbohydrates in a single serving. They work on improving dribbling skills during the task.
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Fun Bones
Pupils learn different bones of the body while using various body awareness concepts.
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Block Breakers
Students throw bean bags at stacks of blocks. They record the results and write the corresponding mathematical equations.
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The Teaching of Biology and Difference
Seventh graders pretend they were Anton looking through the microscope for the first time. They describe the way he felt when he observed tiny moving objects in the sample of pond water. They look at their own samples of pond water,...
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Earth Day-Conservation Walk/Ride
Students explore the relationship between conservation of our resources and the use of other modes of transportation (walking, biking and roller blading). They show respect for their environment by picking up garbage in the area. They...
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Anger Management
High schoolers identify at least three feelings or emotions. They identify the difference between negative ("bad") emotions and negative behavior. Students make a list of as many emotions as possible. They identify different situations...
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Brainiac Tag
Learners participate in a special game of tag while reinforcing the math skills they have learned.
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Rock'n Robin
Students wall line dance given specific steps given to them by the teacher.
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Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats
Students describe the properties of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. For this health science lesson, students identify food sources where these nutrients can be found. They explain how they affect our body.
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Cool Line
Students learn foot and arm patterns, then sequence those patterns into a line dance.
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Plus One Volleyball
High schoolers move towards the ball while maintaining a body position that permits them to pass the ball to their team mates.
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Roll or Attendance
Young scholars stand for roll call in designated spots painted by the teacher. They stand on the alphabet, numbers, periodic table, and keyboard.
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Feeding Frenzy
Learners are divided into two teams in which its members are to gather as many objects in the pool as possible gaining points for different objects.