Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fitness Dance

For Teachers K - 3rd
Get those youngsters moving! The activities put together to music are every day warm-up exercises. Jogging in place, jumping jacks, arm circles, and toe touches are a few of the movements presented to get children moving. Teach them the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Riverboat

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Get a boat across the river! Work on problem-solving with tumbling mats to represent the boat, and try to get a crew across the grass without any of the members touching the ground. This will take team work, cooperation, and...
Lesson Plan
Mr Gym

Spider Web

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Create a spider web between two poles and have your class get from one side of the web to the other without touching the web. There are four different suggested levels of play. The rules of each level guide how the players need to get...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Working with Willows

For Teachers 5th - 8th
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.
Activity1:30
Phys Ed Games

The Reaction Game

For Students K - 6th
Put learners into equal groups with a cone in the middle of each group. Start by calling out a command, whether its touching the nose or toes, balancing on one foot, jump around, doing arm circles, etc. Then, when the students...
Activity1:04
PhysEdGames

Mystery Tag

For Students 2nd - 8th
When the chosen person yells "Face the wall!" everyone on the opposite end faces the wall while the tagger counts down from five and hides behind an exercise mat. When the tagger gets to zero, everyone runs across the gym to the other...
Activity0:51
PhysEdGames

Strikeball

For Students K - 8th
Groups form a circle with each person's feet spread shoulder width apart and touching the person's next to them. Drop a ball in the middle of the circle. The object of the game is for players to keep the ball...
Activity0:59
PhysEdGames

Keeper of the Castle

For Students 2nd - 8th
Set up four Hula Hoops in each corner of the gym that will be used as a base for each team. Use the center circle of the gym as the "castle" with a bunch of "treasure" in it. The treasure consists of a variety of pieces of...
Activity1:20
PhysEdGames

Team Ball Tag

For Students 3rd - 8th
Divvy the class into equal teams and give each team a set of the same colored pinnies. Have players spread out around the gym and give each player a ball. The object of the game is to tag another team player with the ball. When a player...
Activity0:41
PhysEdGames

Dead Ant Tag

For Students K - 5th
Tag, you're a dead ant! Players run around the playing area and runs from the taggers. If a player gets tagged, then they must lay on the ground with their arms and legs in the air. To get back into the game, four people must touch the...
Activity1:09
PhysEdGames

Santa Tag

For Students K - 4th
Choose a class member to be the Santa. Everyone else is a reindeer and spreads out around the gym. Santa's objective for the game is to tag the others so he can round up his reindeer. When a reindeer is tagged, they must step out of the...
Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Nutritional Challenges

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Eating healthy can be a challenge, especially for people with special dietary needs. After learning about standard nutritional needs for adults, learners take on the role of a dietician and work together to create a menu for one of the...
Unit Plan
Curated OER

Yoga Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Get in touch with your chakra with a thorough set of lessons on teaching yoga. Complete with tips, adjustments, examples, and procedures, each lesson encourages learners to trust their bodies and build both emotional and physical strength.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Challenge Game - Grand Canyon II

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Grand Canyon II is an advanced level game for a Ropes Course. It challenges a group of learners to swing on a rope from Cliff One to Cliff Two, without touching the ground. There are penalties for touching the ground. This...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Soccer - Lesson 8 - Partner Passing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
It's always a good idea in soccer to be able to pass the ball to a teammate. It takes practice to be able to make good passes, the right speed, the right touch, the right place. Teachers can connect to the other lessons in this unit...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Run To Win

For Teachers K
In teams, students use their energy to explore Math. They that are not running are to be counting how many times the runner touches the cones.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wild Wonderful Walk

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the outdoors. In this poetry lesson, students spend time outdoors and write a poem about what they felt and saw. Students can do this activity in pairs or alone. Students blindfold their partner to focus on sounds and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Disco Dances

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students do the basic steps required in the dance: grapevine (three steps and a touch - side, back, side, touch); and the "funky chicken" (placing your hands under your arms and flapping them (4 Counts) at the same time you click your...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introductory Learn to Swim

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students perform introductory swimming techniques. They review water safety rules. Students blow bubbles and put their head into the water. They touch designated body parts while standing in the water and finally touch the bottom of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pirates of the Carribean

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners (pirates) sit on a scooter (pirate ship). Two students are called 'Crackens' sit on their own ships. Crackens use a swim noodle (tentacle) to gently tag the pirates. Learners began the game with the ROAR of the Cracken and they...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Capture the Running Flag

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars become are flag holders. Each one has a flag tucked into back pocket or waist band with flag exposed down to at least the knee. Once the flag is in pocket they can no longer touch flag. The goal for the non-flag holders is...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Switch and Rotate

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a game whose object is to stay so close to a partner that when the teacher says "Stop," the players freeze. The follower should touch the leader.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cranium Cool Down

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students cool down from physical activity and practice an activity to reinforce the locations of our bones. At the end of PE class students stand or sit in small group and sing and touch bones to the song "Macarena". The teacher can...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Soccer #1

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Students demonstrate physical skills. They perform a pylon weave, wall pass, and dribbling. Students participate in touch touch passing and mini-games. Students explain the importance of warming-up before participating in physical...

Other popular searches