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Gymnastics Lesson
Students investigate the importance of having a healthy body by performing gymnastics. In this physical education instructional activity, students utilize their flexibility and body strength to perform intense physical gymnastic...
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Volleyball Work It Out
Students practice volleyball skill-related activities while working on cardiovascular and muscular endurance.
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Cooperative Handball
Pupils play a ball game while divided into two teams. They show teamwork in scoring points and defending their goal
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Geography General Space
Learners use jump ropes to form the state or country of the teacher's choice. When they finish, all students stand around the capital of the state
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Scooterville
Students practice safe driving on a scooter, following the "rules of the road", to develop fitness.
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A Matter of Proportion
Middle schoolers measure the relative heights of the mosaic giraffe and its trainer and compare their proportions to an actual giraffe and zoo trainer.
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Measuring and Comparing Mass With a Balance
Fifth graders observe and demonstrate measuring and comparing mass using a balance. They discuss the definition of mass and the units of measurement used, observe how a balance is used, and with a partner balance the baskets of the...
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Locomotor Treasure Hunt
Students practice in refining their locomotor skills and developing their understanding of pathways and basic map reading skills.
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Indoor Snowball Game
Students to practice overhand throwing in a game situation. They use balls of yarn to practice their throwing skills.
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Dribbling Maze
Learners practice and improve their dribbling skills in a game-like situation, by dribbling through a maze.
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Creative Body Movement
At the end of this lesson, students will perform a brief dance movement and will demonstrate the use of the three postures correctly, safely, and creatively. Students observe group dances and are asked to recall interesting shapes and...
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Creative Body Movement
Learners perform a brief dance movement and demonstrate the use of the three postures correctly, safely, and creatively.
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Indoor Snowball Game
Students demonstrate the skill of throwing a ball overhand in a game situation. They throw and catch yarn balls across a volleyball net, retrieving the balls that are not caught and throwing them back.
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Sorting and Classifying with Tree Products
Fourth graders sort and classify wood. In this sorting tree products lesson, 4th graders sort and classify tree parts and pieces of wood, both natural and manufactured according to their properties.
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Locomotor Letters (Numbers or Shapes)
Students practice a variety of locomotor skills and integrate the writing of numbers, letters and shape drawing. Done with music.
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Castle Ball
Students practice working together as a team while playing both offense and defense.
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Birdie's Nest
Students develop and refine their ability to strike a shuttlecock with a badminton racquet using an underhand serving motion.
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Locomotor Hello's
Students play a musical movement game in order to explore self space and general space using a variety of locomotor movements.
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Locomotor License
Young scholars participate in a simulation to practice motor skills and moving safely in the space they share with others.
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Polydot Locomotor Tag
Pupils play a tag type game using locomotor skills as they move across the gym. They hop on one or two feet when they are tagged while waiting to be freed.
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Succession in the Classroom
Students investigate their environment by growing plants in class. In this botany lesson, students discuss the lifespan of plants and animals and how they must be cared for continuously over time. Students grow a plant in...
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Mini-labs on Newton's Laws
Students are divided into 6 groups with each group rotating to a different lab. The labs can be run over the course of a few days; or spread out for a longer period of time.
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Understanding and Writing Fables
Third graders review with the teacher the characteristics for a fable and what it is. They read one paragraph each from the story, "The Fox and the Stork" aloud. They then answer comprehension questions aloud. Next, they listen to four...