In this health worksheet, students learn the importance of healthy eating and fitness to do well in school. Students read the information and answer 6 essay questions about healthy foods and sports they enjoy.

Students create an exercise and nutrition program. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students use calculations of exercises plus their corresponding effects on the body and nutritional values of food to derive a health plan. Students...

Students evaluate human health by completing an interactive activity on the Internet. In this food choice lesson, students identify a list of foods which can make you unhealthy and sick compared to a list of nutritional ingredients....

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”—Leo Tolstoy. Black Tiger Academy’s martial arts lesson six of 20 includes an activity that introduces the class to thinking about self-discipline. Not an...

“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping him up."—Jesse Jackson. Black Tiger Academy’s martial arts lesson eight of 20 has a teambuilding activity in which the class has to work together to solve a problem. After this...

Fourth graders chart and analyze data on a physical fitness chart pertaining to assessment, improvement and maintaining cardiovascular fitness. Each group develop an exercise program for cardiovascular fitness. This program be followed...

Students measure their physical abilities. In this lesson on staying active, students record their physical abilities and try to improve upon their own results.

Students participate in a daily school-wide fitness program which takes place every morning following morning announcements. They complete a warm-up, a cardiovascular workout, a strength and endurance workout and finally, a cool down.

Students work cooperatively as a team and accurately throw a Frisbee. In addition, students explore fitness components and different systems of the human body.

Students participate in a number of different lessons with the intention of improving skills to play handball. Each lesson focuses on a certain skill like strokes and serves. The skills have a progression of difficulty until the student...

Students use fitness skills to solve basic math problems.

Students explore space awareness and safe movement. In this movement/physical education lesson, students listen to the book Horton Hatches a Who. Students pretend to be Horton and rotate from hula hoop to hula hoop performing various...

Students play a game for fitness, skills and exercise. They practice chasing and fleeing, dodging skills, running and freezing in place to the score of The Chronicles of Narnia.

Learners describe a piece of strength conditioning equipment, what muscle (or muscles) are isolated, and how strengthening this muscle improve skill performance in the unit they are presently taking.

Students investigate how humans impact the environment and compile an organism database into an e-book field guide. They name muscle groups and develop specific exercises to strengthen these groups. Students utilize technology for data...

Students participate in a dance routine set to the song The Twelve Days of Christmas. They monitor their heart rate and learn a new song.

Eighth graders study soccer. In this lesson on a sport, 8th graders practice dribbling and passing skills associated with soccer.

Students 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.

Students explore mathematical operations while studying nutrition. In this physical fitness activity, students explore calories, pulse rate, and the circulatory system. Students use mathematical data to create a healthy physical fitness...

Students and parents engage in fitness activities which will be located at various fitness stations. Some stations are self-monitored (i.e. rope jumping, walk/run obstacle course) while others are taught by the physical education...

Students exercise on a regular basis outside of the school setting. They discover the FIT principle (Frequency, Intensity,and Time) and build on to the number of days as well as the amount of time they exercise. They exercise at least...

Students complete a series of exercises and run laps. They estimate what their heart rate be at the end of the session and then check their estimates.

Young scholars draw a colored feather out of a turkey made from a bag and colorful paper feathers. Each color feather corresponds to a different exercise that students must perform.

Young scholars discover their body weight and composition. In this health lesson, students use a body mass indicator to identify their percentage of body fat. Young scholars develop an exercise plan and record progress throughout a month.