Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Crab Soccer and the Navigator

For Teachers 4th - 10th
A typical physical education crab soccer game just for the fun of it. Included are several ideas for accomodations and modifications.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Careers and Self-Portraits

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore careers they may have in their future. They create a paper collage self-portrait of themselves as adults dressed for work. They write an autobiography describing the education and training required for their chosen career.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Orienteering - Lesson 6 - Compasses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Travel using a compass. Get your bearings! What does that mean? Choose a starting point, set your bearings, move to a location, and then use your bearings to return to the original starting point. It is of utmost importance to understand...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Your Style?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete a learning style assessment and evaluate the information gained to determine accuracy in terms of what they know about themselves as learners. They then identify and implement strategies related to their preferred...
Unit Plan
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Looking North Of The Greek World: The Slavic Folk Poetry of The Balkans

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Showing how folk poetry keeps alive national heritage is the stated goal of this proposal for a unit on the poetry of the Balkans.
Lesson Plan
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Keyboarding Lesson - Period

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Pupils engage in a basic lesson in elementary computer keyboarding and using the period key. The drills can be done together as a class, following your oral instructions, or individually. Accuracy, not speed, is the main goal for beginners.
Lesson Plan
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Nontraditional Job Opportunities

For Teachers 6th - 12th
As your learners prepare to enter the workforce, address some common stereotypes that may be limiting their professional goals. The class brainstorms gender-stereotyped careers, exploring where those ideas originate. They complete a job...
Printables
Didax

Multiplication Facts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learning their multiplication facts is a big step in the education of young mathematicians. Help achieve this goal with the support of this collection of instructional materials.
Lesson Plan
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Career Planning and Research

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What do you want to do when you finish school? Most high schoolers have an idea of what they'd want to do, but little idea of how to achieve this goal. After researching a career of their choosing, learners identify qualifications,...
Worksheet
DePaul University

The Football Team

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Playing team sports is about more than just scoring the most goals or winning the most games. Read this passage with your class and learn how athletes build character as members of a team. When finished, individuals identify the main...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Japanese Culture--Comparing the Japanese Educational System to the American

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study the Japanese educational system and compare and contrast it to the American system. They discuss a typical school day in America and what they believe a typical day is for a Japanese student. Next they write an editorial...
Lesson Plan
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Shoot and Score

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice accurately kicking a ball. In this gross motor skills lesson, students practice kicking a ball through the legs of a classmate, who is the "goal".
Lesson Plan
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Hockey Bowl

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice shooting and dribbling a hockey puck/ball. They practice on their skills and are introduced to the proper procedures for striking a hockey puck and dribbling/stick handling, as well as goalie skills/proper procedures...
Lesson Plan
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Pedometer Challenge Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in a pedometer challenge as part of their ongoing physical education program. They use the pedometers to measure the number of steps they take over a given amount of time. They are encouraged to set improvement goals.
Lesson Plan
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Crosby Rush

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students develop their striking skills by trying to score a hockey goal. In this striking skills lesson, students use hockey sticks and small balls to practice scoring a goal.
Lesson Plan
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Socketball

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students build dribbling and passing skills. In this passing skills lesson, students use basketballs and soccerballs to participate in a team sport in order to score points. Each team must try to pass the ball correctly into the goal or...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ping Pong Soccer

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders demonstrate basic soccer concepts using hand-eye coordination and a paddle and a ping pong ball. In small groups, they play a traditional game of soccer, but with each student using a ping-pong paddle with the object...
Lesson Plan
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Self Care Goals For Health

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners analyze potentially stressful situations to determine the degree of control an individual has over my own behaviors. They develop a behavior change plan that includes rehearsal as a means to promote frequency of replacement of...
Lesson Plan
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The Community of Fun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a parachute activity. In this physical education lesson plan, students use teamwork to lift a parachute and keep soft balls on top of it. Students demonstrate how working together can accomplish a goal.
Lesson Plan
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Wanted Dead or Alive: The Entrepreneur of the Year

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate entrepreneurship as it relates to careers. In this career planning lesson, students create goals leading up to their career of choice. They identify the characteristics necessary ti be successful in the business world.
Lesson Plan
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Capture the Running Flag

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students 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 to...
Lesson Plan
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Are All Children at the Same Starting Gate?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the education experience around the world. In this global studies lesson plan, students research education standards and practices in developing and developed nations. Students share their research findings in a class...
Lesson Plan
Missouri Department of Elementary

Fatal Accident

For Teachers 11th
While there may not be any ghostbusters in the neighborhood, there are plenty of emergency response agencies ready to give support if something is amiss. To that end, instructors invite a member of an emergency response agency to address...
Lesson Plan
Missouri Department of Elementary

Putting on Armor

For Teachers 7th
Middle schoolers learn how to protect themselves from risky behaviors with a lesson that has them role play several scenarios and demonstrate ways that they might do to stay safe. Class members then use what they have learned to build a...