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Speedball
Students work as a team in a game of Speedball. They are taught to value the benefits of physical activity as they investigate a new sport. Students successfully participate in a game of Speedball after participating in a drill that...
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Ghostbusters (tossing & catching scarves)
Learners play a game with scarves to practice throwing and catching. They each have a scarf, sit in a circle, and sing a ghost-related song, playing various scarf tricks at the same time.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Students select appropriate tools and technology to perform tests, collect data, and display data. They construct appropriate graphs from data and develop qualitative statements about the relationships between variables.
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POLLINATION DEMONSTRATION
Third graders study the terms pollen and pollination. They use appropriate vocabulary in describing their investigations, explorations, and observations (e.g., stem, pistil, stamen, flower). They describe, using their observations,...
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Child Abuse
Learners discuss child abuse, broadly define and identify various types of child abuse, identify signs of child abuse, and list and discuss local area resources available for victim assistance.
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Bat Ecology
Students, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through their...
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Worksheet 14: Vocabulary Review, Page 1
This basic vocabulary activity could be used in upper elementary and ESL classes. After reading short sentences, learners identify the meaning of a word in 10 questions.
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Creative Dancing
Students dance a Cossack dance. In this dance lesson plan, students learn to keep the beat and follow a movement sequence to dance a Cossack Dance.
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States and Capitals Activity
Students explore states and capitals. In this U.S. geography instructional activity, students practice locomotor skills playing Freeze Tag. Students generate the matching capital when given a specific state name in order to continue the...
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Tae-Bo
Seventh graders explore physical fitness by performing Tae Bo. In this physical education lesson, 7th graders practice using mixed martial arts techniques by completing a Tae Bo fitness exercise in class. Students reflect on their...
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"Performance Qualities" Dance Lesson Plan
Eighth graders move across a space practicing a dance as they work on focus and energy.
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Bean Bag Agility
Students practice their agility and dexterity with bean bag challenges.
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Creating Craters
In this making craters worksheet, students make craters using paper, sand, golf balls and other materials. Students follow 4 sets of directions and answer 3 short answer questions.
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Passing, Trapping, & Heading Soccer Skills
Students, in groups, demonstrate good balance and coordination. They also demonstrate use of good spatial awareness.
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The Brain Reflex System And How It Works
Students explore reflexes. In this biology lesson plan, students discover the basic facts about the reflex systems of the brain as they take part in hands-on activities.
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Fire Safety Multiple Choice Definitions Worksheet
In this fire safety worksheet, students choose the correct definition for the fire safety word. Students complete 15 multiple choice questions.
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Athletics Lesson 1
Students practice various distance and sprinting activities. In this physical education instructional activity, students complete a warm-up of stretching exercises and explore different ways of jumping. Students walk a trail briskly and...
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Phonics worksheet
In this literacy worksheet, students use the blends along with the pictures in order to practice the sounds of letter combinations.
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Tree Friends
Students are introduced to tree structure and use. They identify their special tree using all senses except sight. Students identify six different internal parts within a cross section of tree trunk (bark, phloem, xylem, cambium,...
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4 Steps to Road Safety
Students identify the "4 Steps for Kids" and how they can stay safer. In this important rules lesson, students take measurements and refer to a chart to identify their Safety Seat Number. Students also discuss safety rules their...
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The Charlie Brown Dance
Students attempt to be creative while practicing the movement concepts of Effort - fast/slow, Space Awareness - Levels and Self space, and Relationships - moving in unison.
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Alphabet Madness
Starting with letter "A", call out each letter of the alphabet, and a corresponding word or phrase that begins with that letter. The teacher can expound on the word/phrase to create an image and to promote movement.
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Body Vocabulary in Arabic
Students study the Arabic names for certain body parts and demonstrate their knowledge through pair work and a song.
