Activity
Colorado State University

How Do Long and Short EM Waves Interact with the Earth's Atmosphere?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Things are about to heat up in your classroom! A kinesthetic lesson asks learners to play the part of the gases in the earth's atmosphere and interact with the sun's radiation. The focus is to learn the impact of the increasing...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Vocabulary: Finding the Meaning of Words in Context in The Boy Who Loved Words

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Here is a lesson plan that invites learners to engage in a kinesthetic activity that allows them to physically move and manipulate words in order to think about ways to understand vocabulary in context. After that activity is complete,...
Unit Plan
Columbus City Schools

Geological Effects of Plate Tectonics

For Students 8th Standards
Don't get your classes all shook up about plate movement, instead use a thorough unit that guides learners to an understanding of plate tectonics. The lessons incorporate a study of the types of plate boundaries and their effects on the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Extending our Knowledge of Place Value

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students demonstrate their knowledge of place value through auditory, visual, and kinesthetic channels. In this place value lesson plan, kinesthetic learners work with a partner using both sets of hands to represent 2 digit numbers....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Digestive System, a Kinesthetic Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Learners actively act out an aspect of the digestive tract on two parallel strips of tape on the floor 3-4 feet apart and width of classroom which represent the digestive tract.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Move Your Body- Just Like Clifford!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners read the book Clifford's Sports Day. For this kinesthetic lesson, students mimic movements from the text and participate in a game of "Simon Says."
Worksheet
Curated OER

MEASURE ME

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this kinesthetic measurement learning exercise, students are asked to measure their height, head circumference, lower arm length, calf circumference, hand span and little finger length. They are to choose a unit of measurement for...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tens and Ones Fun

For Teachers K - 1st
Youngsters use their large motor skills to build numbers to 20 in this outdoor, kinesthetic, collaborative activity. Amass cardboard boxes for groups to stack, sort, and bundle into 10s and 1s to show numbers and place value. They'll...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Metric Magic

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Sixth and seventh graders construct a "metric machine" as a kinesthetic aide in converting from one unit to another in grams, liters, or meters. They complete a metric activity on the Internet and view about five minutes of a video on...
Worksheet
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Use Money

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Give this to your second and third grade class to practice counting coins. There are six word problems given. Consider giving each learner a few dollars in coins to help kinesthetic learners. Also consider reviewing the word fewer before...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shapes Activities and Lessons

For Teachers Pre-K - K
A fabulous lesson on identifying circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles awaits your students. They use large motor skills hopping from shape to shape, use visual and kinesthetic skills passing a ball of yarn between three people to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Polymers and Products from Petroleum

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Over four sessions, learners survey the production and use of polymers and petroleum products. First, they participate in a kinesthetic activity to demonstrate how polymers act, and review a list of common products made from...
PPT
Curated OER

Hot Chocolate Problems

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Kids love real word math becuase it connects to their everyday life and is really useful to learn. They are given the recipe for hot chocolate, using that recipe they must alter the quantities of each ingredient in order to accommodate a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Sharing Marbles Equally

For Students K - 3rd
Young elementary-schoolers are constantly reminded to share with others. Use this familiar concept in this equal distribution activity. Scholars choose either 10, 16, or 28 as the number of marbles they have to give out. Then, they...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduce Vocabulary: Animal Action ABC (Pandell)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Get your kinesthetic learners engaged in a vocabulary study using Karen Pandell's book, Animal Action ABC. They move around as you read, and raise their hands whenever they hear one of the words you are learning. Pre-teach the...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Understanding Themes in Esperanza Rising

For Teachers 5th Standards
Determining a theme or central idea is greatly emphasized in the Common Core standards. Target that skill though big metaphors and central symbols in Pam Muñoz Ryan's Esperanza Rising. Help your class reach the standard through...
Activity
Wild BC

Maple Trees and Marmots

For Teachers K - 3rd
Kinesthetic activities simulate animal activity as the seasons progress in a lesson that introduces climate change to primary pupils. The kids role-play maple trees collecting what they need to survive, but as each year comes...
Printables
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

Fraction Strips

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Reach out to your visual and kinesthetic learners with this set of printable fraction strips. Not only is this resource a great way to develop children's fractional number sense, it's bound to capture their engagement as well.
Activity
Colorado State University

What Causes Pressure?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Are you feeling the pressure? Let loose a little with a kinesthetic activity that models molecular motion in a closed space! The activity varies conditions such as volume and temperature and examines the effects on molecules.
Lab Resource
Colorado State University

Why Do Clouds Form in the Afternoon?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The stability of the atmosphere changes on a daily basis. A kinesthetic lesson models how the stability of the air changes as it's warmed by the sun. Learners connect their models to the changing air currents and movement of warm and...
Lesson Plan
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Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk, University of Texas at Austin

Lesson 7 - Letter Combinations

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Individually, letters have their own sounds, but when combined with other letters, those sounds completely change. Introduce letter combinations with a instructional activity that asks learners to search for combinations in familiar...
Lesson Plan
University of Exeter

Angles and Turns

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Junior geometers investigate the concepts of angles and turns using straws to perform a hands on activity. This is helpful for kinesthetic learners who have a hard time with mathematics. The lesson plan includes the dialogue to be used...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Letter Dd: Glue and Write

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Cut, paste, and write worksheets are great for employing motor skills, kinesthetic action, and core practice. Kids cut and paste five pictures on their page, that begin with the letter D. They practice writing an upper and lower case D...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Shelf Stacker 1-5

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What a fun way to practice counting for youngsters! Especially effective for kinesthetic and visual learners, this activity has scholars stacking "books" on a "bookshelf." Templates are provided for the bookshelves and books; consider...

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