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Gear up for National Bicycle Month!

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Celebrate Bike Month with a ride to school or anywhere your two wheels take you.
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BMI: Body Mass Indicator

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discover their body weight and composition. In this health lesson, students use a body mass indicator to identify their percentage of body fat. Students develop an exercise plan and record progress throughout a month.
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Working with Spreadsheets

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars integrate physical education and technology. They give their best during jogging time and keep tally of the number of laps they run during their jogging time each day. They record this on a tally sheet and enter a formula...
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Create Your Own Classroom Olympic Games

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create their own version of the Olympic Games. They compete in the games of their choice and keep score.
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Soccer Fever: Learning About the World Cup in Brazil

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What an incredible collection of ideas for teaching about the 2014 World Cup in Brazil! This resource is packed with news articles and instructional activities on a wide variety of topics, from the global popularity of soccer and the...
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Lower Grade Basketball Activities

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students demonstrate basic knowledge about how to use a basketball properly. The teaching of the lesson is done through modeling and students assessment is done with drilling and practice with the basketball activities.
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Special Education Fitness Challenge

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Make fitness a part of each and every day. Special Ed students are given charts with maps and record keeping information. They are given a 20-week period (late October to late March, when the weather is cool enough) to walk that...
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Gold Medal Attitudes Running Club

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The Gold Medal Attitudes Running Club was created to promote healthy living for your elementary school pupils. Use a pedometer and a computer program to keep track of progress. A few other suggestions are available, but it's really up to...
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Soccer Fever Gets Hot

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine rules of soccer, focusing on basic skills necessary to play, create imaginary team, match players with positions that best fit their skill levels and personalities, and practice new skills with classmates.
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Comparing Deciduous and Evergreen Trees

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate nature by identifying different plants and trees. For this environmental field trip, students participate in a British Columbia expedition in which they identify cedar, pine, hemlock and Douglas fir trees. Students...
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Migrating Math

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers practice estimating distance traveled while walking. Also can be used to introduce backpacking/hiking or as a daily warm-up. Measure the blacktop/cafeteria/playground, then determine how many times around make a mile.
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Own Goals

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students  explore steps to control football violence. For this current events lesson, students listen to a lecture about patriotism, policing, and films relating to British football. Students debate the efforts taken in Britain...
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A Question of Sport

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Students explore the controversy surrounding performance-enhancing drugs. In this current events lesson, students discuss the prevalence of drug use in the sports world and create poetry about sports. Older students may design a brochure...
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Game Festival

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars and parents partake in a noncompetitive field day. They participate in a Festival Day by playing various games or relaxing in the rest area. In addition, they wander freely around school grounds searching for friends,...
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Remote Control

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine the business of sports. In this current events lesson, students discuss the sale of Manchester United to an American businessman. Students listen to a lecture about branding and marketing. Students may research British...
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Out and About: Football

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars explore British football. In this current events lesson, students visit the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum, and the Manchester United Museum online or in person to discover the history of the game...
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Home Run Wall of Fitness

For Teachers K - 8th
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...
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Millennium Home Run Contest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the history of baseball and Babe Ruth. They work on their hitting skills and have a home run contest. They review the cues for successfully hitting a ball off a tee into the air. They get three swings of the bat and...
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Sportsperson of the Day

For Teachers K - 5th
Students follow the classroom and game/activities rules. They demonstrate responsibility by wearing tennis shoes to class, assisting others, taking care of equipment, helping clean-up, show respect and kindness to others during class time.
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Monster Mash Dance

For Teachers K - 5th
Students dance to the song, "Monster Mash" and explore how to get moving at the beginning of class.
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My vocabulary.com: Health and Fitness

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 26 vocabulary words pertaining to Health and Fitness. It also provides an extensive Vocabulary Word List (457 words), lesson ideas, and a list of related months and...

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