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Pbs Learning Media: Wheel of Fitness Lesson Plan
This activity is very similar to the popular television show Wheel of Fortune. Young scholars are chosen to spin the Wheel of Fitness and whatever they land on is the exercise they perform.
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Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Dice: Lesson Plan
Read the die to find out what exercise to do and how many repetitions are needed, keep a running tally of rolls to see who gets the highest score.
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Pbs Learning Media: Move That Math: Lesson Plan
Combine addition of numbers identified from playing cards with physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a twenty to twenty five minute series of activities that require two decks of...
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Pbs Learning Media: Musical Math Facts: Lesson Plan
Combine mental math with physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a twenty to twenty five minute series of activities that require pre-made math flashcards that can be easily created...
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Pbs Learning Media: Odd Todd & Even Steven: Lesson Plan
Combine multiplication, determining if a product is odd or even, and physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a twelve to fifteen minute series of activities that can be easily tweaked...
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Pbs Learning Media: Jumping Math: Lesson Plan
Combine counting sequences with physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a fifteen to twenty minute series of activities that can be easily tweaked to work in any elementary classroom.
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Michigan City Area Schools: Body Awareness
In the early school years (preschool & kindergarten) children are still learning about their bodies and where they are in space. This handout offers activity ideas that focus on body awareness that can help promote a child's skills...
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Over, Under, Around, and Through
Through this activity, students "explore a variety of traveling skills" and "understand the concepts of moving over, under, around, and through objects." Set up an obstacle course of props, tunnels, chairs, and other objects in the gym...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Hinges I, Hinges Ii
In this lesson, literacy-based cards will spur participation as students use small motor skills, personal space, and boundary awareness. Color cards and number cards will also be used to cue the children to move in specific ways.
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Bright Hub Education: Improving Spatial Awareness in Toddlers
Parents and teachers can help young children develop spatial ability by using the following spatial toddler activities with their youngsters or students.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Hoop! There It Is!
In this activity, students will learn how to use a hula hoop and practice balancing, stretching, and twisting.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Big Top Jugglers
Through this lesson plan students will learn the history of juggling and how to juggle objects.
PE Central
Pe Central: Physical Education Lesson Plans: Pe Central
An outstanding site for PE lesson plan ideas, Classroom Management ideas, health lesson plan ideas as well as ideas for field day activities. The lessons are broken down by grade levels. Ideas to teach a comprehensive physical education...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How Does a Robot Work?
This lesson introduces electricity, batteries and motors using a LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot. The associated activity guides learners to build a simple LEGO NXT set-up and see the practical implementation of the concepts discussed. Before...
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Pbs: Host a Family Olympics
Design and build a track with obstacles you must go over, under, around or through. Participate in a non-competive event with a variety of games that develop gross motor skills.