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Pirates of the Caribbean
Students participate in a "Pirates of the Caribbean" tag game to demonstrate scooter skills and safety techniques. Students identify and discuss scooter safety rules, then play a tag game with each student (pirate) on a scooter, with...
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Titanic Challenge
Students engage in this lively game that helps them develop communication/cooperation skills and strategy development.
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Team Defense
Learners communicate and work in team fashion on defense. They use correct rotations on defense against a fast break or undermanned situation. In addition, they practice footwork drills, triangle shifts and "Three on Two" drills to...
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Polydot Locomotor Tag
Students play a tag type game using locomotor skills as they move across the gym. They hop on one or two feet when they are tagged while waiting to be freed.
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Locomotor Go Fish
Students reinforce their 8 locomotor skills of walking, running, jumping, hopping, skipping, sliding, galloping, and leaping by playing a game of "go-fish" for each of the skills.
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Parachute
Young scholars participate in an instant activity as they enter the gym. They work with a parachute, moving it using different motions. They use their wrists, to move the parachute while moving in a circle, and play a game of Cat and...
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Five Dollars
Sixth graders catch and throw balls at all levels high, medium, and low while counting their points up from the balls that they catch. They are asked the skills that they have already explored in softball from the previous class. ...
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Island Hopping
Students collaborate to play a game. In this island hopping lesson, students face obstacles and imaginary situations in which they have to problem solve in order to complete the task.
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Red Light, Green Light Dribble
Young scholars respect others personal space while playing a basketball version of "Red light, Green Light." students improve dribbling skills with this physical education activity.
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To teach s
Students learn offensive and defensive strategies in flag football and work on passing, catching, and defending.
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Pass for Points
Students participate in offensive and defensive strategies in flag football and work on passing, catching, and defending.
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Shoot the Garbage
Students participate in a game that focuses on the proper way to shoot a basketball. In this basketball lesson plan, students are divided into two groups and use foam balls and beanbags to score points. The winner is the team with the...
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Micro-organism Immune System Tag
Young scholars play a game of tag and reinforce their understanding of the immune system.
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Jump Rope Around the World (Target Heart Rate)
Students participate in a game where they get 5 "lives." When they miss with the rope the fifth time, they go to another area in the gym. They continue jumping to keep their heart rates elevated.
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Fitness Disc Golf
Young scholars participate in a disc golf game. They throw the flying disc to each hole/cone on the course, completing various fitness tasks and monitoring their heart rate on a heart rate monitor.
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Touchdown Tag
Students broken into teams try to score a touchdown having to get through another team first. They have flags and change positions many times throughout the game.
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Basketball Golf
Students practice proper technique for shooting a basketball set shot and jump shot by playing a game similar to golf, but using a basketball and basketball hoops.
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Hot Lava
Students pretend that the area of the gym floor that is purple is land and the yellow sections are lava. Individually, they are to make their way across the room only on land staying out of the lava. To end the lesson, they move quicker...
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Learners participate in a P.E. game that focuses on strengthening the abdominal and leg muscles using scooters. With five students acting as the "Grinches," they guard beanbags while sitting on scooters, while the rest of the learners...
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Sliding Pennies
Young scholars demonstrate a proper low level slide. In this sliding instructional activity, students play a game using polyspots and pennies. The young scholars practice sliding in order to pick up one penny.
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Scooterville
Students practice safe driving on a scooter, following the "rules of the road", to develop fitness.
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Physical Bean Bag
Students practice throwing beanbags at moving targets. They work in pairs and aim at particular targets. They participate in a game utilizing the color of the beanbag and their dexterity.
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Miniature Badminton Golf
Students participate in a game of miniature badminton golf. In groups, they practice serving and following directions. With a partner, they create their own badminton golf course and have other pairs play their course. To end the...
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Racing to Rudolph
Students split into groups of three with one student standing inside a hula hoop at mid-court pretending to be Rudolph. The other two start at the starting cone and take turns riding the scooter, delivering one bean bag to Rudolph....