Learners develop cardiovascular fitness. They discover a safe level of pacing while running and add up their laps with the members of their team to get a "team total." That total is marked on the chart each day that they have P.E. class.

Students run a lap as fast as they can. They discuss the problems of running that fast for longer distances and strategize a plan to pace themselves. They work with timing, distance and observation to practice monitoring their pace.

Students discover strategies for pacing themselves when running longer distances on a quarter mile track.

The brother-sister pair Carlos and Clarita need your class's help in developing their new pet sitting business. Through a variety of scenarios and concerns presented to the siblings, the learners thoroughly explore systems of equations...

Learners jog for exercise in a gym. In this jogging lesson, students follow a pattern in the gym to practice running in a small space while pacing themselves.

This dance makes me want to just get up and start moving right now. This dance is done to the song "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins. The lesson includes not only step-by-dance step instructions but also a video. There is a lot of movement in...

Mayim, Mayim is an Israeli folk dance done to celebrate the discovery of water. The dance is done in a circle with everyone moving the same way at the same time. If your dancers are shy and do not want to hold hands then perhaps use...

Learners learn the different ways to pass a volleyball while playing the game. In this volleyball lesson plan, students learn how to serve, bump, and pass a volleyball.

First graders recognize the variations of tempo in music as it changes. They repeat movements, define tempo and distinguish between fast and slow tempo while playing a teacher led game.

Second graders identify characteristics of living organisms and nonliving objects while running on the playground. They run to retrieve a card, determine whether to place it in the "living" container or the "nonliving" container.

Explore the connection of surface area to bonding within atoms. Learners complete lab investigations to model changing surface area with different sizes and concentrations of atoms. A flour fireball demonstration follows the labs to...

Staying physically fit takes time, energy, and commitment...but it can also be a lot of fun! This list includes 11 simple ways to stay motivated to exercise and will help your young athletes commit to a life of fitness and healthy living...

Practice ratios and unit rates with tracking how long Lin took to ride her bike. Provided with different questions, your mathematicians can assemble their answers using a chart or setting up ratios. The activity is included in a set of...

After reading a short passage about self reflection, individuals are asked to restate the main ideas in the article in their own words.

Learn about the government's role in everyday life in a guided reading activity. Groups create a KWL chart concerning the government's impact on the community.

Students participate in long rope jumping. In this physical education lesson, students use four cones and a long rope to complete several activities. One students has the role of a "turner" and their partner is the "jumper." Each...

Students participate in physical activities with paper plates under their feet. In this paper plate aerobics lesson, students make original routines consisting of a series of moves and play tag,

Fifth graders participate in an equivalent fraction tag game. Pupils who are tagged have to call out an equivalent fraction to the person unfreezing them.

Pupils play a cooperative game.  For this health and fitness lesson, students organize a ball game and keep score. Pupils get into groups and try to make it to around all bases.

Learners practice their catching and throwing skills. In this physical education instructional activity, students participate in a circuit activity that requires them to catch and throw using a variety of equipment.

In this The Tortoise and the Hare activity, students read the story, then complete a series of comprehension and discussion questions and conduct simple research on the 2 animals.

Students analyze the work of auto industry labor unions. In this labor unions lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture on the details of various sit-down strikes. Students respond to discussion...

In this ESL past simple tense learning exercise, students watch a video of "The Tortoise and the Hare," then fill in blanks in sentences about the video, using past simple tense.

Young scholars are introduced to the techniques to dribble and defend themselves in a game of handball. In groups, they play a game and practice being on the offensive and defensive. To end the lesson, they participate in dribbling and...