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Pe Central: Dance Lesson Ideas: Follow the Leader Soca Style

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Student familiar with simple dance steps will enjoy this line dance activity, which helps students practice moving to music, following a leader's steps, and creating their own moves.
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Pe Central: Ghostbusters (Tossing & Catching Scarves)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students not only practice tossing and catching in this activity, but will also use their creativity as they create and demonstrate their own "ghost" tricks.
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Pe Central: Mini Golf

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Introduce young scholars to golf-putting through a fun game of miniature golf. Build a nine or eighteen-hole golf course in the gym using gymnastic mats, carpet squares, and drinking cups. Then have students, in groups, play the entire...
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Pe Central: Team Target Golf Chip

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Practice chipping golf balls and aiming at a target. Students able to chip a golf ball are ready to hone their accuracy. Teachers set up hula hoops 10 yards away from students and have students, in teams, attempt to chip the ball into a...
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Pe Central: Balloon Toss

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Introduce young children to tossing and catching using a series of activities involving punch-ball balloons (durable balloons that move slowly in the air). Included are ideas for assessing students' activity and for adapting the lesson...
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Pe Central: Follow the Leader

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Children take turns being the "leader" and leading their partners through a series of locomotor movements. Includes safety tips, ideas for varying the activity, and other suggestions.
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Pe Central: Swimming Survivor Challenge Ii

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students able to swim should learn and practice basic first aid. Swimmers learn and discuss skills shown on the "Survivor Chllange" task sheet and spinal injury checksheet. Then they learn how to properly use a spinal injury backboard...
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Pe Central: Getting Started With Traveling

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students practice locomotor skills: walking, marching, galloping, skipping, and "basic traveling skills" during this fun aerobic gym class activity.
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Pe Central: Toss and Hit (Striking)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this activity, students work in pairs and practice striking balls of various sizes with different types of bats. A great lesson to precede a gym unit on baseball, "Striking - Toss and Hit" can be modified for use in elementary...
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Pe Central: Basketball Mania

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, middle schoolers practice dribbling a ball and making shots from different zones, varying in distance from the basket. Includes ideas for "keeping score" and varying the activity.
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Pe Central: Soccer Golf

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about the rules of golf before every handling a golf club. This website provides guidelines for "Soccer golf," a game through which learners can learn how to play golf by using their feet and soccer balls rather than clubs and golf...
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Pe Central: Macarena Basketball Review

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils review basic basketball skills-- dribbling, faking, shooting, and chest-passing-- while moving to the beat of music. This website includes a description of the activity as well as ideas for varying the lesson and assessing...
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Pe Central: Shooting Basketball Stars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers learn and practice lay-ups, mid-range shots, and long-range shots as they earn points. "Shooting Basketball Stars" is a simple lesson, which can be part of a larger basketball unit, and requires students to work together...
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Badminton Partner Singles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here are some ideas for planning a badminton round-robin tournament in physical education class. Includes ideas for assessing learners' participation and effort.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Badminton 4 Square

For Teachers 9th - 10th
At this website, find ideas for a gym-class badminton activity. The modified version of badminton described here is very similar to 4-square and is accompanied by ideas for modifying the game-play.
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Pe Central: 3 5 Pe Lessons Ideas: Team Bowling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through "team bowling," students not only practice their cooperative learning skills but also practice rolling and catching. At this website, learn how to plan team bowling as a gym-class activity. Included are ideas for varying the...
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Pe Central: High Middle School Pe Lesson Ideas: Progressive Bowling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together in "progressive bowling" to knock down all ten pins. This activity requires students to work together and to practice their rolling technique. Includes ideas for varying this activity and assessing students...
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Pe Central: Pre School Pe Lesson Ideas: Bowling

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Introduce young children to bowling and the arm movements associated with this sport. This lesson plan allows students to create variation of bowling by setting up pins in unique arrangements and through participating in small groups.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Wally Badminton

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity fuses badminton with basketball. Teacher, use this activity as part of a gym-class lesson plan to help students improve their badminton skills and accuracy.
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Pe Central: Classroom Teacher Integrated: Note Bowling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students familiar with musical notes and their values can participate in "note bowling." The simple physical activity described at this website can take place in both gym class and in music class.
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Pe Central: Classroom Teacher Integrated: Superstar Bowling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Use a "superstar bowling" to practice cooperation, underhand throwing, and spelling skills. The lesson plan presented at this website includes an overview of the materials, a description of the physical activity, and ideas for varying...
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Pe Central: People Puzzles: Communication and Cooperation Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using large shapes and patterns, this physical activity requires that learners use effective oral communication to complete the group task.
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Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Physical Education & Health

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides a collection of physical education and health-based lesson plans organized by grade level.
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Teaching Ideas: p.e. Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This website is a great resource to discover new physical education activities to bring to the classroom. Activities are grade appropriate (although keep in mind this is a British site and curriculum standards may differ).

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