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Turkey Time
Students move safely in a general direction while practicing their chasing, fleeing, and dodging skills. They practice using a Thanksgiving theme for the activity.
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Spelling Tag
Students participate in a tag game to practice their weekly spelling words. Five students are chosen as "it" and run around chasing the other students. When a student is tagged, he/she must freeze until the teacher asks him/her a...
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Moving With Your Roots
Students dissect common words to study the origins of those words. In this language arts lesson, students study the Greek and Latin roots found in many words within English language. Students use dictionaries to fill out worksheets...
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Continents and Oceans
Pupils identify oceans and continents and their locations on a map. They color-code and label their own map of the world's continents and oceans. They play the game Continents and Oceans to identify specific areas.
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Clogged Arteries
Students participate in active demonstrations to explore the understanding of cholesterol in an artery. Students stand outside hula hoops to represent an artery. When they are tagged, they become a piece of cholesterol. Students...
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Response to Stimuli
Students study the process of detection, coordination and response. In this biology lesson, students design an experiment to test stimuli response. They participate in a game-show style quiz after the activity.
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The Salmon Estuary And Human Impacts
Students have discussions and complete activities about the pacific salmon life cycle and marine parasites. For this salmon lesson plan, students complete activities such as observing sea lice, playing a tag game, and a board game.
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Sorting: Library Books
Students discover organization by participating in a class game. In this information sorting lesson, students utilize the Internet to play a library role-playing game with their classmates. Students answer study questions about library...
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Making Cultural Connections
Students explore cultures through storytelling. They read African folktales. Students discuss characteristics of folktales. They research and write a folktale that includes an animal. Additional cross curriculum activities are included.
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Noodle Knockdown
Students perform a proper overhand throw. In this physical education lesson plan, students practice overhand throwing using specific sequential cues such as "statue" and "muscleman". Each step is explained in detail. Students play a team...
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Healthy Play
Fifth graders participate in an activity in which they explore healthy lifestyles and why it is important to be active.
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Rock, Soil, or Water?
Pupils participate in an activity in which they identify properties of water, soil and rocks. They work together to identify different types of rocks. They ask questions to complete the lesson.
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Whale Adaptations
Young scholars explore whales and how they have adapted to survive in the ocean. In this whale adaptations lesson students complete several activities that allow them to investigate animal adaptations.
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China: How to Put Some "Tang" in Your Medieval Dynasties
Fourth graders label the countries that border China and the physical features of Asia. They discuss the physical features of Asia and label them on the other map.
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Fun with Patterns
Students identify, extend and create patterns using various types of manipulatives and then work a pattern game in the computer lab to reinforce what was learned.
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Reach and Grab
Students examine the different types of marine life and participate in an activity to show the many arms of an octopus.
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Toss by Color
Students explore color recognition and demonstrate underhand toss skills. They participate in a game by lining up, and running to and recognizing the color of beanbag the teacher calls out, and toss that color beanbag through a hula-hoop.
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Polar Pals: Polar Bears & Penguins
First graders complete a variety of activities about polar bears and penguins including the "Blubber Mitten" experiment. They culminate the unit by creating a visual representation comparing and contrasting the two animals.
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Breeds of Cattle Internet Search
Students identify different breeds of cattle and select one breed to investigate further. They gather information online about breed's origin, physical characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages, and present their findings orally to...
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Breeds of Sheep Power Point Presentations
Students perform internet searches about breeds of sheep. They collect illustrations and information to build a PowerPoint presentation of their selected breed that includes origin, physical characteristics, advantages and disadvantages...
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Place Value on the Playground
Fourth graders explore ordering whole numbers through the millions place through a P.E. game on the playground. In small groups they form numbers while standing in hula hoops, telling the teacher what number was made by the combination...
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Spook Walk
Students work together with a partner in which they blindfold. With their partner, they must communicate directions to them that allows them to make it across the spook walk. To end the lesson, they discuss the communication skills they...
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Pirates of the Carribean
Students (pirates) sit on a scooter (pirate ship). Two students are called 'Crackens' sit on their own ships. Crackens use a swim noodle (tentacle) to gently tag the pirates. Students began the game with the ROAR of the Cracken and they...
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Healthy Food Color Tag
Learners are scattered around the room preparing for a game of tag. As a class, they are to stay away from those that are "it" and complete the different locomotor skills as directed by their teacher. To end the lesson, they identify a...