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PE Central

Pe Central: Physical Education Lesson Plans: Pe Central

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An outstanding site for PE lesson plan ideas, Classroom Management ideas, health instructional activity ideas as well as ideas for field day activities. The lessons are broken down by grade levels. Ideas to teach a comprehensive physical...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Central: K 2 Lesson Idea Menu

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Pecentral provides fantastic physical education lesson plans specific to K-2nd grade. Site includes search menu which allows specific searching. Searchable areas include: aquatics, balancing, body awareness, dribbling, fitness, jumping,...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Central: 3 5 Lesson Idea Menu

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pecentral provides fantastic physical education lesson plans specific to 3-5th grade. Site includes search menu which allows specific searching. Searchable areas include: aquatics, balancing, cooperative, dribbling, fitness, jumping,...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Body Awareness: Throwing Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson helps the students to get familiar with the movement of their bodies. Also helps to develop their underhand throwing.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Lesson Plans Library K 5

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource presents a lesson plan library which holds hundreds of lesson plans organized by grade level and subject area. Often rooted with an Internet research piece, each lesson plan contains specific objectives, procedures,...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Wheel of Fitness Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson is very similar to the popular television show Wheel of Fortune. Students are chosen to spin the Wheel of Fitness and whatever they land on is the exercise they perform.
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Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education (Dlese)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides materials for teachers on a huge array of topics. Search site by topic, grade level, and desired output (such as lesson plan, case study, assessment or tutorial). Site is focused on earth science, geography, and...
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Other

Alliance to Save Energy: Educator Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A series of teacher lesson plans for various grade levels. Topics pertain to insulation (among other things) and other energy conservation and energy efficiency topics. Can be easily adapted for a student project or lab investigation.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Still Tomorrow: Lesson Plan: Stereotypes, Cerebral Palsy, and Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this multidisciplinary lesson, students examine stereotypes about people with physical disabilities. Using clips from Still Tomorrow, a documentary about Chinese poet Yu Xiuhua, who has cerebral palsy, students will gain awareness of...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Recycling: Old Made New [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will observe the physical properties of items through an activity where they sort objects for recycling. This lesson plan also includes a recycle papermaking process.
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Other

Lesson Plan z.com: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
LessonPlanZ.com is an online resource for teachers to find lesson plans and other teaching resources.
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Other

Susan P. Byrnes Health Education Center, Inc.: Learntobe Healthy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learn To Be Healthy offers student activities and lesson plans for all ages.
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SEDL

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory: Simple Machines [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This large PDF file contains seven lessons on simple machines. Includes illustrations. Requires Adobe Reader.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science of Everyday Life: The Everyday Science of Sports [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 9th
A lesson plan where students learn about the physics behind golf balls. Students evaluate different designs of golf balls to understand how their design impacts their function. After their evaluation, students will try to improve the...
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NASA

Nasa: Rockets Educator Guide: Newton Car

For Students 3rd - 8th
This lesson gives students direction on how to experiment using gravity and force. Students will make a wooden car and use different forces to make the car propel.
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NASA

Nasa: Rockets Educator Guide: Water Rocket Launcher

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the directions in the lesson plan to construct a water rocket launcher made from off the shelf hardware and wood.
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NASA

Nasa: Rockets Educator Guide: Heavy Lifting

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A lesson plan for learners to construct balloon powered rockets. Students will be given the same materials to construct their own rocket and then have a contest to see who can launch the highest paperclip from their rocket.
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Other

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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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Still Tomorrow: Lesson Plan Clips: Stereotypes, Cerebral Palsy, and Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this multidisciplinary lesson, students examine stereotypes about people with physical disabilities. Using four video clips from Still Tomorrow, a documentary about Chinese poet Yu Xiuhua, who has cerebral palsy, students will gain...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Holt Physics Chapter 11: Vibrations and Waves Pendulum Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity Pendulum from Holt Physics Chapter 11 Vibrations and Waves uses the calculator and the VIB program calculate the period of a pendulum on different planets.
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Other

Operation Lifesaver: Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Teachers will find detailed lesson plans covering varying aspects of railroad safety. Connections to curriculum subject standards, such as physics, are provided. Various data and activity sheets, as well as grading rubrics, can be easily...
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Physical Fitness

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Physical Fitness. Other links, including Just Move and Shape Up America, are also included.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Fitness Four Square

For Teachers 6th - 8th
At this website, learn about a game that combines four square and other aerobic exercises. Includes ideas for assessing students' participation in the activity as well as adapting the activity for students with physical disabilities.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Throw and Catch Tennis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students can be introduced to tennis or racquetball through this simple lesson plan where students "Learn strategies for moving the ball around the court and the importance of placing the ball in differnt spots."