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Invading the enemy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a physical outdoor activity in order to develop individual and group trust. In this interpersonal relationship lesson, students play attempt to find hidden objects in the dark. Students must trust their...
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Plan For The Discuss

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how to hold, rotate, and throw a discuss using the correct teaching progression for discuss. This lesson plan describes how to set up a safe environment for athletes to learn proper grip/realease techniques.
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Bullying Lesson Plan

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students will brainstorm and write about their feelings and experiences with bullying. In this preventing bullying lesson, students watch a Power Point presentation and video clips about bullying. Students engage in...
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Holistic Lesson Plan 4

For Teachers K
Students identify farm animals after receiving visual stimuli and a verbal prompt. They apply appropriate social language into her vocabulary base through group interaction with peers. They mimic a physical action when given a model.
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Batting Practice: Using Math to Calculate Baseball Statistics

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students calculate and record batting average, hits, and at bats. In this Batting Practice: Using Math to Calculate Baseball Statistics lesson plan, students utilize mathematical formulas to determine the career statistics of baseball...
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Lesson Plan: Global Warming

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of global warming. In this climate change instructional activity, students explore the provided links to PBS NOW sources and research the greenhouse effect and the effects of global warming. Students...
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Dance - Kindergarten Moving Safely in Space

For Teachers K
Students experience dance and movement. In this kinesthetic lesson, students practice movement of their limbs and joints. They use a hula hoop to identify personal space.
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Intro. to Controlling a Ball With Your Chest

For Teachers K - 5th
Students stop and guide a ball with their chest. Note: This is a good lesson to use as an introduction to a soccer unit.
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Rock and Roll Play

For Teachers All
Students practice using their motor skills with music. They are divided into two teams and rock and roll depending on the music. They may practice other motor skills in this lesson as well.
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Table Tennis

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students participate in a table tennis game. In this sports lesson, students are taught the rules of the game and various grips to use. Students practice handling the paddle by dribbling the ball one hundred times.
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Field Hockey

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students practice the proper use of field hockey sticks. In this field hockey lesson, students determine how to carry and grip a field hockey stick. They practice dribbling and passing the ball by completing drills as they maneuver...
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Gauss' Law

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners derive the equation of Gauss's law. In this physics lesson plan, students investigate the factors affecting the strength of the electric field. They perform simulation on Gauss's law.
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Physical Changes and the Water Cycle - Three

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe and reproduce the water cycle in their very own classroom. A simple, yet very effective, demonstration on how water evaporates is observed by the young scientists. They make observations and sketches in their...
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"Musical Food

For Teachers K - 6th
Students review the idea of healthy foods and examples of these foods. They play the game "Musical Food" performing a designated locomotor movement around the playing area until the music stops.
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"Continents"

For Teachers K - 6th
Students review game directions along with the continents. They sing a song together and respond with a movement depending on the continent which is called out by the teacher.
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Santa Claus is Coming to Town

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Take a look at this simple, easy line dance. Forward steps, backward steps, jumps, and grapevines. Shake arms, shake hands, and clap! Put this all together and dance to "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" by Mariah Carey. A nice little...
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To The Beat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This activity is two-fold in that it addresses having youngsters get a feel for different rhythms in music and in practicing their underhand tossing skills. Gather all kinds of equipment to throw, such as: yarn balls, spider balls, and...
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High Stepping

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners who are blind or have visual impairments learn to take high steps in order to improve their balance and mobility. They start by marching in place, and then march around the room. Finally, they attempt to step over a towel as...
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People Puzzles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice using proper communication and cooperation skills.
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Crazy Frog Dance

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Teach your young learners some basic line dance steps. Get them moving to increase their heart rates and to have fun. This dance consists of a few steps and there is a part that is for free-style moves. While the written description is...
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Walking on Sunshine Fitness Dance

For Teachers K - 3rd
Knee bends, jumping jacks, arm stretches, arm circles, and just jumping around are some of the moves used in this dance workout. Get those youngsters up and moving to the beat of "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves. It's all...
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Titanic

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
  As the class moves through the 'Titanic', they are exposed to the various nautical terms: port, bow, stern, starboard, crow's nest. They practice locomotor skills such as: skip, hop, leap, jump, slide, and crab walk, when the...
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Rules, Routines and Protocols of P.E.

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Divided into groups of threes or fours, class members develop skits that demonstrate their knowledge of classroom rules, routines, and protocols.
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Castle Ball

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In teams, high schoolers practice working together playing offense and defense in the game of handball. Students use hula hoops to build a castle while the other team tries to knock it down.