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Summer Health Activity: Challenging Courses

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students invent outdoor activities. In this early childhood lesson plan, students practice cooperation and large motor skills while they engage in and invent a variety of organized outdoor play activities. The activities encourage...
Worksheet
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Birds & Caterpillars

For Students 6th - 9th
For this biology worksheet, students explain the use of camouflage as a defense mechanism. Then they list examples of insects that use camouflage to protect them from predators. Students also identify and name other types of defense...
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Yemen Cargo Bombs Foiled

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore an international terror alert originating in Yemen.  For this lesson, students read an article that explains a terror alert in Britain, then complete several activities that reinforce the reading, including a...
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Teaching Fundamental Movement

For Teachers K - 6th
Students perform fundamental movement activities for flexibility and motor skills. In this movement lesson plan, students perform physical activity for all grade levels.
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Four Square

For Teachers K - 1st
Students, as "Big Buddies", teach little buddies the rules and play with them. They review rules for four square and practice. They talk about playing gently when they are teachers and answer questions as they come up, and encourage...
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Undokai - Japanese Games

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students are introduced to several traditional Japanese sports and games. Students organize an 'Undokai' - a sports day in which they compete in teams.
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SAV and Photosynthesis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the topic of submerged aquatic vegetation. They study and explain its importance. Students create identification keys to allow them to distinguish between different types of SAV. They are introduced to...
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Looking For Newton

For Teachers 8th
The lesson has sufficient background information for the teacher to implement the lesson. Students are asked to summarize the three laws of motion. They also conduct classroom activities to role play the Laws of Newton.
Worksheet
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Use of Numbers

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this number usage learning exercise, students tell how each number is being used in the given examples. Students write position, count, measure, and label for the number uses. Students also complete two test prep questions about uses...
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"Watermelon Day" Vocabulary Test

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students fill in blanks to correctly complete sentences for the story Watermelon Day. Words appear in a word box at the top of the page.
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"Watermelon Day' Vocabulary "Watermelon Day

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this vocabulary worksheet, students write 2 sentences with 2 different vocabulary words from Watermelon Day, then draw a picture that describes one of the 6 given words.
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Field Day Activities

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students participate in a field day of activities in this lesson. They work to follow directions, and work as part of a team to complete a task. They also are encouraged to cheer on their team members and show good sportsmanship.
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Fun at the Beach

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students engage in a variety of activities that are given the theme of "Fun At The Beach". The games can be played outside or at the beach. The use of a game helps to keep student engagement.
Worksheet
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More Practice Calculating Speed

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this speed activity, students calculate the average speed of an object or the distance an object travels. This activity has 13 word problems.
Worksheet
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Summer Olympic Rhymes

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Summer Olympics rhyming worksheet, students read 15 incomplete rhymes. Students use their language skills to finish each of the rhymes.
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Olympians Don't Quit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss challenges they have faced, They then discover life challenges faced by former Olympians who could have given up but chose to preservere and compete in the Olympic games.
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The Games Divided

For Students 5th - 6th
In these Olympic history worksheets, students read about the ancient Olympic games and the modern games. Students complete a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the past and present Olympic games.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Water Cycle Relay Race Usu Water Cycle

For Teachers K
Students will review the water cycle through a relay race vocabulary game.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Walk, Run, Jump!

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students participate in a series of timed relay races using their skeletal muscles. The compare the movement of skeletal muscle and relate how engineers help astronauts exercise skeletal muscles in space.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Grab It and Run

For Students K - 1st
Explore wearable science and try to make it to the finish line of this special relay race without breaking any materials in this activity.
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International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee: Athletics

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the track and field events that take place during the Summer Olympics competition: races, jumps, throws, and combined events. Using colorful drawings and animations, this site provides a good introduction to the various...
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International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee: Cycling Bmx

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about different types of bikes for various cycling events (the cycling track events, the off-road cycling events) through colorful drawings, animations, and simple descriptions. Also, learn the difference between women's events and...
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Ralph Metcalfe

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Ralph Metcalfe, an American sprinter and member of the American 4 x 100-meter relay team that won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. At his peak, in 1934-35, he was called...

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