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Seasonal Science: Spring Life Science Activities

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Spring into science with these great lesson ideas involving butterflies.
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 1 - Boating Basics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Teach your young adventurers about boating basics, such as boating terminology, knots, key aspects of the boat, and how to determine a boat's capacity. This resource is a good way to get started on learning how to water ski. There are...
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No Child Left Inside Lessons

For Teachers 1st - 12th
The benefits of taking students outside for outdoor activities and lessons can be substantial for everyone.
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Confronting Two Challenges--One Physical, One Intellectual

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the challenges of a new language and culture. In this cultural lesson, student read Running by Peter Hessler and discuss obstacles faced, including the language barrier. Students write an essay about a time they...
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Body Strength

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Your young learners will discover how muscular strength and endurance can increase with this truly hands-on activity! Beginning by writing an acrostic for the word strength, class members then engage in tracking their ability to squeeze...
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Survival

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...
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Hop on Down the Bunny Trail

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice various locomotor skills at six different stations. They move a 'bunny' down a 'trail' to track their progress. All of the activities must be done as a group and stress teamwork and sportsmanship.
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Easter Egg Hunt

For Teachers K - 5th
Students increase cardiovascular endurance and develop the components of health related fitness.
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Spring Egg Hunt

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore pathways [Curved, Straight, and Zig-Zagged] with 20 Cones, 15 Plastic Eggs [with alphabet letters written on paper inside of egg], 15 jump ropes
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EGG-Cercise Relays: Spring Fun Day

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students take part in a fun holiday circuit training activity that promotes good sportsmanship and encourages students to challenge themselves using a variety of throwing and catching tasks.
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Simon

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the various springing skills (hop, jump, leap) as well as proper landing techniques.
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Nature Oriented Kindness Projects

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete various nature activities where they work together to create a butterfly garden, plant flowers, learn about nature survival, and more. In this nature lesson plan, students work together in groups and display kindness...
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Winter Olympics Stations

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars experience various Winter Olympic sports in Physical Education class. In this Winter Olympics activity, students participate in stations which represent the Olympic games. These representative stations include a biathlon,...
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Models of the Earth and Moon

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the earth's rotation and phases of the moon. In this planets instructional activity, students rotate and revolve around a light representing the sun. Students use movement and props to simulate what causes the phases of...
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The Bunny Trail

For Teachers K
Students practice 'delivering' eggs for the Easter Bunny along an obstacle course through which they perform various locomotor skills. They can also practice number and shape matching skills as they navigate the course.
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Canoe and Kayak

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Learners explore canoes and kayaks. In this canoe and kayak instructional activity, students research the history, parts, and sport of the canoe and kayak.  Learners then practice how to use a paddle for each boat, and go on a field trip...
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What Physical Activities Do Sneakers and His Friends Do?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars investigate fun physical activities that can be done year round.  In this physical education lesson plan, students read the story Big News! Straight From the Heart, and list the activities written about in the story....
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Christmas Fitness Adventure

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete a fitness challenge over the holiday break. In this physical fitness lesson plan, students receive a worksheet to track their physical activity while they are away from school.
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Jumping Numbers

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars practice jumping with a two foot take-off and a two foot landing using the given cues.
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Toss by Color

For Teachers K
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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Four Square

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars, 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...
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Cars Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils participate in a tag game using characters from the Disney movie "Cars." They role-play different characters from the movie, with students wearing different colored vests or wrist bands and jogging in the Impound Area after they...
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Black Hawk Island Hike

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students explore Wisconsin's natural and cultural history through hands-on exploration of Upham Woods. They are shown the basic paddling skills and they work in teams to paddle across the river on barge. Students describe cultural...
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Fun Through Fitness Day

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students engage in an entire morning of physical fitness activities called Field Day. Events such as dashes, water relays, hoop pass and obstacle course are some of the ideas.

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