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Sports

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students understand that elements of sport and/or physical exercise are important aspects of certain jobs. In this sports lesson plan, students discuss sport related careers, listen to speakers who have sport related careers, and...
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Soccer #1

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Learners demonstrate physical skills. They perform a pylon weave, wall pass, and dribbling. Students participate in touch touch passing and mini-games. Learners explain the importance of warming-up before participating in physical...
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Run for your Health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, search the Internet for evidence to support the idea about a relationship between physical activities, health and well being. They create a flyer or newsletter for a campaign to recruit students to the runner's club...
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Burning It Up

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore energy as it relates to body function. Data about the personal physical activity of students is gathered and entered into a database which is utilized to test hypotheses made.
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Passport to the World Field Day

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a variety of cultural activities from around the world. In this multicultural lesson, students visit a variety of "stations", each representing a country. Students learn facts and engage in a physical activity at...
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars explore the challenges of the Lewis and Clark Expedition through a physical education simulation. For this cross-curriculum physical education lesson, students work in groups of three to log 8000 steps, stopping to...
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Food and Nutrition

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in an after school program that promotes decision making, cooperation, choosing healthy foods, recognizing and naming a variety of foods, state healthy benefits from eating healthy foods and involving oneself in...
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Croquet Health Review

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students study health facts while playing a game of croquet. In this croquet lesson plan, students record the answers to health questions on a clipboard as they shoot their ball through the wicket. An example of a health question is "How...
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GET OFF THE COUCH AND GET BUSY

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students perform at five fitness stations a day for a week. Each fitness station be based on a benefit of vigorous physical activity.
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Introduction to Electric Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers explore using a circuit board in this physics lesson. They will analyze current and battery set up on a circuit board. Teachers check the board before the students experiment.
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The "Art" of Baseball

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate the art of baseball. In this sports lesson, students discuss their thoughts about the sport of baseball and create a baseball word list. Students use pattern blocks and drawing paper to create a simulated baseball...
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Everyone's It

For Teachers K - 6th
In this lesson, Everyone's It, students play a game of tag. Each person who gets tagged has to do 10 jumping jacks. The activity that is done when tagged can be changed to any of the following activities: push-ups, sit-ups, or jog in...
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Density

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students determine the density of different substances. For this physical science lesson, students rank them according to their density. They discover the relationship between volume and density.
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"States of Matter"

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate the different states of matter by experimenting in class.  In this matter lesson, students participate in a lab activity moving from one station to the next creating different formations of matter.  Students view the...
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Music Theory Fun and Games

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Music theory lessons don't have to be dull. Concepts can be taught through motivating games and physical activities.
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Sand & Water: Arctic in the Sun

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students chill out on a hot day with this outdoor activity. In this early childhood physical education lesson, students have fun experimenting through play with ice and toy animals in water.
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Sports for All

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete several sports activities with simulated disabilities. They reflect on the inherent difficulties and brainstorm modifications for each activity.
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Physics: Motion and Disease Lesson B

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students study motion and apply it to daily life.  In this laws of motion  lesson students participate in an activity in which they act like health officers and complete some equations. 
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Bean Bag Tag

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students participate in a physical activity similar to rugby. For this physical education lesson, teams of students sit opposite of each other and race to retrieve a bean bag placed between the teams. Upon retrieving the bean bag, the...
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Activity Plan 4-5: Opposites Attract!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students experiment with magnets and sort objects based on magnetism. In this hands-on physical science lesson, the children are introduced to magnetism through discussion and experimentation and have the opportunity to use different...
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3-Every-Day of Dairyfor Stronger Bones

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students respond to a poll by actively moving in response to prompts. In this dairy nutrition lesson, students write sentences in groups using vocabulary words from a word list. Students discuss physical activity and how calcium improves...
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Would You Like To...?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this physical activity worksheet, students look at and study ten pictures of people doing various activities and then match the pictures to their descriptions on the right.
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Baseball Activity: Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the concept of motion. In this hands-on physics instructional activity, students examine how the construction of baseballs and the temperature they are stored at affect their bounce.
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What is Physical Activity?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils explore the functions of the heart and how it needs to work hard and rest. They play the "Wise Owl Says" game.