Young scholars will participate in a game to promote physical fitness. The outcome will be that learners will become more interested in fitness and remain engaged in the activity throughout its implementation.

Students play a form of tag. Students who are tagged, kneel on one knee and place their thumb in the air. They are freed when students sit on the knee of the tagged student and pull down the thumb that is in the air.

Students practice moving in and out of spaces using a locomotor step. They jump on a given signal and continue moving. Students discuss the need for bent knees and ankles when they land. They demonstrate their unique sequence for the class.

Third graders will participate in a dance activity for physical fitness. The learn a social dance that has an origin with the Canadian Aboriginal People. The use of tribal music will make the lesson more culturally relevant.

Students particpate in an introductory lesson to skipping. They move in and out of spaces, whenever they come to a line on the floor they must jump over it. They repeat the actions just practiced, but they use a jump rope and jump over...

Students design a physical activity contest or game that has no cultural or gender biases which includes an assessment that ranks competitors according to the competitors abilities. They participate in and evaluate the newly designed...

Pupils complete a sequence of physical activities/challenges involving a sponge such as dropping the sponge and spinning around before catching, dropping the sponge, clap spin and catching the sponge again. These activities can be done...

Students play a game of marbles outdoors on an iced area. They begin by playing a warm-up game of tag and proceed to sliding their marbles on an iced surface into holes. They attempt to gain points by sliding the marble into holes of...

Students carry a bean bag with a teacher specified body part while traveling in and out of designated spaces. They practice tossing and catching the bag while moving and progress to playing catch with a partner.

Students sing a song while performing a certain action. They use small balls to help them find the rhythm. They practice their coordination as well with this activity.

Students throw and catch the ball provided to them. When the music stops, the student with the ball runs while the other one chases them.

students hold a pair of double dutch jump ropes stretched tightly between them. They start turning the jump ropes by making small circles with both hands (left hand clockwise, right hand counter clockwise)

Students participate in a game similar to musical chairs, but use hoops to walk around while music is playing. When the music stops, students jump inside the nearest hoop.

Students scatter and sit in their own personel space. Some of them get foam balls. On the teacher's signal, they play foam ball tag.

Students respond to various cues and "drive" around while warming up. Cues such as "speed limit" correspond to walking around at normal speed. "Bumpy Road" corresponds to skipping, etc.

Students, in groups, have 2 hoops set up about 8-10 feet apart and across from each other. Each group tries to get as many darts to land inside the hoops as possible in the time limit.

Students continue to walk a set area until their teacher tells them to stop. As they complete a lap, students are given markers and the markers are used to see how far they walked. In the classroom, the miles are posted by forming a worm.

Students participate in a variety of warm-up activities in their physical education class. They shake, bend and stretch.

Students participate in warm-up activities before physical education class. They read the activities from card that are set up in the four corners of the room.

Students travel to six stations in the room. They move to the center and do push-ups when the number of their location is rolled by the teacher.

Third graders play a version of multiplication tag. The teacher calls out both correct and incorrect multiplication problems. If correct, they try to run to the other side without being tagged by students in the middle.

Third graders practice measuring skills by cutting paper strips of varying lengths. They place them on a parachute and shake it until all the paper strips fall off it. They collect the paper strips and measure them with rulers.

Third graders rotate between three property stations, the solid station, the gas station, and the liquid station. They experiment with each activity until the teacher gives the signal to change.

Students explore how to dribble the ball and tackle the players in possession of the ball. A drill for practice is included.