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Relay Races

For Teachers K - 5th
Students, in groups, race to the board drawing the music symbol, tagging the next person while SAYING THE NAME OF THE SYMBOL THEY DREW! (everyone draws the same symbol)
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Putting It All Together

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students experience the design of different structures. create, design, and evaluate different structures. They use Lego blocks to create several different designs. They evaluate the various steps involved in creating their structures.
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Materials and Manufacturing

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine different kinds of materials to identify the properties of materials and their suitability for different purposes using the story of the Three Little Pigs.
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Sampling Rocks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners study about sampling through an investigation of rocks found in the schoolyard. They sort the collected rocks by characteristics such as size, weight, and color, to see if any generalizations can be made about the types of rocks...
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Up Close with Author Allen Say

For Teachers K - 8th
Students explore the Asian-American culture. They read several books written by Japanese-American author Allen Say and create questions to ask the author. Students write letters to the author.
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Fire Chief

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils practice locomotor movements while pretending to be "firemen" at "fire stations". In this movement lesson, students stand in hoola hoops representing their fire station. They practice 8 different locomotor movements while...
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What Physical Activities Do Sneakers and His Friends Do? Lesson Idea

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to the story Big News! They think of other physical activities that Mr. and Mrs. Legs and their little spiders may do together.
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Our Monster Travels...

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars write emails to their parents and locate specific places on a map. In this email lesson, students email their parents from the teacher's account and map locations of their parents.
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Monster Mash Dance

For Teachers K - 5th
Students dance to the song, "Monster Mash" and explore how to get moving at the beginning of class.
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All-Star Award

For Teachers K - 12th
Pupils compete for points by wearing the appropriate shoes on their P. E. days. Each class moves bases on a baseball field as they earn points.
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A Big Book About Us

For Teachers K
Students work on fine-motor, creative-thinking and language skills as they share special photos and stories about their families with their classmates. Students create individual pages for a class book that will include drawings and photos.
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Hot Hoops

For Teachers K
Students work on jumping and landing skills and cooperation. This lesson enables students to better use in space, while learning different colors. In this game, everyone is a winner.
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Just Turn It Off

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate importance of turning off lights, toys, machines, and appliances. They probe problem of what happens to a flashlight when it is not turned off and extend this to household items like lights, radios, televisions, and...
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Ramps 2: Ramp Builder

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students plan, build, and test a ramp that allows objects to roll far.
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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students develop the idea that information can be more easily managed and retrieved if it is logically sorted and stored, using the example of books in a library.
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Recycled Materials

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify those materials that can be recycled and possible uses for these materials.
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Disappearing Water

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe the amount of water in an open container over time, and they observe the amount of water in a closed container over time. They compare and contrast the sets of observations over time.
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Water 3: Melting and Freezing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore what happens to the amount of different substances as they change from a solid to a liquid or a liquid to solid.
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Build a Better Pencil

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students design something that they can actually make within the space and time allotted, using available material.
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Teamwork Hill

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students receive a class score of 1-5 for appropriate behavior and participation during P.E. class. When class exits P.E., they move the class ant to a different fruit or vegetable. Each piece of food is worth 5 points, so some may be in...
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Fire Chief

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students respond to motion cues from the "Fire Chief" (teacher). In this physical education lesson, students participate in a fire safety game which promotes locomotor skills.