Seventh graders explore spatial awareness and then choreograph a dance.

Students develop spatial awareness through "movement" using hula hoops as the personal parameter.

Young scholars model spatial relationships using math manipulatives. In this spatial relationships lesson, students work with a partner, and either connecting links or linking cubes that are three different colors. They explain to each...

Students study the similarities and differences between Canada and the United State in this unit. They examine geography, government and culture as they "travel" through Canada.

Students identify the different ways in which different countries celebrate and why, including story, dance, music, and exchanging gifts. Then they develop a basic standard of non-verbal communication through either dance, mime,...

Young scholars pretend to be ice skating on a frozen lake. The teacher is able to demonstrate proper skating technique using paper plates, bean bags and ice skating music. The students "ice skate" while the music plays, however, when...

Pupils participate in a running/concentration game on teams and learn the expectations of physical education class. This is a great first day of the year physical education lesson.

Students gain trust of fellow classmates. They practice cooperation and spacial awareness. They follow directions given to them by others.

Students explore the shape of things as they bend, twist, and turn. In this early childhood lesson plan, students develop social, creative-thinking, and language skills and spatial awareness as they use their bodies to create geometric...

Students study the customs and beliefs of the Chinese people as they experience Chinese New Year; students become aware that they live on one planet but their festivals and holidays vary.

Fourth graders tap wands on the floor, attempting to guide a blindfolded teammate through a slalom course of five cones.

Second graders travel though general space using correct form for the locomotor movements of walk, jog, jump, skip, hop, gallop, and slide.

Young scholars, the advanced beginner to intermediate ESL level, use English in a science activity.

Seventh graders role-play the role of people in different cultures throughout Europe. After the role-play, they discuss the main characteristics of culture and identify where they were seen. They discover how the government of certain...

Students are taught ball skills and spatial awareness. They are divided into two teams. Students nominate one player to stand on the bench in their half of the court. They then arrange themselves anywhere in thier half of the court. ...

GPS is great for identifying your position, but is it finding your relative or absolute location? Ninth graders explore the difference between absolute and relative location, use the standard grid system coordinate system, and use GPS to...

Students explore space awareness and safe movement. In this movement/physical education instructional activity, students listen to the book Horton Hatches a Who. Students pretend to be Horton and rotate from hula hoop to hula hoop...

Students analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments in a spatial context. They gain personal insight into the horrors of war and the importance of ethnicity. Students define all key terms, analyze a world map...

Second graders investigate how to differentiate between self-space and general space of themselves and others.

If you can find the book Caps for Sale in the target foreign language, this is a great activity to accompany it! After reading and modeling the story, the teacher models a dialogue that would take place between a salesman and a...

Eighth graders apply their knowledge of North American history from the mid 1600's through the mid 1700's to a role-playing scenario. In small groups they plan, write, and perform a dramatic skit of a group that was affected by events in...

Students play a chasing, fleeing game after choosing an animal to role play.

Students move to music and study bones and their purpose. When the music plays slow, gentle sounds the students have NO bones and their bodies are like Jello or an egg that has been cracked open on the floor . When the music changes...

Students identify oceans and continents and their locations on a map. They color-code and label their own map of the world's continents and oceans. They play the game Continents and Oceans to identify specific areas.