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Thinkport Education

Maryland Public Television: Topston Fitness Trail [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The city council in Topston wants to build a fitness trail in a nearby park to help its citizens become more physically fit and puts you in charge of the task. This workbook will help guide you in making the big decisions and experience...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Science Ambassador Fellowship: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site gives many lesson plans for teaching middle and high school students about current and relevant science topics like autism, ADHD, Diabetes, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, birth defects, genetics, and more. The lessons are based on...
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Healthfinder: Activity & Menu Planners

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Organize your day with these interactive and printable physical activity logs and menu planners.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Physical Fitness Activity

For Students 5th - 8th
Exercise must be performed regularly throughout life to achieve the benefits of physical fitness, wellness, and disease prevention. In this self-guided unit, you will be introduced to the components of fitness, principles of exercise,...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Healthy Hopping

For Students 3rd - 8th
Jumping rope is great exercise! Learn nine different single rope stunts along with jump rope rhymes and games. Also, includes tips on healthy eating.
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Getting Healthy: Physical Activity: Get Moving!

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the health benefits of exercise. Content includes helpful tips on how to incorporate activity into your daily life and a link to the association's guidelines for improving heart health through fitness.
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National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Health: Shape Your Family's Habits

For Students Pre-K - 1st
With family help, kids can learn to develop healthy eating and physical activity habits that last throughout their lives. This article looks at studies that prove the family's influence on kid's health is crucial, and tips to help kids...
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: Passing Healthy Habits on to Your Children

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Teach your children how to live healthy when they are young. This helps them avoid making unhealthy choices and developing lifelong bad habits. This article offers examples of ways for parents to positively influence their children's...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Be the Pizza

For Teachers Pre-K - K
The students are going to pretend to be pizza dough being made into a pizza pie. The teacher will give the following step by step instructions for the process of making the pizza. Children respond by moving their bodies as if they were...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Alphabet Madness

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This activity promotes movement through imagery inspired by words associated with each letter of the alphabet.
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Sesame Street

Sesame Street: Healthy Habits for Life

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This comprehensive resource will give you the tools you need to teach children about eating right and being physically active so that they can establish healthy habits for life. Included are easy-to-use, fun lessons and activities that...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mandarin Movement Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, language and movement unite. There are two teachers who will read a command, once in Mandarin and once in English. The students listen to both languages and then perform what the command is.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Spanish Action Verbs Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
In this interactive lesson, students learn about Spanish action verbs while exercising!
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tour Through New York State Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
This instructional activity is a cool and hip way to tour across New York State. The teacher takes young scholars on a virtual tour of NYS while using music and movement.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Marvin K. Mooney Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson students get to combine the world of literacy and physical movement! As the teacher reads the book "Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now" by Dr. Seuss, students listen carefully and safely jump up out of their chairs...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Workout Time!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Provide a fun way to stay healthy with these 30 second workouts from Arthur: "Arthur Weighs In."
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Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st
See how much your children know about physical fitness, in this quiz from Arthur: "Arthur Weighs In."
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Background Information

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn about the importance of fitness, with this guide from Arthur: "Arthur Weighs In."
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: 50 States Part 2 Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students combine psychomotor skills and geography as they travel from Montana to Wyoming. As students travel from state to state, they learn regional facts and state capitals. Students perform physical tasks highlighting...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: 50 States Part 1 Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, young scholars travel virtually to 25 different states from Alabama to Missouri. While on their journey students explore geography, learn state capitals and interesting facts along the way. Movements are unique and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: States of Matter Fitness Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson, students use their science knowledge and apply it using physical activity! Learning about the stages of matter, solid, liquid and gas, students perform an exercise for each as the teacher calls out an object such as soup...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Kids in Motion: Water Cycle Fitness Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson plan, students unite science and physical activity to learn about the water cycle!
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Kids in Motion: Weather Fitness Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson plan, learners "rediscover" weather as they use movement to act it out. Using their whole body to bend, stretch and exercise, students follow along as the teacher calls out and moves different types of weather.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Brain Break I See Sports Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this brain break instructional activity, students act out different movements, using their psychomotor skills, found in sports.