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The Hamsterdance
It's unbelievable that there really is a dance that goes with a song called "The Hamsterdance!" This is not a lesson plan per se, but rather steps to the dance. They include head bobs, slide steps, thigh slaps, and clapping. Short dances...
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Macarena
Hey Macarena! Just a few moves to learn. It's only a 16-count dance that keeps repeating. Hands in front, palms down, then palms up, hands to upper arms, hands to arms, hands to hips, hands to cheeks, and wiggle. Yes! That's all there...
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Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan
Third graders study Thanksgiving. In this physical education and spelling activity, 3rd graders play a race game by being the first group who can spell the word Thanksgiving first.
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Physical Education Recipes for Success
Learners apply math skills to actual situations they may use.
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PE Planets
Students use various ball skills to reinforce the names of the planets, their order in relation to the sun, and the revolving of the planets around the sun.
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Switch, Change, Rotate
Switch, change, rotate! Players are in groups of three scattered around the playing area. Switch means the lead and back players change positions. Change means the entire group turns and goes in the opposite direction. Rotate means the...
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Tunnel Tag
Tunnel tag requires players to form some kind of tunnel when they are tagged. In order to become unfrozen from being tagged, another player has to go through the tunnel they formed. There are several examples of tunnels that a player can...
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British Warm-Up Tag
British warm-up tag is a team dodgeball game. One ball, two teams. Run away from the person who has the ball in his hand to avoid being hit by the ball and eliminated from the game. If you have the ball in your hands, you may not move...
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Double Tunnel Tag
Double tunnel tag is just the same as tunnel tag but the players are now with a partner. This poses it's own challenges when running around and trying to avoid being tagged. The only difference from tunnel tag is that when a player is...
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Nuke Walk
Take a look at this cooperative learning activity. The goal of the activity is to transport nuclear waste (a cup of water) from point A to point B without spilling the toxic waste. There are several ideas given here for things to use to...
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Using Bean Bags
Here is useful lesson plan which demonstrates how bean bags can be used to develop manipulative skills. Young learners gain awareness of their bodies by taking part in this exercise. They also respond to a whistle, and focus on following...
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The Blob
Students practice team work and following directions. In this physical education lesson plan, students tag other students. Once a student is tagged, they join the student that tagged them. The game is over when the group of students...
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Knock Down
Students play knock down. For this physical education lesson plan, students try to knock down more pins, or cones than their rival team. The team that has the most cones up wins.
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Innovative Warm-ups
Students participate in a variety of warm-up activities in their physical education class. They shake, bend and stretch.
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Heart Rate
Students move through a variety of locomotor skills at different paces to see how they affect their heart rate. For this health, human body, and physical activity lesson plan, students measure their heart rate and discuss health. A...
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Internet Scavenger Hunt
Students complete a webquest. They practice the tools needed and the variety of information available on the Internet to enhance their physical education/ personal fitness classes in an internet lab/cooperative learning environment.
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Highlight Video Assessment
Students observe a video tape which highlights an actual football game in which teams use various pass plays we have practiced and used in the students' high school flag football classes in PE. They identifying basic football pass...
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Sports Shorts
Young scholars put their writing on the World Wide Web. They write brief articles of 100 words or more on PE and sports related topics which are then put on the Internet on the Sports Shorts Webzine. They create sports related...
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Finger Pad Basketball Dribbling
Students grasp the concept of using finger pads to control the ball in a hand dribble. At the end of a PE class have students circle or color the part of the hand they use to dribble a ball.
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Locomotor Roll
This PE lesson is designed to have young learners review and practice their locomotor skills.
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"Musical Food
Students review the idea of healthy foods and examples of these foods. They play the game "Musical Food" performing a designated locomotor movement around the playing area until the music stops.
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"Continents"
Young scholars review game directions along with the continents. They sing a song together and respond with a movement depending on the continent which is called out by the teacher.
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Soccer - Lesson 18 - 1st Round of the World Cup
Lesson 18 in this 20 lesson soccer unit is really just the 1st round of the World Cup class soccer tournament. This is not really a lesson, but is inserted into the unit as a place holder for the days activity. All the players are busy...