Learners participate in body awareness activities by lying in a large circle and passing a ball. In this body awareness lesson, students lie in a large circle and pass a ball in multiple fashions to improve their motor skills, problem...

Students practice making three hockey traps in a row. In this hockey lesson plan, students are split up into offensive and defensive players. Students complete three consecutive traps.

Young scholars use a ball to improve their dribbling skills, defensive and offensive strategies, cardiovascular fitness, and cooperation. In this ball handling lesson plan, students try to grab the ball and trap it from their partner....

Students observe and talk about wind using no weather instruments. In this wind lesson plan, students use their senses to observe wind. They also interview an Elder about wind.

Fifth graders explore the elements of theatre. In this dramatic performances lesson, 5th graders discuss the structural elements of theatre and dramatize "The Origins of the Season," an explanation myth.

Students participate in theatre activities to study American history. In this American history and theatre instructional activity, students work in groups to research a specific Native American group to investigate their lifestyle....

Students use mathematical operations to examine truck drivers and the math they use everyday. In this transportation math instructional activity, students read word problems that relate to transportation and the math needed to solve the...

Students investigate feelings with their class.  In this feelings lesson, students mingle with their class and share a specific personal feeling with a random student.  Students record their experience in their journal.

Sixth graders use a video and the internet to determine whether a game is fair or unfair. For this probabilities lesson plan, 6th graders determine the fairness of a game based on the probabilities of the outcomes.

Seventh graders relate patterns with higher math. In this 7th grade math lesson, 7th graders analyze different methods of portraying data. They relate the data to real life scenarios.      

Sixth graders identify fact and fiction about sharks.  In this investigative lesson students graph results of a shark survey and label parts of a shark. 

Students explore language arts by viewing movie clips in class. In this poetry analysis lesson, students view scenes from the movie "In Her Shoes" and define what poetry is. Students read the poem "One Art" and identify its rhymes and...

Students make recycled animals. In this Earth Day lesson, students use recycled materials to create artistic animals. A game, a song, a craft, and a recipe are all included with the lesson.

Middle schoolers use stretchy bands to complete exercises that build muscle in their body. In this stretchy bands lesson plan, students learn how bands can help build muscle.

Students explore physical education by participating in a sport with their classmates. In this golf swinging lesson, students discuss the different golf clubs and their specific uses. Students participate in a golf station game in which...

Students practice hopping. In this physical education lesson, students discuss safety rules and respect for others while exercising. They practice how to hop and play Hop Freeze Tag. 

Students demonstrate  soccer skills. In this passing and receiving lesson, students practice passing a soccer ball and receiving a soccer ball as part of a team. Students develop control over the ball.

Students perform locomotor movement.  In this locomotor skills lesson, students practice running, hopping, skipping, and walking then form themselves into groups based on a number called out.  Students identify if more or less...

Students create geometric shapes with a jump rope. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students review the different shapes while getting some physical activity.

Students practice locomotor skills. In this physical education lesson plan, students practice eight different skills - walk, run, leap, jump, hop, gallop, slide, and skip. They answer a social studies question and then complete the...

Students practice archery. In this archery lesson, students see how to shoot the bow and hit a target. They attempt to hit balloons that are attached to a target.  

Eighth graders practice utilizing motor skills by participating in different sports activities.  In this physical education lesson, 8th graders participate in racquetball, shuttle cock, and baseball style activities in order to...

Students identify propaganda techniques used in commercials created by their classmates. In this active listening instructional activity, students use the provided scoring guide to evaluate commercials that their classmates made that...

Students examine American humor and character through analysis of works by Mark Twain. In this cross curricular lesson, students develop a definition of American humor and determine how and why some consider Twain the 'first truly...