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A Lengthy Shake
Third graders practice measuring skills by cutting paper strips of varying lengths. They place them on a parachute and shake it until all the paper strips fall off it. They collect the paper strips and measure them with rulers.
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Jog & Jump Partner Activity (with Digi-Walker Pedometers)
Student, work in pairs, to measure their jumping and jogging on a pedometer. They add the jumping and jogging scores together to get a team score.
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Orienteering - Lesson 4 - Distance and Height
Pretend that you've been dropped onto a mountain, in the middle of nowhere, and all you have to find your way is a topographical map and a compass. Could you find your way to the nearest town? Orienteering teaches the skills of map...
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Selecting and Effectively Using Hydration for Fitness
How much water does your body lose during exercise? How much should you hydrate during and after exercise? Address the importance of hydration with your young athletes using this informative handout.
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Squeeze Play
Young scientists demonstrate how to move objects. In this fine motor lesson, students use various objects such as dice, erasers, and soft balls and move them using the proper device.
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Asthma
Students experience what it feels like to strain for air in order to empathize with people who have asthma. They create a simple model of the respiratory system to measure the effect of narrowed airway channels.
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Intermediate PE Activity-Walk Across the USA
Learners, in teams, in physical education classes, attempt to collectively "walk across America." They measure a mile of walking distance at their school and then track how many they walk. They trace the miles on an actual map,...
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Kid's Sports
Students read about kid's sports, why it is important and discuss the factors affecting young players. In this kid's sports lesson, students create a list explaining why kid's don't participate. Students create a test to measure...
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Soccer Self-Check
Top taps, slide taps, and drop taps...oh my! Here is a fantastic worksheet that you can use in your class to support both practicing and assessing basic soccer maneuvers, such as pulling back, dribbling, and alternating feet.
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Jump and Graph
Third graders practice measuring skills by jumping and measuring the lengths with yardsticks. After measuring five jumps each, they draw bar graphs representing their jumps.
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Fitness Lab
Students complete several physical fitness stations. Students identify which activities increased their heart rates from a resting level. Stations include jumping jacks, sit-ups, running in place, stretching, and body fat measurements.
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Migrating Math
Students practice estimating distance traveled while walking. Also can be used to introduce backpacking/hiking or as a daily warm-up. Measure the blacktop/cafeteria/playground, then determine how many times around make a mile.
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Fitness Lesson- Body Composition
Students list and define the 3 basic body types, then execute the basic fundamentals in an interval training warm-up. They measure their own body fat %, then execute basic techniques involved in a game of Ultimate Frisbee.
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My Personal Improvement Plan
Middle schoolers investigate what is necessary to design a personal improvement plan including making web using software. They research the meaning of Body Mass Index and how to measure it before accessing assigned web sites that discuss...
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Spark Super Stepper
Students measure their steps with pedometers. In this pedometer lesson, students attempt to take as many steps as possible during an assigned time or during recess. They walk around track monitoring their progress.
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How Tall Is It?
First graders practice measuring different items with different units of measurement. They move from station to station measuring items. They complete a worksheet as they go.
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Using Active Learning to Reinforce Mathematics
Students predict, then measure how far a bug can travel on a "course" over a specified amount of time, then construct graphs based on the data they acquire.
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How Far Can You Throw?
Sixth graders take a turn throwing the basketball and softball. They measure the distance in feet and inches between the starting and landing points of the balls. The recorder will record the distance each ball was thrown next to each...
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The Model of Fitness
Learners measure their physical abilities. For this lesson on staying active, students record their physical abilities and try to improve upon their own results.
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How Do Weather Conditions and Lunar Cycles Affect Fishing Success?
Middle schoolers use weather measuring devices to record and study weather conditions at different locations, during different times. They attempt to draw conclusions about the relationship between weather conditions, lunar cycle and...
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Olympics
Learners rotate through a variety of Olympic activities and record their results. Teams rotate through stations and practice units of measurement.
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Millennium Home Run Contest
Students study the history of baseball and Babe Ruth. They work on their hitting skills and have a home run contest. They review the cues for successfully hitting a ball off a tee into the air. They get three swings of the bat and...
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Injury Management
Students identify and act to protect themselves in threatening situations and describe counter-measures for a variety of potentially dangerous situations. They outline the attitudes and behaviors that cause and prevent accidents...
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"Just Playing" Playground Design
Students design a playground. In this just playing instructional activity, students identify and measure a specified area surrounding their school to be used for a playground. Once identified, students measure the area for equipment....
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