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Brain Awareness Week Lessons
Students explore the human brain and nervous system. In this brain awareness instructional activity, students examine specific terms with regards to the human brain. Students discover the brain's structure and function and how it...
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All About Teeth
Chomp chomp! Learn which teeth perform which tasks with a thorough worksheet on molars, incisors, and canines. Based on descriptions of each kind of tooth, fifth graders label a diagram that points to particular teeth. They then color in...
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The Peer Advocacy Guide
Teasing, mocking, and disrespect can be the hallmarks in the life of those with disabilities. Disrupt the cycle of abuse with a toolkit designed to turn peers into advocates for all those who are bullied. Everything needed to create a...
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What's Up, Doc?
Pupils explore cardiovascular fitness and create and follow a fitness program. They document the benefits of participating in a fitness program.
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Fitness Day
Students develop skills and a comfort level in interpreting economic concepts through graphic analysis.
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Tactical Awareness in Modified Paddle Tennis
Students practice a modified version of paddle tennis. They set up the court and review the elements of the game. Students practice serving and returnig the ball. They practice keeping score.
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The Human Body: Focusing on Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
Students study the components and functions of the respiratory and circulatory systems. They take blood pressure using a stethoscope and investigate ways to maintain a healthy respiratory system.
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Stress, Coping and Health
For this psychology worksheet, learners complete 5 short answer questions on possible reasons for stress and how to cope with it.
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"UNO" Fitness
Students increase cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength. "UNO" cards are used. Each card is matched up with an exercise.
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Rhythm in Language - Feel the SWAMP BEAT!
Students explore the rhythm of words. In this reading skills instructional activity, students read Bedtime at the Swamp and use rhythm instruments to find the cadence in the words of the story. Students listen for rhythm in other written...
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Dribbling and Passing
Eighth graders study soccer. In this instructional activity on a sport, 8th graders practice dribbling and passing skills associated with soccer.
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Stress Hot Potato
Students listen to a brief description of stress including an emphasis given on distress and eustress as well as a description of the emotional and physiological understanding of stress. They then get into groups of 4 or 5 standing in a...
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Introduction to the Scientific Method
Students designs and conduct a scientific experiment that identifies the problem, distinguishes manipulated, responding and controlled variables, collects, analyzes and communicates data, and makes valid inferences and conclusions.
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Fitness Trail
Students design a fitness trail which incorporates warm-up, aerobic, and cool-down phases. Each student develops their own plan and monitors their own progress through the use of an exercise log.
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Guess the Age
Students describe graphically, algebraically and verbally real-world phenomena as functions; identify the independent and the dependent variable. They translate among graphic, algebraic, and verbal representations of relations and graph...
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Guess the Age
Young scholars explore functions using real world application. In this algebra instructional activity, students play a game as they apply concepts of function. They graph their findings and discuss it with the class.
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Guess the Age
Students rewrite word problems using symbols. In this algebra lesson, students rewrite equations graphically, algebraically and verbally. They relate the concepts to the real world.
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Drinkable Snow
Students explore snow. In this forms of water lesson, students read a story about snow, identify the types of snow found in Alaska, and learn Inuit words for snow. The lesson calls for an Intuit Elder to visit the classroom as a guest...
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Ultimate Sponge Ball
Students learn fitness through a team game. They explore how to move into open spaces to receive passes from teammates.
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Migrating Math
Pupils 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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Decorate A Tree
Learners decorate a tree with ornaments which represent different locomotion skills such as crab walk, stretches, jump rope, and jumping jacks. Great for holiday week.
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Hibernation
In this environmental worksheet, students are finding the important facts about hibernation. The answers are then written in the seven questions.
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Bears/Hibernation
Students study the hibernation process of bears through the making of a bear's cave.