Students have a hands on experience of what it might be like to have a child.

Students review safety rules for playing a P.E. game and a few students are selected as the taggers. On the signal, students avoid being tagged by the tagger using only the locomotor skill selected. They who want to avoid an imminent tag...

Learners examine the different food canning methods and how to be safe canning.  In this canning lesson students examine the hazards of improperly canning. 

Students play a tag type game using locomotor skills as they move across the gym. They hop on one or two feet when they are tagged while waiting to be freed.

Students simulate the role of a travel agent to understand how to read and use road maps. They plan a bus trip through New England for a group of travelers that includes, bus travel, meals and attractions. They plan the distance that...

Students choose one space on a line as their personal space while other classmates are choseen to be the taggers. Individually, they move along the line staying clear of the taggers. Within a specific time limit, new taggers are chosen.

Students participate in a game of Bulldog tag. In groups, they are given different colored pinnies in which they try to catch those wearing a different color. To end the lesson, they switch roles between the one doing the tagging and the...

Students pair up with a partner and find a good self space. They choose who "match" who first (i.e., be the "leader"). Standing next to their partner, and only looking at their shadow, each student tries to match their partner

Students work on solving arithmetic problems with a game of tag. They must solve a problem to be unfrozen.

Learners play an economics game to learn about the law of diminishing returns. The lesson can be used to link to other concepts. The difference of production and productivity is explored.

Students explore the concept that adverbs describe the verb. They move around the general space doing various locomotor skills. Students alter the way they are doing the skills by listening to the adverbs being called out by the teacher.

Students identify letters and sound that are being alliterated in a text they are given. In this alliteration worksheet, students also create alliteration in words and sentences.

Students are divided into six groups which be your six stations for this activity. On the teachers signal, students work together to assemble a heart puzzle that is scattered on the floor.

Young scholars examine buoyancy and fluid pressure. They conduct a series of fun experiments to discover the effects of pressure and explore how pressure differences can be used to float, lift, transport, or hold a material in place.

Students participate in active demonstrations to explore the understanding of cholesterol in an artery. Students stand outside hula hoops to represent an artery. When they are tagged, they become a piece of cholesterol. Students...

Learners have a clear definition of the what "ready" means in physical education. They are told the situation "ready" includes sitting in a good listening posture, eyes on the teacher, not touching other students and being quite and...

Students practice locomotor movements while pretending to be "firemen" at "fire stations". For this movement lesson, students stand in hoola hoops representing their fire station. They practice 8 different locomotor movements while...

Students use a compass to move from one point to another point. The procedure can be a valuable tool to help students become more observant of their surroundings.

Students review key locomotor skills and the rules of the spaceship commander tag. They choose 3 students to be Space Commanders and the rest of the students are aliens. The game is played using different locomotor movements

For this chart worksheet, students use a venn diagram to compare two concepts. This graphic organizer is a blank template that can be used for any comparison.

In this holiday writing worksheet, students consider community service or being helpful to others. Students read the story starter and write how they could be helpful to others.

Students build compound words out of two separate words using a variety of activities. In this compound word lesson plan, students practice building compound words using word cards. These word cards can be used in a variety of ways to...

Students explain what can be learned from fossils and in doing so, realize the difference between fact and theory (idea). They also gain a general understanding of how fossils are formed.

Students examine the ethical issues raised by three situations in which prenatal testing may be used to prevent or facilitate pregnancy.