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Throw and Catch Tennis
Students practicewith a racket, to learn strategies for moving the ball around the court and the importance of placing the ball in different spots .
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Mr. Tape
Students practice identifying the correct body part called out by their teacher. They must place the body part on a piece of masking tape on the floor.
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Magic Ball
Using the magic ball, students identify the different directions. They follow the movements of the teacher with the magic ball.
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Habitat Lap Sit
Fourth graders physically form a circle that shows the interconnectedness of the components of a habitat. They form circles and role play the parts of habitats.
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Airports
Students respond to movement cues while maintaining their balance. In this movement and balance activity, students gain understanding of general self space concepts while imagining themselves as an airplane. Students respond to high,...
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Artifacts We Don't Dig Up
Students play a game of artifact show and tell using household items.
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"Prep" Fun
Students review prepositions and using them correctly in writing. The students then participate in playground activities and write a paragraph describing what they did using prepositional phrases.
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Energy Defined
Fourth graders complete activities to study the sources of energy and forms. In this energy lesson, 4th graders discuss the origin of energy and define it. Students participate in several experiments to further study energy including a...
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Kansas vs the U.S.
Students demonstrate an understanding of the physical and political geography of Kansas. They view maps and films to gain knowledge of Kansas. They calculate the percentage Kansas harvests for each crop out of the national total.
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Cooperative Learning Games
Students create a human obstacle course by making obstacles using their bodies. They work with a rope to have all students pass under it without using their hands to hold or move it. They complete a list of challenges in which the...
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Pure Substances and Mixtures
Students compare and contrast the properties of substances and mixtures. In this chemistry instructional activity, students simulate spontaneous mixing by performing a short class activity. They differentiate heterogeneous and...
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Beach Ball Word Families
Second graders explore language fluency by participating in a physical education activity. In this word family lesson, 2nd graders write commonly used word endings on different parts of a beach ball which is tossed between the students....
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Jump for Joy
First graders are introduced to correct form in jumping and landing and then perform these activities to rhythmic music.
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Dance
Students participate in different types of dances in which they explore time, action and other elements of dancing. They dance with a group or a partner and explore how to work together.
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A Panel of Survivors
Students role-play real-life survivors in a panel discussion. They read a mini-biography about a survivor.
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Investigating daylight
students investigate a natural factor affecting their everyday lives: daylight. First, they collect data on sunrise and sunset in their hometown, create a Microsoft Office Excel chart to help them understand the data pattern, and offer a...
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The X-33 and the X-38
Students explore the relationships among the lengths, areas, and volumes of similar solids. They also discover what effect doubling the dimensions of a figure has on the resulting area.
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Language Arts: Mississippi River Brochure
Students create brochures about recreational activities along the Mississippi River. Focusing on points of interest, they research attractions and create maps of the surrounding area. Once students write descriptions of their...
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Where Is Japan? How Are We Alike And Different?
First graders use literature, maps, and globes to explain how physical environments in various parts of the world are similar to and different from one's own, and that certain areas have common characteristics and can be called regions.
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Health Grade 5
Fifth graders understand conflict and how to solve them. In this lesson about conflict resolution, 5th graders explore different factors that cause conflict. Students are put into groups and develop a list of examples for a specific kind...
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Who's On First
Students combine reading and physical education to reinforce what they've learned about positions on a baseball or softball field. They read and conduct a skit about baseball.
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Let's Get Moving
Students participate in sports activities that relate to motion, velocity and momentum. They produce a PowerPoint presentation after researching the activities.