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Pbs Learning Media: Are You Stronger Than a Fifth Grade Teacher? Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson is a spin-off of the popular television show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Students are chosen one by one to pick an exercise card that will also have a point value on it. Once a card is selected as a class, students...
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Pbs Learning Media: Deal or No Deal Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
This lesson plan is very similar to the popular television show Deal or No Deal. Students are chosen one by one to pick an exercise card. Once a card is selected they decide if they want to take the deal by showing a thumbs-up or decline...
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Pbs Learning Media: Antonyms and Synonyms Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students learn about synonyms and antonyms through physical activity. The teacher calls out a series of commands. First, the students perform the synonyms (the same as the movement called out) and then they go through the...
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Pbs Learning Media: Action Verbs Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson students connect exercise and literacy. The teacher reads a sentence aloud and students must identify the action verb that was read and then act it out accordingly.
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Pbs: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students listen carefully as their teacher reads the story "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" by Linda Williams. Students listen for key verbs such as clomp and wiggle throughout the story and as they...
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Physical Education & Health

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides a collection of physical education and health-based lesson plans organized by grade level.
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Physical Fitness Activity

For Students 5th - 8th
Exercise must be performed regularly throughout life to achieve the benefits of physical fitness, wellness, and disease prevention. In this self-guided unit, you will be introduced to the components of fitness, principles of exercise,...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Central: 3 5 Lesson Idea Menu

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pecentral provides fantastic physical education lesson plans specific to 3-5th grade. Site includes search menu which allows specific searching. Searchable areas include: aquatics, balancing, cooperative, dribbling, fitness, jumping,...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Central: K 2 Lesson Idea Menu

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Pecentral provides fantastic physical education lesson plans specific to K-2nd grade. Site includes search menu which allows specific searching. Searchable areas include: aquatics, balancing, body awareness, dribbling, fitness, jumping,...
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Health and Fitness

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 26 vocabulary words pertaining to Health and Fitness. It also provides an extensive Vocabulary Word List (457 words), lesson ideas, and a list of related months and...
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Physical Fitness

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Physical Fitness. Other links, including Just Move and Shape Up America, are also included.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Olympic Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students familiar with basketball, football, and hockey skills are ready to participate in a variety of "presidential physical fitness tests." These include the basketball shot, the football toss, the floor hockey shot, and more.
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Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Dice: Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Read the die to find out what exercise to do and how many repetitions are needed, keep a running tally of rolls to see who gets the highest score.
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Pbs Learning Media: Mandarin Movement Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, language and movement unite. There are two teachers who will read a command, once in Mandarin and once in English. The students listen to both languages and then perform what the command is.
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Pbs Learning Media: Meet My Muscles Upper Body Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Following along with their teacher, young scholars learn about the various upper body muscles we have such as the bicep and pectoral muscles and learn how to give them a good stretch and exercise.
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Pbs Learning Media: Twizzle Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students must use their listening and exercise skills to win this game! Students listen for commands from their teacher such as jump, turn, freeze, go, and twizzle. As they hear them, they must perform them quickly and properly before...
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Pbs Learning Media: Active Deck of Cards: Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
Read playing cards so the suit determines the type of physical activity, and the face value determines the number of repetitions.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Fitness Race Track

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In the gym, set up a "fitness race track" where students can both run and participate in a variety of exercises like push-ups, crunches, and jump roping. A great warm-up activity to precede a sport or physically-demanding lesson.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Fitness/strength Conditioning

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Introduce young scholars to strength conditioning with a trip to the weight room. After studying the muscles and their functions, students are ready to start strengthening their own muscles with the use of gym equipment and to write...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Plans: Push Up Routine

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Because push-ups are part of most fitness-related tests, it is important that learners practice push-ups and, in the process, improve upper body strength. Students able to do push-ups and able to "hold a push-up position for at least 30...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Aerobic Frisbee Golf

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The physical activity described at this website combines cardiovascular fitness exercises (frisbee, push-ups, jumping jacks) and academic subjects math and science.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Fitness Four Square

For Teachers 6th - 8th
At this website, learn about a game that combines four square and other aerobic exercises. Includes ideas for assessing students' participation in the activity as well as adapting the activity for students with physical disabilities.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Twelve Days of Winter Break

For Teachers 6th - 8th
At this website, find exercises for each of the "Twelve days of winter break." Stay fit during the holidays and work these simple exercises into your daily routine.
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Toning & Building Muscle

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of videos on toning and building muscle and the importance of exercise and a proper diet. Videos vary in length. Twenty-nine video lessons followed by a comments section.

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