Learners blend phonemes to decode words. In this guided reading lesson, students evaluate different comprehension strategies to aid reading.  Learners make predictions based on picture clues and use patterned sentences to facilitate...

Students explore how to use field guides to identify wildlife.  In this nature lesson students construct their own plant field guide. 

Plan an environmentally friendly field day for your young conservationists with this collection of activities and resources. Whether it's bowling with plastic bags full of crumpled up newspaper and empty plastic...

“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”—Lao Tzu. Black Tiger Academy’s martial arts activity 11 of 20 has a written script to guide the class through an introductory meditation activity. It's actually quite...

A guide for competitive swimmers to take a look at how stroke length contributes to swimming efficiency. There is a PowerPoint and several websites for the swimmers to visit to gather information. They then keep track of their swimming...

Students investigate the effects of air pressure on humans by utilizing the Internet.  In this physical science lesson, students research the Internet to discover altitude sickness and air pressure.  Students prepare against...

A series of lessons about dance would be a great addition to your physical education class. Straightforward as well as creative, it teaches the basic skills of dance movement. A rubric helps guide the dancers to let them know what steps...

A great lesson plan to teach the fundamentals of the underhand toss. Begin with some warm-ups, review how to do the underhand roll, and then teach the new skill of the underhand toss. The teaching activity is scaffolded and includes good...

Create a spider web between two poles and have your class get from one side of the web to the other without touching the web. There are four different suggested levels of play. The rules of each level guide how the players need to get...

Which of the following can you survive without for the longest time: water, food, or a positive mental attitude? The answer may surprise you. Guide learners of all ages through games, activities, and discussions about surviving in the...

Identify at least five benefits of physical activity and guide students to experience fun feeling healthy. Your class will participate in the Synchronized Chair Dance. Worksheet and Evaluation are included.

Students play a game in physical education class to examine how a deer survives. Using nature as a guide, they discover how it is constantly changing due to weather, food, water, pollution and predators. They discuss the characteristics...

Going on a backpacking trip? You need to plan your meals and your snacks for sustenance. Help guide your pupils in the planning of healthy foods to take, and to make sure there is just the right amount. Have students pair up to plan so...

With a partner, youngsters measure their pulse and breathing rates, both at rest and after running in place for a minute. While this activity is not novel, the lesson plan includes a large-scale classroom graphing activity and other...

Students follow the directions as the "cat" guides them in moving creatively. For this observing and listening lesson, students move their bodies while staying in their own spaces. Students then are allowed to move out of their space and...

Students practice stopping and guiding a ball with a hockey stick, as an introduction to floor hockey.

Young scholars stop and guide a ball with their chest. Note: This is a good lesson to use as an introduction to a soccer unit.

Learners practice the skills of stopping and guiding a ball with their feet, as an introduction to a soccer unit.

Do you know how much water you have had in the last 24 hours? Do you know how much your body needs? In this hands-on activity, your class members will estimate how much water our bodies lose each day by filling and emptying one-liter...

Open your heart with a refreshing yoga session designed for Valentine's Day. With visual cues of hearts and other festive decorations, participants begin a series of yoga poses designed to open their heart chakras and to reflect on...

Future counselors and mental health professionals engage in two activities that give them insight into careers in human services. First, groups of four compare and contrast health and wellness apps and share their findings with...

Students identify good nutrition. In this food pyramid instructional activity, students learn the basics of good nutrition, identify the six basic food groups, state the effects of the food on the human body, and learn nutritional...

Young scholars explore MyPyramid.  In this nutrition lesson, students compare and contrast MyPyramid, the new food guide from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with the Food Guide Pyramid.  Young scholars discuss the...

For this tree identification lesson, 2nd graders read A Tree is Growing, discuss what makes up a forest, brainstorm characteristics of leaves, gather samples of leaves and examine their samples. Students will sort leaves and compare them...