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The Secreat to Good Health: Eating Right and Exercise

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a seven-day record of all the foods they consume. They analyze what type of food was the most frequent in everyone's diet. They look up each food and record its daily recommended amount.
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Straights and Curves

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students stride the straights and walk the curves on a track in order to improve physical fitness. They work on varied lengths for the strides and walks.
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The Best Place in the United States to Live

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, working in small groups, analyze information provided in U.S. maps to make a logical determination of the best place to live in the United States in regards to natural and human-made hazards. Then, working individually, they...
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NUTRITION STATION CIRCUIT

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners learn various fitness concepts along with various basketball skills. Ten stations incorporate nutrition and basketball skills while
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Leaping!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students properly leap and measure their distance. For this leaping lesson, students practice leaping for accuracy and proper form. Students estimate their leaps and measure with rulers. Students determine distance covered by the entire...
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Smart Snacking Ideas

For Teachers Higher Ed
Educate parents on obesity prevention using these discussion points, specifically geared toward families of preschoolers. You will need to add to this, as it is mostly an outline of topics and objectives.  Concepts include healthy...
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Stay Fit, 'Cause You Never Know.

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars identify what "Active Living" means and compare and contrast the relationship between fitness and active living by developing a recipe for Active Living. They examine Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating and the...
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Four Wall Handball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the sport of handball. After reviewing the rules of handball, they explore how to hit the ball without hurting their hands. Students discuss arm strokes and proper foot alignment and sidearm positions. Using proper...
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Breakfast of Champions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders classify foods using the food pyramid and write about the foods they eat. They distinguish between healthy and junk food and make healthy choices for their meals. They listen to the story "No Peas for Nellie" and discuss...
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Exercise: The Right Stuff

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore how regular exercise keeps the body strong and healthy.
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Total English Advanced: Business Ventures

For Students 8th - 11th
In this business ventures and communication worksheet, students respond to questions pertaining to businesses they might enjoy starting and then write information regarding 2 new products or services
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March of Dimes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research March of Dimes. In this disabilities lesson, students use the March of Dimes website to answer questions on a worksheet. Students discuss similar programs that collect money to help support the prevention of other...
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Healthy Tips Podcast

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners create a health-based podcast for peers using prior knowledge, internet research, and KWL charts. This lesson is adaptable for different health topics and age levels.
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Walk, Run, Jump!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a series of timed relay races using their skeletal muscles. They compare the movement of skeletal muscle and relate how engineers help astronauts exercise skeletal muscles in space. They list the three types of...
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People Bingo

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students get to know one another. They move around the room asking classmates questions that are on the card and making up a Bingo card. They find somebody that answers a question on their card and writes their name in that square.
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Fiber - Adding It To The Diet - Skill Supplement

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine and prepare a recipe and state the purpose of each ingredient. They complete a worksheet based on the food pyramid.
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Trivia Time

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a trivia game and follow directions during a down time.
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Floor Hockey

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice key aspects of floor hockey: passing, playing cooperatively, moving the ball or puck with both sides of the stick and shooting. They practice drills and play a game without a goalie.
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In the Presence of Oxygen

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, in groups, classify different activities as aerobic or anaerobic. They create posters displaying their categorizations and then take notes on each other's posters.
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Aboriginal Physical Education

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students engage in p.e. activities that have roots in native Indian, Metis, and Inuit cultures. They practice the skill involved and listen to the significance behind the skill. They read relevant books and define new terminology.
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Pbs News Hour Extra for Students and Teachers

For Students 9th - 10th
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer offers specialized news resources for students and teachers. Content includes background information for the top stories of the week, full multimedia packages (video, audio, graphics, and text) which explore...
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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,...