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Body and Blood

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the cardiovascular system. Through the use of video, students observe the heart pumping an oxygen-enriched blood supply through arteries to the muscles in use during exercise. They participate in activities to explore...
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Getting Up the Nerve

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the basics of the nervous system through an interactive program. They discover how the brain is linked to muscle movement. They can test cells through the interactive program to see how it reacts to different stimuli.
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Elastic Band Exercise

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders build muscle strength by using elastic bands. In this elastic band exercise instructional activity, 7th graders do various stretches and movements using an elastic band. Students go to different stations to do different...
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Happy, Healthy Me

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students become taste testers and experience an alphabet of nutritious snacks. They also discover more about their muscles and bones and the importance of exercise.
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The Human Body Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify features of the human body, explore needs of the human body by explaining the importance of good health in relationship to the body, and study functions and care of the human body and its organs.
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Strength

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in static and dynamic activities to develop muscle strength and balance. Free weights are used to work on shoulder, bicep, and tricep muscles. Locomotor skills of hopping, jumping, leaping, skipping, and galloping...
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Weight Training

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars begin writing their individual weight training programs after a discussion of body types, and principles of training, and an anatomy game for a review of muscles. Students have a reflection writing on goals for assignment.
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Health: The Skeleton with a Message

For Teachers K - 5th
Students identify human muscles and bones from a cardboard skeleton, named "Mr. Skelly." Using dialog balloons as props, the teacher holds up advice from Mr. Skelly, such as noting he drinks milk to keep his bones strong. The lesson...
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Frog Olympics

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the attributes of amphibians. In this physical frog biology instructional activity, students discover facts about the muscles of frogs and then play 2 games that require them to move like frogs.
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Recognizing Propaganda-Loaded Language

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study a print ad for an abdominal toning device after discussing what strategies are necessary for healthy weight loss and muscle tone. They practice the skill of recognizing propaganda in print advertising.
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Prosthetic Limbs

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create a simple model of the muscles in hand opening and closing the it. They make the model move a block in a specified direction.
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Creating Fitness Goals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a fitness goal to include one of the following: muscle building, cardiovascular development or healthful diet. They utilize a daily calendar to record progress. They utilize the Internet to research proper ways to reach...
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Science: About Your Body

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine body systems and demonstrate their competency in a quiz game show. Lessons cover the brain, heart, lungs, digestive system, muscles, and bones. Students , in teams, answer teacher-created questions in the game.
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Environmental Helpers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners strengthen leg muscles while learning about the environment. For this environmental lesson, students use scooters to pick up poly spots from the floor. The poly spots are metaphors for trash.
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Skeleton

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars study the skeleton. In this human body lesson, students draw and label bones in the body by tracing each other and creating a skeleton out of body parts and brass fastners.
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Hoopla Shuffle: Gross Motor Development

For Teachers K - 3rd
Using cones and large hoops, have your athletes move the hoops around the gym using only their feet. They must do so within various parameters: both feet inside or outside the hoop, one in and one outside it, or twirling it around one...
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Halloween Stations

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars rotate through 8 stations, each with a Halloween theme. The stations help develop the following skills: rolling a ball, throwing overhand and underhand, eye-hand coordination, and muscle strength.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a P.E. game that focuses on strengthening the abdominal and leg muscles using scooters. With five students acting as the "Grinches," they guard beanbags while sitting on scooters, while the rest of the students...
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Weight Training

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice gaining strength by weightlifting.  In this physical education lesson, students discuss ways to safely build muscle by examining the parts of their body they will be using in the weight-room.  Students utilize a workout...
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Fitness Lab

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners complete several physical fitness stations. Students identify which activities increased their heart rates from a resting level. Stations include jumping jacks, sit-ups, running in place, stretching, and body fat measurements.
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Cut on the Dotted Line

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this cutting skills worksheet, students practice using scissors to follow the straight dotted lines. Students cut on the dotted line until they read the pictures of summer objects.
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Growth and Development

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore an interactive site and discover new facts about the brain and its functions. They play a game demonstrating which areas of the brain control specific muscles.
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"Know How" to Line Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars identify and define several movements physically acted out. They participate in a freeze activity in which they line up performing different movements. For example, they line up (1) if they are doing a strength exercise,...
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Freeze and Thaw Continuous Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students dressed as "Snow Angels" run from "Jack Frosts" until a "Heat Meister" comes to unthaw them. They play this tag game in order to increase their heart rate and warm-up the large muscles (and to have fun.)

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