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Introduction to Yoga
Students are introduced to yoga for fitness and relaxation. Over the course of the activity, students practice various yoga poses and relaxation methods. They complete two minute yoga stations after all of the poses have been...
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Swimming Survivor Challenge - III
Young scholars to learn the steps for administering CPR and practice with a partner.
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Swimming Survivor Challenge II
Students practice safe use of a spinal board for a potential spinal injury in the water. They use head-chin support and head-splint techniques for in-line stabilization with a partner.
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First Aid Kits
Students explain what items make up a First Aid Kit and what the purpose of the items is. They draw and label at least 10 items that go into a First Aid Kit. On the back cover, they list these items and explain how the item is used.
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Fitness Race Track
Students complete a series of exercises and run laps. They estimate what their heart rate be at the end of the session and then check their estimates.
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Bottle Cap Basketball
Students play a simple game to practice the fundamentals of a bounce pass and aiming the basketball.
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Olympic Sprint Training
Students work with a partner and observe and analyze their partner's form while running. They make recommendations from a list of eight cues to help improve both running speed and technique.
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Swimming Survivor Challenge - III
Students review and practice the steps for administering CPR.
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Negative Toss
Young scholars discover that they have control over their lives and over which aspects of their lives they choose to concentrate on. They throw away their negative feeling in this activity
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Class "Goals"
Students observe a soccer theme poster displayed on the classroom walls. As they follow directions, participate, and listen, students earn soccer balls to attach to the poster. Upon receiving 10 soccer balls, the class receives a reward.
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People Bingo
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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Cheeto Tag
Students practice motor skills while playing this variation of tag. They learn the importance of hand washing in the activity.
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Internet Nutrition
Students use different Internet websites to help get an idea of daily calorie intake and fat grams intake from a normal fast food meal.
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Turkey exercises
Students draw a colored feather out of a turkey made from a bag and colorful paper feathers. Each color feather corresponds to a different exercise that students must perform.
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Bike Safety
Students discover the importance of obeying traffic signs and bike safety rules by completing a bike obstacle course. They discuss safety gear and traffic signs then complete the obstacle course while avoiding the simulated pedestrians.
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Dualathon Warm-Up
Students compete in a biathlon of self chosen events. After reviewing the events of a biathlon and triathlon, students perform the activities of a 3,4, or 5 minute biathlon. Results are recorded by comparing the resting and performing...
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Protect Your Child: Know Your Password
Students practice having a secret password to prepare them for potentially dangerous situations.
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When Building Up Leads to Breaking Down
Students examine where one develops his or her views about health and ways in which teen-agers exhibit these influences, focusing particularly on the rising trend of anabolic steroid use in teen-age girls.
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What Is It?
Play the game of Tag and differentiate between plants and animals. Explore the characteristics of plants. Identify the major parts of plants (e.g., seeds, stem, pistil) and describe their basic functions. Compare the requirements of some...
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Sports Science
Students explore athletes and how they perform. In this physics lesson, students investigate how physics is involved in sports. Students go online to interactive sites that explain physics and biomechanics. Students also research...
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The Human Memory
This is a well-designed, creative instructional activity to help students learn more about the human memory. Working in pairs, students complete tasks and gather data. Excellent websites for resources are also provided.
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Musical Hoops
Students are introduced to the five health related concepts, muscular strength, muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, body composition and flexibility through a game of musical hoops which incorporates math operations.