Curated OER
Box of Mystery
Students are given a box and wrapping paper and are asked to decorate it in a style that is original and creative. The project could be used for content area learning if adapted to include curriculum content. The instructional activity...
Curated OER
May I?
Fourth graders learn what a maypole is and how one is made. They write a paper about how one is made and how it be used on the playground.
HotChalk
Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Physical Education & Health
This resource provides a collection of physical education and health-based lesson plans organized by grade level.
PE Central
Pe Central: Physical Education Lesson Plans: Pe Central
An outstanding site for PE lesson plan ideas, Classroom Management ideas, health lesson ideas as well as ideas for field day activities. The lessons are broken down by grade levels. Ideas to teach a comprehensive physical education program.
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Central: 3 5 Lesson Idea Menu
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: K 2 Lesson Idea Menu
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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Pe Central: Cooperation Assessment
Ask young scholars to think critically about their previous experiences with cooperative learning and physical education activities. This website provides a list of questions that students need to answer on their own. Turned-in responses...
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Badminton Partner Singles
Here are some ideas for planning a badminton round-robin tournament in physical education class. Includes ideas for assessing students' participation and effort.
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Pe Central: Body Awareness: Throwing Lesson Plans
This lesson helps the students to get familiar with the movement of their bodies. Also helps to develop their underhand throwing.
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Pe Central: Mystery Puzzle Race
Students work in teams to complete physical tasks and, in the process, solve a sports- or health-related puzzle. Modify this activity to make it more challenging or to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Fitness Four Square
At this website, learn about a game that combines four square and other aerobic exercises. Includes ideas for assessing learners' participation in the activity as well as adapting the activity for students with physical disabilities.
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Olympic Challenge
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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Pe Central: Classroom Teacher Integrated: Superstar Bowling
Use a "superstar bowling" to practice cooperation, underhand throwing, and spelling skills. The lesson plan presented at this website includes an overview of the materials, a description of the physical activity, and ideas for varying...
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Pe Central: Classroom Teacher Integrated: Note Bowling
Students familiar with musical notes and their values can participate in "note bowling." The simple physical activity described at this website can take place in both gym class and in music class.
Other
Teaching Ideas: p.e. Ideas
This website is a great resource to discover new physical education activities to bring to the classroom. Activities are grade appropriate (although keep in mind this is a British site and curriculum standards may differ).
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Geographical Distance Skating
This is a fun gym-class activity that requires middle schoolers to apply simple geography, mathematics, and writing skills. As a class, students skate (or run or walk or bike) around the gym in hopes of gaining mileage. Lesson idea...
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Pe
Primary Resources provide pdf and html documents for lessons that include: warm-up activities, dance & gymnastics, invasion games, striking & fielding games, net/wall games, fitness & athletics, outdoor & adventurous...
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Pe Central: Ditto a Cooperative Game
In groups, students not only design and build something using equipment set for them but also write a detailed description of the item they have created so that others can follow their lead. This activity requires students to be...
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Pe Central: K 2 Pe Lesson Ideas: Bowl a Rama
Introduce children to bowling in this gym-class activity. Young learners practice rolling a ball with partners and then practice rolling a ball toward specific targets.
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Pe Central: Cooperative Learning: Cooperative Handball
Teach students "Cooperative handball," and have them practice working with others. This website includes the rules to "Cooperative handball," as well as suggestions for forming teams and for adapting the sport for students with...
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Pe Central: 3 5 Pe Lessons Ideas: Team Bowling
Through "team bowling," learners not only practice their cooperative learning skills but also practice rolling and catching. At this website, learn how to plan team bowling as a gym-class activity. Included are ideas for varying the...
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Pe Central: High Middle School Pe Lesson Ideas: Progressive Bowling
Students work together in "progressive bowling" to knock down all ten pins. This activity requires students to work together and to practice their rolling technique. Includes ideas for varying this activity and assessing students...
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Pe Central: Pre School Pe Lesson Ideas: Bowling
Introduce young children to bowling and the arm movements associated with this sport. This lesson plan allows students to create variation of bowling by setting up pins in unique arrangements and through participating in small groups.
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Pe Central: Cooperative Learning: Sneak Attack
Teach you students "Sneak attack," and enforce the importance of cooperation while playing this game. Game requires simple equiptment as well as students' knowledge of the terms "Offense," and "Defense."