PhysEdGames
Speedway!
Get teams running around the perimeter of a court like a racetrack speedway. One person from each team—the number of teams depends on class size—runs around the "speedway" in the same direction, making it back to their team with a...
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Fun Through Fitness Day
Make fitness fun at your school! A list of outdoor activities for a "Fun Through Fitness Day" could be helpful in planning your own version of this activity. The resource describes what one school district has done in general, but does...
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Polar Animals
Young scientists explore some of the scientific equipment that is used by explorers during expeditions to the North or South Pole. Then, they have a relay race! All of the equipment is lined up at a spot 25 yards away from the lines. The...
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Commandos
First create a starting line and ending line in the gym. After divvying up the class into equal teams, each team lines up in a straight row behind the starting point. Each player is lined up behind the other on their team. When you yell...
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Ball Throw Relay
Students use ball-handling skills while running. In this ball-handling lesson, students divide into teams, toss the ball back and forth while running in a relay format.
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Walk a Mile in your Orbit
Pupils create an awareness of the distance between the planets and the complexity of the solar system through a model of an active solar system. they incorporate physical education and math with the ability to convert distances of each...
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Sports and Exercise Activity
Eighth graders practice utilizing motor skills by participating in different sports activities. In this physical education lesson, 8th graders participate in racquetball, shuttle cock, and baseball style activities in order to...
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Just for the fun of it!
Learners engage in non-competitive activities with peers in similar grade levels. They participate in Water Relay, Sneaker Hunt, Clothes Relay, Sacks, and Partner Squirts. Stations rotate about every 10 minutes.
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Running
Students participate in team activities and drills to practice running types and techniques such as high knee, skip running, back kick, big stride, etc... They participate in a 50 meter dash, relay race, and agility race.
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Survivor Island Field Day
Students are given the opportunity to use the teamwork and leadership skills they learned in our cooperative learning unit in a real situation. They participate in relays, races, and rope challenges to showcase their ability to work with...
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EGG-Cercise Relays: Spring Fun Day
Young scholars take part in a fun holiday circuit training activity that promotes good sportsmanship and encourages students to challenge themselves using a variety of throwing and catching tasks.
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Defensive Strategy Hockey Lesson Plan
Here is a nice set of hockey drills focused specifically on developing and enforcing a defensive strategy. The document includes the "Three Rules of Defense," a suggested warm-up and cool-down, and a few videos and professional sources...
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10 P.E. Lesson Plans for Track and Field
Ten lesson plans for track and field include safety tips and class activities. The class activities include basic teaching instructions on how to perform each skill. There are some diagrams included to help you see what to do. Use this...
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Cheese Movers
This is a big dodgeball game. The cats line up on the sidelines of the basketball court. The mice line up on one endline of the basketball court. The mice want to get the cheese from one end of the court to the other and then back. Of...
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Recycling Relay
Students improve their locomotor skills and their knowledge of recycling. They participate in a relay as they recycle different objects into their proper containers.
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The Recycle Games
Students play a series of Recycle Games which provide great exercise while teaching about the importance of recycling. They participate in relay races and games that make use of recycled materials and other "trash."
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Shooting Baskets- Relay Game
Students play a game. In this basketball skills instructional activity, students work in teams to see whose players can all make a basket the quickest.
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Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan
Third graders study Thanksgiving. In this physical education and spelling lesson, 3rd graders play a race game by being the first group who can spell the word Thanksgiving first.
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"Musical Food
Students review the idea of healthy foods and examples of these foods. They play the game "Musical Food" performing a designated locomotor movement around the playing area until the music stops.
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Plan For The High Jump
High schoolers participate in 7 activities practicing the progression of the high jump. They approach the pit, take off effectively, and land safely using the 7 class activities. They practice proper sprinting mechanics.
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Foam Ball Passover
Students work together using positive verbal affirmations in a relay game of passing an object with their feet.
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Kicking
Fifth graders demonstrate proper kicking technique as it is used in soccer. They practice kicking with different parts of the foot and participate in a kicking relay.
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Teaching Fundamental Movement
Students perform fundamental movement activities for flexibility and motor skills. In this movement lesson plan, students perform physical activity for all grade levels.
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Basketball- Dribbling
Students practice several different basketball dribbling techniques on their own, with partners and as a team. They warm up with spot drills and figure eight dribbles and end the session with a dribbling relay race.