Students participate in a disc golf game. They throw the flying disc to each hole/cone on the course, completing various fitness tasks and monitoring their heart rate on a heart rate monitor.

Students explore their physical abilities by participating in team sports.  In this physical education activity, students collaborate in groups in one of several team sports before moving on to the next station.  Students...

Staying physically fit takes time, energy, and commitment...but it can also be a lot of fun! This list includes 11 simple ways to stay motivated to exercise and will help your young athletes commit to a life of fitness and healthy living...

Increase your middle schoolers' physical education vocabulary and knowledge of the rules of different sports by posting on the word wall. You will have to do all the work and remember to laminate things, so you only have to do it once. A...

Choose one player to be a Pacman who will walk around the lines of the gym clapping their arms like the mouth of the Pacman. Everyone else stands on a line in the gym without moving. If a Pacman tags a player, then they become a Pacman....

What is the relationship among the heart, circulation, and exercise? Your class members will explore first-hand how different physical exercises affect an individual's heart rate. They will begin by learning how to measure their own...

Students describe how the heart needs to work and rest. In this lesson on the heart, students feel their heart working, play a game of "Wise Owl Says" about physical activity and complete worksheets about physical activities.

From battle ball and around-the-world sit-ups to multiple variations of setting and wall-serve drills, check out this list of 29 drills, warm ups, and modified games for your next volleyball unit. 

Students create a plan for lifelong health by setting personal health goals.

Students participate in health-enhancing physical game of Trivial Pursuit and identify the benefits and effects of health related fitness.

Learners work on their cardiovascular and muscular endurance by exercising to the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas."

Students can practice this activity as a warm-up during the month of December. It's a great way to teach students about different types of exercises and how they relate to the different components of fitness.

Middle schoolers design a cardiovascular fitness program that encourages them to implement it in their daily lives.

Students evaluate the fitness potential of different activities using pedometers in game/play/exercise situations.

Slot-machine-style scrolling columns display Eat choices (a food item, snack, or a full meal) and Move choices (various popular physical activities). Make a food selection and find out how much time you will need to spend...

This accompanies a lesson on how various activities affect heart rate. Young learners identify resting heart rate and target heart rate. They do some physical activities to measure their heart rates for each of those activities. They...

Students increase cardiovascular fitness and muscular strength. "UNO" cards are used. Each card is matched up with an exercise.

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...

Have your class participate in a variety of sports and craft activities using this resource. With sports as the theme, learners work on art projects. Learners create soccer ball prints, a three dimensional football, and a sports collage.

Students brainstorm ideas that will help them to be more active.  In this activity instructional activity students select an indoor activity they can do as a family and other ways they can get moving. 

Students and parents engage in fitness activities which will be located at various fitness stations. Some stations are self-monitored (i.e. rope jumping, walk/run obstacle course) while others are taught by the physical education...

Young scholars measure their physical abilities. In this lesson plan on staying active, students record their physical abilities and try to improve upon their own results.

Students explore physical fitness by incorporating a class game into their sport activities. In this physical education lesson, students draw cards in a similar style to the game Candyland, except these cards instruct the students to...

Students, in order to participate in the carnival, dress out and participate in a Fitness Activity for the day, e.g., 2 minute jog, warm-up by stretching, etc.