Middle schoolers practice estimating distance traveled while walking. Also can be used to introduce backpacking/hiking or as a daily warm-up. Measure the blacktop/cafeteria/playground, then determine how many times around make a mile.

Pupils jog at the beginning of the class while learning about the Appalachian Trail. They integrate math into the lesson by adding up how many miles they have run, and comparing it to distances on a real trail map.

Students apply math skills to actual situations they may use.

Pupils practice moving different ways with different locomotor skills. They practice addition and subtraction problems.

Students perform locomotor movement.  For this locomotor skills lesson, students practice running, hopping, skipping, and walking then form themselves into groups based on a number called out.  Students identify if more or less...

Students practice moving over shapes they have designed. They work on trying to travel around the shapes while practicing their jumping and landing patterns.

Students explore the concepts of velocity, acceleration, distance and football. They collect data on the velocity of a football and they determine the distance and height of a football when it is thrown. Students compare their findings...

Pupils engage in an easy way to practice addition and subtraction skills while moving in different ways.

Students integrate the study of plants/soil/rocks within a physical education classroom.

Students work in teams in teams of two and they have a hula hoop which represents their shopping bag and two hockey sticks to gather presents. They use the other side of the gym that has bean bags and fleece balls, which are scattered...

Students jog for three minutes at the beginning of the class, increasing one minute per week for ten weeks. They count each lap as one mile on the Appalachian Trail, computing the class average and plotting their progress on a class map.

Students create a supersized spider web using yarn. They weave the yarn over and under an existing web to create a new design.