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Stroke Length Does Matter

9th - 12th
A guide for competitive swimmers to take a look at how stroke length contributes to swimming efficiency. There is a PowerPoint and several websites for the swimmers to visit to gather information. They then keep track of their swimming...
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How Wet Can You Get?

5th - 9th
Students visit a swimming pool and brainstorm different water sports and what benefits swimming has over other types of exercise. They then discuss buoyancy and water pressure and when how objects sink or float before playing a game of...
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My Favorite Thing to Do

2nd - 3rd
Students complete the questions to detail their favorite after school activities. In this after school activity lesson plan, students fill in the blanks using the word bank to detail information about their favorite after school...
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Partner Poetry

4th - 6th
Young scholars interview each other to get to know one another better. They discuss hobbies, achievements, sports, and music. Then they each write a poem about their partner.
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Seasons and Weather

3rd - 5th
Students, in an open forum with the teacher, discuss the four seasons and all the activities they do during each season. They tie in all the different types of weather that is experienced during each season. In conclusion, the students...
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Cross the Line

3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore labeling and stereotypes in a safe way.In this getting acquainted instructional activity, students answer a predetermined set of questions about personal experiences, characteristics and feelings.
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Trivia Time

K - 5th
Young scholars participate in a trivia game and follow directions during a down time.
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NickNews: Winners and Losers

4th - 9th
Students view the excerpt from NickNews entitled, "Winners and Losers." In groups, they categorize a variety of words and images relating to weight, healthy eating, and healthy lifestyle. They discuss adopting positive eating habits,...
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Loves and Hates

2nd - 3rd
In this verb activity worksheet, pupils match the definitions and the words in the first exercise. Students then match the verbs with the words. Pupils write any other words that go with the verbs. Students then divide the activities...
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Journalism - The Attention Grabbing Topic Sentence

2nd - 12th
Students act as journalists to grab audience attention with the topic sentence for their writing. They write paragraphs in quantities appropriate to grade level.