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Dance - Kindergarten Moving Safely in Space
Students experience dance and movement. In this kinesthetic lesson, students practice movement of their limbs and joints. They use a hula hoop to identify personal space.
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Self and General Space in Dance
Students explore the different themes and strategies of dancing by performing in class. In this physical education activity, students practice moving specific joints and muscles as they train to perform a dance. Students...
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Rain
Students create a dance based on the sounds they hear during a recording of rainstorm. They learn the elements of dance and explore the environment.
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No Racket Tennis
Students explore scoring and positioning of players on a tennis court during a game of tennis. after learning the basics behind the game, students will stand on a court and throw a ball back and forth to practice their positioning....
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Turtles, Dogs, and Elephants
Students explore personal space at low, medium, and high levels. In this physical education lesson, students participate in imaginary play imitating animals and their movement.
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Rhythmic Movement
Explore how waves move in the ocean with your young learners. Fill a two-liter bottle half full with colored water, and have the youngsters move the bottle to make waves inside of it. Then have them listen to the song "Wipe Out"....
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Sentences In Motion
Explore the elements needed to make up a sentence (the sentence itself, the period, the comma, the question mark, and the exclamation point), with this language arts lesson. A loco-motor activity is embedded in the teaching of the...
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Over, Under, Around, and Through
Students explore a variety of traveling skills. They explain the concepts of moving over, under, around, and through objects while moving slowly, and under control.
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Shapes in Art, Shapes in Body
Students explore body movement. In this shapes and dance lesson, students demonstrate body movements and positions that resemble simple shapes. Students read I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait and choose shapes from the...
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A Moon with a View
Third graders explore the rotation of Earth and the moon. In this solar system lesson, 3rd graders participate in an Earth and moon simulation in which part of the class "becomes" the sun, while other children represent the moon by...
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Scooter Ships
Students explore simple physics concepts such as push/pull, friction, and speed. For this physics/physical education lesson, students work in co-operative groups to "build" a spaceship out of scooters and folded mats. Teams experiment...
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Who's Up for the Olympic Challenge?:Integrating the 5 Themes of Geography with Olympic Bids
Students explore geographical themes. In this problem solving geography lesson, students view a PowerPoint presentation about the Vancouver/Whistler Olympic bid. Students analyze Vancouver as an Olympic site looking at...
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Exploring Shapes
Students practice moving over shapes they have designed. They work on trying to travel around the shapes while practicing their jumping and landing patterns.
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Jumping Explorations
Students work with a partner to follow the pathway-jumping in the different suggested ways. They listen to music to rotate from station to station. Students their favorite stations and levels of difficulty. They discuss the use of...
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"Spatial Awareness" Dance Lesson Plan
Seventh graders explore spatial awareness and then choreograph a dance.
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"Performance Qualities" Dance Lesson Plan
Eighth graders move across a space practicing a dance as they work on focus and energy.
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Courts and Bounds
Students relate what they know about boundaries on sports courts to explore range of space. In this domain and range lesson plan, students identify numbers needed to calculate ranges and use the problem solving strategy of making a table.
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Ultimate Sponge Ball
Students learn fitness through a team game. They explore how to move into open spaces to receive passes from teammates.
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Horton Hatches the Egg
Students explore space awareness and safe movement. In this movement/physical education instructional activity, students listen to the book Horton Hatches a Who. Students pretend to be Horton and rotate from hula hoop to hula hoop...
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Spring Egg Hunt
Students explore pathways [Curved, Straight, and Zig-Zagged] with 20 Cones, 15 Plastic Eggs [with alphabet letters written on paper inside of egg], 15 jump ropes
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Team Handball Lesson Plan 3
Students explore the sport of handball. In this physical education lesson, students review the overhead pass and waist pass. Students also practice the bounce pass and dribbling.
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Toxic River
Students explore environmental safety by participating in a class game. In this toxic chemicals instructional activity, students discuss the effect chemicals have on our environment and how to best protect against their dangers. Students...