Identify at least five benefits of physical activity and guide students to experience fun feeling healthy. Your class will participate in the Synchronized Chair Dance. Worksheet and Evaluation are included.

Boost flexibility with a set of stretches designed for beginners. Pictures and descriptions guide readers through a variety of stretches while standing, sitting, and lying on the floor. 

Tootsie rolls as a teaching aid? Absolutely. Demonstrate to young athletes the importance of warmups and stretching  with an activity that asks them to try and stretch a piece of cold taffy. Class members hold the taffy in their...

From three-way neck rolls to a figure-5 hurdler's stretch, this is an ultimate guide to healthy exercises. It begins with a bulleted list of general guidelines on cardiorespiratory exercise, flexibility, resistance exercises, and range...

What makes an effective warm-up and cool-down activity? as well as tips for leading stretches. Find detailed activity plans, as well as tips for leading stretches, for elementary school, tag-based games (including one game called "Toilet...

Boost physical activity as well as concept proficiency with brief bursts of movement. Before taking a test, scholars vote on five exercises to complete from a set of 8 cards. After two minutes, learners begin their work with heightened...

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.

What kinds of physical activity should youngsters do more of? What kind of activities should they do enough of? What kind of activities should they do less of? Studies say that children should be doing about an hour of vigorous activity...

Before a test or quiz, warm up the brain and body with two minutes of exercise. Browse seven cards that showcase a different exercise. Each card provides a picture and a written description.

Students identify ways that cardiovascular fitness is achieved and maintained. In this cardiovascular health lesson plan, students discuss what aerobic exercise is and list various activities which address cardiovascular fitness....

In this human body worksheet, 2nd graders experiment making a full-sized human body portrait. Students discuss the human body organs and their functions. Students follow and complete 8 precise directives in making a human body portrait.

In this health and exercise worksheet, learners put a star next to activities on a list that they already do, then put a check next to those activities they would like to try.

Students participate in an extra credit activity designed to keep them active over winter break.

Students participate in the Presidential Physical Fitness Test. In this personal fitness activity, students warm up and complete the required push-ups, sit-ups, running, and stretching exercises.

Even if they hate exercise, this lesson could be a great way to practice writing and answering questions for your ELD pupils. First, a tape-script about exercise (which could be read aloud by the teacher) provides them with information...

Students demonstrate the skill of dribbling with stretching and cardio strengthening activities. In this dribbling lesson, the students use cones as boundaries to practice dribbling a basketball. During this lesson, a whistle is blown...

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

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 study health facts while playing a game of croquet. In this croquet lesson, students record the answers to health questions on a clipboard as they shoot their ball through the wicket. An example of a health question is "How does...

Young scholars 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.

Seventh graders build muscle strength by using elastic bands. In this elastic band exercise lesson, 7th graders do various stretches and movements using an elastic band. Students go to different stations to do different exercises....

Third graders practice exercise.  In this physical fitness lesson, 3rd graders participate in a variety of activities at fitness stations.  Students run laps, jump rope, perform chin-ups, sit-ups, etc. 

Students explore how interval training works by performing activities that involve alternating short bursts of high intensity with lower intensity activities.

Two lessons encourage young scholars to take safety precautions while riding a bicycle. First, learners practice hand signals used to tell others on the road where they are going. Second, pupils decorate a helmet to make a safe...