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Swimming Survivor Challenge II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review Red Cross swimming skills and practice safe use of a spinal board for a potential spinal injury in the water; students use head-chin support and head-splint techniques for in-line stabilization with a partner.
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Swimming Survivor Challenge IV

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice using a mask, snorkel, and fins to collect items from the bottom of a pool. They should swim as well as hold their breath while going under water.
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Swimming Survivor Challenge II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice safe use of a spinal board for a potential spinal injury in the water. They use head-chin support and head-splint techniques for in-line stabilization with a partner.
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Life and Death Situations in Swimming

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice what to do in the case of water emergencies. They experiment with using a pair of jeans to create a flotation device and learn to use a life preserver to pull others to safety.
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Swimming Survivor Challenge - III

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review and practice the steps for administering CPR.
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How Wet Can You Get?

For Teachers 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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Swimming Survivor Challenge - III

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers to learn the steps for administering CPR and practice with a partner.
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Vegetable Olympic Swimming: Will it Float?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students inspect nutrition by conducting a science experiment in class. In this vegetable identification lesson, students examine a group of different veggies and predict whether they will sink or float in a tub of water. Students check...
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First To Float

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students determine how to float on their backs in a swimming pool. They participate in swimming lessons at a community pool. While working in small groups they practice floating on their backs to increase their safety around the pools....
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Feeding Frenzy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are divided into two teams in which its members are to gather as many objects in the pool as possible gaining points for different objects.
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Floating Oranges

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students get into groups or watch one demonstration of the game. They observe an orange floating in the pool, pretending it is a little boy/girl wearing a life jacket. Next, they watch as the orange is peeled and thrown back in, with the...
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Monitoring Energy Expenditure

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use heart rate monitors and complete a swimming and running test. These tests allow students to obtain personal data, to manipulate the data through calculations of various parameters, and to graphically represent the data.
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Wipeout (Dancing Legs) Tag

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in physical education activities such as dancing or completing stationary swimming movements. They perform various actions to specified instruments such as guitars and drums. Students attempt to stay away from...
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Crabmania

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform the "crab walk" and the "fish swim" as music plays. When the music stops, the "fish" students freeze in position as the crabs tag other fish. Tagged fish become crabs. Students continue playing the modified game of tag.
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Monitoring Energy Expenditure

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use heart rate monitors and complete a swimming and running test. These tests allow students to obtain personal data, to manipulate the data through calculations of various parameters, and to graphically represent the data.
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Training for Three: Triathlon

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students complete a final exercise test (cycle ergometer) that enable them to discuss their potential in each of the three events. They are introduced to the concepts of economy and efficiency in running, swimming and cycling.
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Pregnancy and Birth

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Participants describe the process of pregnancy and childbirth. Working in pairs, they sequentially order a set of ten cards listing the steps of pregnancy and childbirth. After the cards are arranged correctly, each phase is discussed in...
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Listen a Minute: Exercise

For Teachers 5th - 7th
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...
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The Case of Suspected Child Abuse

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students reduce their victimization through discussion of what constitutes child abuse. Also, they take responsible action on behalf of themselves or their friends.
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Snack Smart Move More

For Teachers K - 5th
Show your kids that staying healthy is the smart choice! They examine nutrition, healthy snacks, and the importance of staying active in a several-part lesson plan. There are different ideas for older and younger students here, and you...
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Water Safety

For Teachers K - 4th
Students examine water safety for the beach. They discuss the three safety rules, demonstrate various ways to rescue a person, participate in the stingray shuffle dance, and complete a crossword puzzle quiz.
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Water Fitness

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a series of aerobic exercises in water to help improve fitness.
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Island Sinker

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students perform various locomotor skills while practicing cooperative teamwork. In this locomotor skill lesson, students move from "island" to "island" using the designated motor skill. Imaginative components such as escaping a "shark"...
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Our Many Shapes and Sizes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover humans come in all shapes and sizes.  In this equality lesson, students evaluate different bodies among their peers and discover no human body is "perfect".  Students discuss different ways to keep their bodies healthy.  

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