+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Swimming Pool Mural

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students research art analysis by creating a mural in their class. In this artistic expression lesson, students research the work of Keith Haring and discuss his personal style and how it reflected body movement. Students utilize paints...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Fitness

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Toward the end of the school year when the weather warms up, take your high schoolers swimming! They perform various cardiovascular activities in the pool, beginning with a warm-up activity and followed by stretching, precardio,...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stroke Length Does Matter

For Teachers 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...
+
Lesson Plan
Sri Atmananda Memorial School

Rising Water

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
An engaging, and not to mention attractive, lesson plan has prealgebra and beginning algebra scholars examining linear relationships. They consider the rising water level as a swimming pool is being filled. They do so by charting and...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transportation Systems: Two Liter Boat Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners design and build full-size boats made out of two-liter plastic bottles, chicken wire, and plywood. Then they race the boats, with the boat's designers "manning the hull", in the school's swimming pool.
+
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Summer Swimming

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here is a real-world application for systems of equations. When is it better to pay an enrollment fee and lower daily rate, and when is it better to pay the regular price? The local swim center is having a special offer, reductions in...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introductory Learn to Swim

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students perform introductory swimming techniques. They review water safety rules. Students blow bubbles and put their head into the water. They touch designated body parts while standing in the water and finally touch the bottom of...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life and Death Situations in Swimming

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice dealing with different water emergencies such as: "survival floating," and using a life preserver to pull others to safety.
+
Lesson Plan
1
1
Nemours KidsHealth

Water Safety: Grades K-2

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners identify bathtub and pool safety rules. In this water safety instructional activity, students create a bathtub safety book and water bottle label that contain pool and water safety rules.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading Comprehension: The New Pool

For Teachers 2nd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 2nd graders read a short selection entitled, "The New Pool." They answer 5 multiple choice questions, 2 short answer questions, complete a fill in the blank paragraph, and place 5 sentences in the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Algebra I: A Draining Swimming Pool

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students analyze and develop symbolic representations to describe the amount of water left in a pool being pumped out after a given amount of time, with various pumping rates and initial quantities of water in the pool.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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.
+
Lesson Plan
Mascil Project

Water Quality

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How do you prevent the spread of water-borne illness in large public swimming areas? Scholars discover the challenges to identifying safe water through an inquiry experiment. They then produce posters sharing their understanding of water...
+
Lesson Plan
1
1
Nemours KidsHealth

Water Safety: Grades 9-12

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Make a big splash with a instructional activity about water safety. After reading three articles related to water safety, high schoolers first choose one water safety rule to research and write a report summarizing their findings. They...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electrophoresis Analogy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use and listen to analogies to help them become familiar with electrophoresis. One example is: Imagine a huge swimming pool full of water and many entangled nets (this is the agarose gel). A dump truck comes along and dumps...
+
Lesson Plan
Nemours KidsHealth

Water Safety: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Two lessons remind scholars of the importance of water safety.  In the first lesson, pupils create posters highlighting three safety rules for a pool, beach, pond, or lake. The second lesson challenges partners to roleplay water safety...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Seahorse Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate swimming in a pool and review water safety rules. In this swimming lesson, students apply water safety rules in a game of tag. This lesson has variations to challenge more competent swimmers.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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.
+
Lesson Plan
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Learning about Giardia and Giardiasis - Research and Role Play

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young biologists begin researching giardia and completing an epidemiologic triangle. They then portray either a parent of a sick child or a physician in a fun role play activity. 
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Life and Death Situations in Swimming

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils 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.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biodiversity in Illinois-Pond Habitats

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders construct a pond habitat in the classroom using a small swimming pool partially filled with water, real cattails, a tree log adjoining, and plastic animal life appropriate to a pond setting. They examine the frog in detail...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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....
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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.

Other popular searches