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What is Temperature?
Young scholars examine how temperature is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a substance.
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Foot Tag
Students use a yarn or fleece ball. On the signal (whistle, music) students move around trying to hit as many different classmates feet as possible.
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Starting Off
Students practice starting and stopping safely at a signal given by the teacher as they practice different locomotor movements.
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The Heart
Students are introduced to the parts of the heart and the flow of blood through the heart.
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Shark Attack
Students develop the different jumping patterns (hopping; jumping using 2 feet take-offs and landings; leaping; 1-to-2 foot jumps; 2-to-1 foot jumps)
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Sign Language Tag
Students work on their sign language skills using yarn balls to tag with and cones for boundaries.
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The Great Wall of China Lesson
Fourth graders explore The Great Wall of China and use materials to make a class Great Wall of China students measure a portion of the classroom, school or playground and construct a "Great Wall" to scale.
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Graph It
First graders collect classroom data (such as mode of transportation used to get to school) and prepare a pictograph to interpret the information.
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Mickey and Minnie's Freeze Tag
Students use various locomotor skills to explore how to play tag while role playing Mickey and Minnie mouse.
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Spot Jumping
Learners practice two-foot take-offs for jumping and a one foot for a hopping. They practice locomotor skill to music.
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Field Trip to San Bruno
Students contrast a weedy annual grassland of introduced species with an undisturbed, ancient plant community of native bunchgrasses and wildflowers.
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Pokemon Tag
Students play Pokemon Tag to promote the improvement of chasing and fleeing skills.
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Balloon Staging
Students discover how rockets can reach a higher altitude by using staging. They use balloons to demonstrate this concept and then practice with rockets. They discuss the results to end the lesson.
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Dribble Tag
Students practice dribbling with their one hand while staying away from the designated taggers.
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Body Shapes with Stretch Ropes
Students form the body shapes (wide, narrow, rounded, and twisted) while using a piece of equipment.
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Paper or Plastic
Learners practice throwing and catching skills with plastic grocery bags.
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Pilots, Drivers, and Captains
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus, then change the words for a boat.
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Hot Potato Tag
Students throw and catch the ball provided to them. When the music stops, the student with the ball runs while the other one chases them.
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Paper Airplane Throw
Students practice their throwing overhand skill with an emphasis on the cue of "stepping with the opposite foot." The teacher could use activities of focusing on stepping with the opposite foot prior to this one for help of mastering the...
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The Effect of Moisture on Soil Temperature
Young scholars analyze the relationship between soil moisture and its effect on soil temperature.
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Rock'n Robin
Students wall line dance given specific steps given to them by the teacher.