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Students move through a variety of locomotor skills at different paces to see how they affect their heart rate. In this health, human body, and physical activity lesson plan, students measure their heart rate and discuss health. A particularly strong, cross-curricular lesson plan.

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locomotor skills, gross motor skills, heart rate, the heart

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heart rate, locomotor skills, Physical Education, health
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Grade
2nd - 6th
Subjects
Physical Education
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 day
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
Year
2005
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