PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Partner Mile Run/heart Rate Calculation
While working (and running) with a partner, a student works on "improving fitness, calculating target heart rates, and prepar[ing] for the mile run physical fitness test." This website includes a "Partner Recording Sheet" that will help...
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Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Straights and Curves
Students develop speed and stamina as they vary their running (and walking) speeds while on the track. Students may choose to "stride the straights and walk the curves" of the track or "[sprint] the straights and [walk] the curves" of...
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Baa: Boston Marathon History
The Boston Marathon has a long history. Find out about its inception, the several routes it's taken over the years, when women were allowed to race, and its connection with Olympic racers. Click on BAA Programs to find a regimen for...
PBS
Pbs: Host a Family Olympics
Design and build a track with obstacles you must go over, under, around or through. Participate in a non-competive event with a variety of games that develop gross motor skills.
Tufts University
Tufts University: Pentathlon
This site, which is provided for by Tufts University, gives a description of the five games involved in the ancient Olympic Pentathlon and the rules.
Tufts University
Perseus Digital Library: Ancient Olympic Running
This site from the Perseus Digital Library of the Tufts University provides information on the four types of running races are described. The stadion race was the oldest of these events. The different lengths of the race are provided.
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Football Bingo
This is a fun activity through which learners not only practice football skills like passing, hiking, catching, dodging, and carrying, but also get an aerobic workout. "Football Bingo" combines football, bingo, and capture-the-flag in a...
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Olympic Sprint Training
At this website, find an idea for a gym-class lesson through which students work with partners as they strive to improve their sprinting speed and technique.
Curated OER
Beacon Learning Center: Boy With Soccer Ball
A cartoon image of a boy running with a soccer ball at his feet.