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Aerobics/Dance Project
Students, in groups, create original dances or aerobics routines.
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Personal Physical Fitness Plan
Sticking to a physical fitness plan can be tricky. Support young athletes' personal fitness goals with a helpful and strategie lesson plan. They reflect on their daily habits through a pre-assessment and questionnaire, create short...
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Got Gas? How Much?
Young scholars perform an experiment that measures respiration. For this performing an experiment that measures respiration lesson, students discuss aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Young scholars measure the gas produced...
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CREATIVE PRINCIPLES
Jr. high learners review the basic principles of design (balance, unity, movement, rhythm, pattern, contrast and emphasis) by watching a video by Gerald Brommer. Then they provide "aerobic exercise" for the right side of their brains by...
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Heart Smart in a Heart Beat
As an introductory activity, young statisticians measure their heart rate at rest and after exercise and compute the mean and median, and create a box & whisker plot. This is followed by watching a video (that no longer seems...
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Bacteria: Friend or Foe?
Students examine a variety of environmental and industrial roles of bacteria. explore where bacteria can be found and distinguish bacteria from other organisms.
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Pump It Up With Paper Plates!
Learners use a paper plate for a variety of P.E. activities. They can use the paper plates for an aerobics routine at home.
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Woman Power!!! Mathematics Camp
Students explore mathematics by researching stereotypes. In this gender bias activity, students participate in discussions where they identify traditional careers according to their own gender. Female students attend summer camp and...
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Local Heroes
Young scholars discover the importance of physical fitness. For this personal health lesson, students learn messages and receive demonstrations about good physical fitness practices, health messages, and safety tips.
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Changing unhealthy eating habits
Students identify the elements of a balanced diet, then compile a daily diet and exercise log to assess their lifestyles and improve them if applicable. They recognize and explain the importance of proper nutrition practices.