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Straights and Curves
Pupils stride the straights and walk the curves on a track in order to improve physical fitness. They work on varied lengths for the strides and walks.
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How Things Fly
Students, by drawing on their own experiences, discuss and examine the basic physics of flight. They participate in a variety of activities regarding flight.
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Dribbling Speedway
Young scholars control a ball while dribbling with hands and feet through obstacles. This is a heart healthy activity that accompanies the completion of several tasks as they reach their assigned station.
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Rollerblade Scarf Tag
Students fulfill aerobic capacity through a rollerblading activity.
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Sharks and Whales
Young scholars will participate in a game to promote physical fitness. The outcome will be that learners will become more interested in fitness and remain engaged in the activity throughout its implementation.
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Round Dance
Third graders will participate in a dance activity for physical fitness. The learn a social dance that has an origin with the Canadian Aboriginal People. The use of tribal music will make the lesson more culturally relevant.
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Vitamin Planet
Students explain the function of vitamins in their body. In this health lesson, students identify the six types of vitamins. They create a chart comparing two of them.
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On the Sidelines
Students investigate their pulse rate. They chart their resting pulse rate if they are unable to participate in Physical Education using a stop watch.
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Radiation In Our World
Students identify the different sources of radiation around us. In this physics lesson, students calculate their estimated radiation exposure per year. They research a current issue about radiation.
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Grocery Store Problem Solving
Fourth graders explore healthy eating habits by viewing instructional videos in class. In this food pyramid lesson, 4th graders identify the different classifications within the food pyramid and identify how they can improve overall...
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In the Presence of Oxygen
Third graders, in groups, classify different activities as aerobic or anaerobic. They create posters displaying their categorizations and then take notes on each other's posters.
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Scooter Boats
Students use arm muscle strength to perform a partner activity. In this strength building activity, students work with a partner to create a "boat" with mats and a scooter. Partners take turns being pulled or pulling the scooter boat.
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I Can Be Happy for Hours Just Doing
Students explore leisure activities. In this leisure activities activity, students define the topic and write a paper about a leisure activity they love. Students draw a cartoon illustrating the activity and write a poem or short story...
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Trick or Treat!
Students demonstrate faking abilities in activities. They fake out other students in dodging and chasing activities.
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Late Bloomers
Students demonstrate an understanding that individuals grow at various rates. In this health lesson, students read Leo, the Late Bloomer and identify ways to be tolerant of others. Students record the height of classmates and graph the...
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The Art of Budgeting
For this budgeting worksheet, students complete 15 pages of activities to help them set financial goals and complete budgeting activities.
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Pure Substances and Mixtures
Students compare and contrast the properties of substances and mixtures. In this chemistry lesson, students simulate spontaneous mixing by performing a short class activity. They differentiate heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures.
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Lincoln Avenue Basketball
Students practice incorporating the various skills and strategies associated with basketball. This activity can also be used to introduce different offensive and defensive strategies.
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Teen Pregnancy
Students examine the consequences of teen pregnancy. They identify the dangers of physical intimacy during dating and determine that when alcohol is used in a dating relationship, the chance of unintended sexual activity increases. ...
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Noncommunicable/Communicable Diseases
Students engage in an activity where they research noncommunicable and communicable diseases. Groups get together to research a particular disease then present to the class.
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Jingle Bell Jog
Students make the connection of doing something positive for people in need by offering this student activity that reaches out to the entire surrounding community by getting sponsors for a "jog/walk-a-thon".
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Curling
Students review the basics of the game of curling. They discuss curling terms, hack, hogline, use of broom, and rocks. Students practice throwing for accuracy and distance. They participate in a curling activity.
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Mission Meals
Students engage in a investigation of the types of meals that astronauts eat in space while examining the types of nutritional elements needed for optimum physical tasks in space. They are given different foods and then document the...