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Magic Rope Curl-ups

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students imagine that they are pulling themselves up from the floor using a magic rope.
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Overhead Pass Jingle

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students follow a series of instructions so that they can successfully perform a two handed overhead pass in volleyball.
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Shoemaker's Dance

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the Shoemaker's dance. They review the steps needed for the dance; winding the thread, breaking the thread, and driving the pegs. They practice performing the dance.
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Food Groups Tag Games

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students begin with a discussion on healthy eating and the four food groups as well as analyzing their typical lunch to see if it includes all food groups. Students then play a modified version of tag, yelling out a food from a specific...
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Red Ribbon Locomotor Stations (for Drug Free America Week)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students are introduced to the Red Ribbon campaign. In groups, they travel between a stations to discover how to stay away from drugs and how to say no. To end the lesson, they practice their locomotor skills to reinforce the strategies.
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Introduction to Yoga

For Teachers K - 12th
Students are introduced to yoga for fitness and relaxation. Over the course of the lesson, students practice various yoga poses and relaxation methods. They complete two minute yoga stations after all of the poses have been demonstrated.
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Healthy Choice Shopping Frenzy

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the four food groups. In this food pyramid lesson plan. students use pictures of food to determine what food group they belong to. Foods that are placed in the wrong place are discussed.
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The Segregated Pencil Sharpeners

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore racism through pencil sharpeners.  In this civil rights lesson plan, students utilize a pencil sharpener with one of two colored pencils and explain how some people were not allowed to use certain items because of...
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Friendship Poster

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students use WordArt to create a friendship poster. In this friendship lesson, students use Microsoft Word to create a friendship poster. Students create phrases using the WordArt program and arrange the phrases on construction paper to...
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AIDS Fact Quilt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils to gather facts and identify myths associated with the transmission of HIV/AIDS.
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Swimming Survivor Challenge - III

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students to learn the steps for administering CPR and practice with a partner.
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Fitness Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students elevate their heart rate and work together in groups.
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Quick Beat

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars move in a variety of ways such as speed walk, jump, skip, gallop, crab walk, crawl (on mats or grass), slide, walk backwards, etc. Write terms on a large poster. Writing should be large enough for students in a group to...
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Swimming Survivor Challenge II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice safe use of a spinal board for a potential spinal injury in the water. They use head-chin support and head-splint techniques for in-line stabilization with a partner.
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Scrambled Eggs and Dead Bugs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice movement by pretending be scrambled eggs, and dead bugs. They dance, skip, gallop, walk etc . . . when music plays, and stop when it does not.
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First Aid Kits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explain what items make up a First Aid Kit and what the purpose of the items is. They draw and label at least 10 items that go into a First Aid Kit. On the back cover, they list these items and explain how the item is used.
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Do You Wish You Never Started Smoking?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are exposed to an experience with a lifelong smoker in attempts that they realize that most smokers wish they had never started smoking. If this is the case, we can presume that starting to smoke is a bad decision.
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Birth Control Acronym

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create an acronym for a method of birth control. The acronym should represent the student's understanding of the form of birth control's use.
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Fitness Race Track

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a series of exercises and run laps. They estimate what their heart rate be at the end of the session and then check their estimates.
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Life and Death Situations in Swimming

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice what to do in the case of water emergencies. They experiment with using a pair of jeans to create a flotation device and learn to use a life preserver to pull others to safety.
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Bottle Cap Basketball

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars play a simple game to practice the fundamentals of a bounce pass and aiming the basketball.
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Olympic Sprint Training

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work with a partner and observe and analyze their partner's form while running. They make recommendations from a list of eight cues to help improve both running speed and technique.
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Swimming Survivor Challenge - III

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review and practice the steps for administering CPR.
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Soccer Golf

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students practice golf etiquette without the use of golf clubs, balls, etc.