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10 P.E. Lesson Plans for Track and Field
Ten lesson plans for track and field include safety tips and class activities. The class activities include basic teaching instructions on how to perform each skill. There are some diagrams included to help you see what to do. Use this...
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What's Your Sign?
Students practice recognition of common street and safety signs and discuss what happens if these signs are ignored.
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Helmet Safety/ Travis's Story
Fourth graders investigate the concept of walking and riding a bicycle as necessary forms of transportation. They watch a video about bicycle safety and write a reflection about notes taken from the video. Students conduct an experiment...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-The Wheels on the Bus
Students read The Wheels on the Bus by Maryann Kovalski. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of travel and transportation. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and...
Teach Engineering
Six Minutes of Terror
Help your class understand the design challenges when trying to land a remote spacecraft on a planet. Class members examine the provided information to understand how each component of a spacecraft is designed in order to safely land a...
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Officer Buckle And Gloria
Students investigate the book of "Officer Buckle and Gloria" to practice the skill of reading comprehension while focusing upon finding correct traffic laws. They practice reading the story while conducting class discussion about obeying...
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Plan For The Short Sprints
Students participate in short sprint activities to help them practice the start, sprinting mechanics, and the finish. This lesson plan describes the progression for teaching your athletes to complete a short sprint. It clearly states how...
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Put Me in My Place: Using Alphanumeric Grids to Locate Places
Students practice locating points on a large wall grid and create and label a neighborhood map. In this geography lesson, students spell and discuss places as the teacher places them on the map. They discuss the concept of an...
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Transportation
Students learn all about how people and products get from place to place.
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Problem Solve Your School
Students work together to solve a real life problem that affects their school. They follow the engineering design process to develop and test their solution. They share their ideas with the class.
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Transportation Unit
Students maintain a journal and write about various types of transportation. In this transportation instructional activity, students write using flash cards to describe vehicles. Students listen to stories and sing a song...
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Red Means Danger
Students describe some common pests. They study three levels of pest control from the IPM pyramid.
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Green Light Eating
First graders categorize food according to the health value. They write down their favorite foods and discuss whether or not they fit into a healthy diet. Students place their foods on a stop light, indicating which foods are best for...
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State v. Hershberger
Young scholars examine citizen rights and protections. In this Minnesota courts lesson plan, students examine primary documents from State v. Hershberger and discuss the implications of the decision.
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Scooter Pathways
Pupils travel different pathways on scooters - with a partner. The partner is evaluating whether or not the person on the scooter is moving in the correct pathway.
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Snow Science
Students investigate how efficient different substances are at melting snow. Students collect and analysis data.
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Reading Our Neighborhood
Young scholars explore their environment and what they can read. In this instructional activity about signs, letters, and pictures in the neighborhood, students will observe what they see around them. Young scholars walk around and take...
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Earth Day-Conservation Walk/Ride
Students explore the relationship between conservation of our resources and the use of other modes of transportation (walking, biking and roller blading). They show respect for their environment by picking up garbage in the area. They...
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media: Education: Staying Safe Online (K 2)
Students understand that they should stay safe online by choosing websites that are good for them to visit, and avoiding sites that are not appropriate for them. They learn about the similarities of staying safe in the real world and...