Students integrate physical fitness with spelling of core vocabulary words used in science and social studies. They walk, skip, gallop or jog around a track and for each lap they perform, they are given a letter by the teacher. The...

Second graders view examples of active lifestyles in works of Robert Harris, and list and graph their daily activities to see if they lead active lifestyles. Students then name forms of entertainment that require practice,...

Young scholars measure their physical abilities. In this lesson on staying active, students record their physical abilities and try to improve upon their own results.

Students analyze the five components of physical fitness: cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, and body composition. They monitor heart rates, calculate target heart ranges, and assess levels of...

Students create displays throughout the year to generate interest in upcoming events. They develop a plan to increase awareness of a variety of physical fitness programs. Students create flyers about local activities and share the...

Students develop cooperation skills and to teach rules and how to follow them. Students create voyage card. They discuss and decide on some situations that may have or did occur to the crew during Columbus voyage to the new world. ...

Students explore the relationship between leaf packs in streams and macroinvertebrate populations. They experiment with hand exposure to stream macroinvertebrates in natural leaf packs and then make leaf packs of their own. The...

In this science-related instructional activity, students explore and experiment all the sides and views of an infinitely long cylinder with their eyes opened and then closed as they answer twenty four questions.

Learners, by way of the Olympic Games event of ice skating, are introduced to the concepts of gravity. They try some hands-on gravity experiments and explore the concept of gravity through art.

Students discover and identify how germs are spread, the diseases they can cause, and how hand washing can help prevent the spread of germs. They learn about some of the health habits that are essential for maintaining good health.

Students participate in a lab experiment involving soap bubbles and making bubble prints. They blow bubbles into the soap and add paint to make bubble prints. With extra time, they can play with a variety of bubble toys to see what...

Students work together in groups and pretend they are stranded on a desert island. In this desert island lesson plan, students write messages in a bottle, work together to give compliments, and talk about their feelings.

Learners practice saying no to their friends in a role play situation. In this friends lesson plan, students discuss what valuable friendship is, and that it is ok to say no to a friend.

Teams continue with the Asteroid Impact challenge and determine possible locations to construct their underground shelters. Participants cut scale area models of their shelters from paper and place them on the map to find locations...

Touchdown is a tag game built around stealth and deception. One team is given a small object that fits inside the palm of a hand. Players start at one end of the field and try to get the hidden object across the field to the other...

Students run and try to tag a classmate as "Black Bear, Black Bear" is yelled by another student. In this P.E. lesson plan, students try to get to the opposite side of a playing area without being tagged or being tricked by the person...

Students practice fielding and hitting skills. Using different size balls, students play t-ball. They practice hitting the ball where partners are not standing Students work together to get the batter out.

In teams, young scholars practice working together playing offense and defense in the game of handball. Students use hula hoops to build a castle while the other team tries to knock it down.

Eighth graders work together in groups to introduce themselves to the six types of simple machines. They are to record what the machine does, its mechanical advantage and identify real world situations in which they are used. They...

Learners discuss matter and atoms using this resource. First, they look at a website describing atoms. Then, they learn about the periodic table and discuss how it is organized. Finally, they create a comic strip to display their...

Do you have to be in decent condition to go on a weekend backpacking trip? This resource stresses the importance of fitness in backpacking. There are many ways to get the legs, the lungs, and the heart ready for a strenuous excursion....

Students explore the concept of extinction by studying dinosaurs. In this extinction instructional activity, students watch dinosaur video clips or complete a puppet finger play about dinosaurs. Students may then complete a dinosaur...

Here's a game where players use a variety of ball handling skills. The players may not run when in possessioln of the ball, so it's like a big game of keep away. But there are goals, rather baskets, one in each corner of the gym. So the...

Set up small courts and use ping pong paddles to practice hand-eye coordination.  Use the same rules as if you were playing on a ping pong table or mix up the rules and allow the ball to bounce twice. Sounds like a fun way to...