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Fun Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform a dance step in physical education class. They move to the beat of the music, counting eight beats to a set of movements. Students walk forward four counts and do two jumping jacks. They walk backwards four counts and do...
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Winter Lake Skating

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students pretend to be ice skating on a frozen lake, putting on their pretend skates and place a pretend hat on their head. They watch a demonstration of the proper skating form, using their arms to give momentum to move side-to-side,...
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Deal or No Deal

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in a P.E. game based on television show "Deal Or No Deal." Students are offered deals by the teacher to do a set amount of sit-ups, push-ups, jogging laps, or jumping jacks, and they either select the offer or the...
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Scrabble Laps

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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...
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Badminton Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This instructional activity includes visuals and animations designed to aid the instructor or coach to help young scholars learn to use correct techniques in playing badminton. Visuals include drills, tutorials, and exhibitions suitable...
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Winter Lake Skating

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners pretend to be ice skating on a frozen lake. The teacher is able to demonstrate proper skating technique using paper plates, bean bags and ice skating music. The students "ice skate" while the music plays, however, when the...
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Bases Divided: Segregation And Discrimination in Baseball

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students view video and conduct research on how baseball has reflected the social context of American history. They work in groups to investigate outstanding minority baseball players, including racial minorities and women, and develop...
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Running

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in team activities and drills to practice running types and techniques such as high knee, skip running, back kick, big stride, etc... They participate in a 50 meter dash, relay race, and agility race.
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Coin Motion

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize coins and their values and count coin groups. They play a game where when music is turned on they skip, hop, jog and when it is turned off, they go to a spot in the room marked with the same coin or value as is in...
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Human Body Simon Says

For Teachers K - 12th
Students display their new knowledge of human body parts' names and locations, by playing an adaptation of the game Simon Says. A more sophisticated version of the game can be played with older students as they learn more specific names...
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Going For The Gold

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share opinions about athlete endorsements. They write articles that provide an economic profile of an athlete for submission to their school newspaper.
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Who's On First

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students combine reading and physical education to reinforce what they've learned about positions on a baseball or softball field. They read and conduct a skit about baseball.
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Orienteering Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students take a reading with a compass and use the compass to reach multiple checkpoints in a scavenger hunt activity.
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First Aid Review

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create and play a game to demonstrate their understanding of the skills, cues, and strategies used in first aid.
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"Marble-ous" Hockey

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate controlled striking skills with a hockey stick while attempting to hit a target.
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USA State Tag / Mississippi River Shuffle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are given the opportunity to play a tag game while studing geographical sites in the U.S.A. (relative to the Mississippi River or to other geographic features you may choose).
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Role Playing Throwing and Catching

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners are divided into groups of 4-5 and given a role playing scenario card. They are given 8-10 minutes to come up with a skit which demonstrates their understanding of the skill.
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Finding NEMO

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students play agame based on Finding NEMO. They act as characters and play various roles wehre they chase, flee, and dodge.
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Create A Line Dance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create their own line dance, which must have a minimum of 4 parts, each part goes to a count of 4. They may select parts from the Create a Line Dance cards to use for their dance, or they may create their own parts.
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Stop Drop and Roll Tag

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students play tag with red and gray scarves. Red is fire, if students get tagged by "fire" they must "Stop Drop and Roll" to put the fire out. Gray scarves are "smoke." When tagged, students must get on their hands and kne
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Aerobics/Dance Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, create original dances or aerobics routines.
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Volleyball

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students assess their volleyball skills.
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Rope Volleyball

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars use a jump rope as a net and volley a ball or balloon over the net a specified number of times. They work cooperatively and improve their eye-hand coordination as they play a fast-paced game of jump-rope volleyball.
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Ping Pong Soccer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
I know, you are wondering what Ping Pong Soccer might be. It's a soccer type strategy game and the players use ping pong paddles to hit a ping pong ball to score in a goal. Think player safety if you are going to try this activity....