This activity will help students practice dynamic and static balance through a variety of balance activities.
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This activity includes three levels of passing: rookie, starter, and all-star. Students move with various dribbling skills and pass with other students. Throughout the activity, dribbling/movements can be changed by using various offensive tactics and teaching ways to create open spaces. Later in the activity, defense can be added to further teach both offensive and defensive tactics. This activity is designed to teach basketball but can be adjusted to teach many sports that utilize team defensive and offensive tactics.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
This resource is a fun cardio drumming dance that keeps students engaged in movement and rhythm. It is also a fun group experience.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
The purpose of this activity is for students to practice recognizing and getting into proper position when playing defense in the game of basketball.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
This free resource from PBS LearningMedia is a video about online safety. Students learn on the Internet there are places where you sometimes meet people you don't know. Stick with what is real; only accept online friends you know in real life. This video visually supports a lesson or unit on internet safety.
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This free resource from PE Kansas Lesson Plans is a learning activity for students to put different rolls, animal movements, and balance activities together. This activity will help students transfer weight on different parts of their body.
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In this activity, students are put into small groups (4 or 5). One group is in the "field," while the other group is "up-to-bat." Three cones are placed 15-20 feet apart, in line with home base. Once the kicker on the team "up-to-bat" kicks the ball, they will run to one of the three cones and back to home base. The points awarded for each cone, 1, 3, and 5, are placed closest to farthest away. In this manner, the player who kicks the ball, either by place-kicking or punting, will run to the chosen cone and try to beat the other team's players back to home base or beat the throw back to home base before the other team gets the ball there. The kicker scores the point if they can beat the ball back to home base.
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The object of the activity is to put money in the bank by making shots at every poly spot. Students work together at each basketball goal to make shots and put money in the bank. This is a fun and fast pace shooting activity that incorporates cooperation skills within a small group setting
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Students analyze the provided scorecard and fill in the areas that are shaded grey to complete the scorecard. They will end the activity by answering the vocabulary matching questions.
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This lesson incorporates graphic novels to help students expand their reading, writing, research, and technology skills. Students first read graphic novels to become familiar with the text structure, then research a self-selected topic using web-based resources. Students follow the research process and synthesize the information they obtained to create their graphic novel using the Comic Life software or other comic software. This unit works best with students who are already familiar with writing a research paper.
Students need to practice all types of writing, and oftentimes argumentative writing is ignored in favor of persuasive writing. In fact, students may not even understand there is a difference between these two types of writing. In this lesson, students examine the differences between argumentative writing and persuasive writing. After choosing topics that interest them, students conduct research which becomes the foundation for their argumentative essays. After completing their essays, students use Piktochart to create infographics to represent their research.
Students prepare an already published scholarly article for presentation, with an emphasis on identification of the author's thesis and argument structure, as well as an examination of source integration (the critic's engagement with primary and secondary source information). The class first analyzes a sample article of literary criticism and discusses how to annotate it for presentation. Each student then uses an online database to access an appropriate article of literary criticism connected to a work of literature they have already read as a class assignment. They then analyze the article and prepare the article for presentation by highlighting key elements of its structure and content. Finally, they present the article to their peers.
In this lesson, students identify how the rapper, Common, and writer, Walter Dean Myers, reinterprets Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of nonviolence in their own works. This lesson also aims to expose high school students to nonviolent options of conflict-resolution. To activate prior knowledge, students will watch Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech and read Doreen Rappaport's picture book, Martin's Big Words, and recall how he approached conflict. The students will connect Dr. King's answer to conflict-resolution with Common's interpretation of nonviolence, as demonstrated in his song, “A Dream”. The students will also connect this dream of nonviolence to Walter Dean Myers' short story, “Monkeyman,” from the book 145th Street. Students are assigned a particular homework task prior to reading the short story in order to encourage a text-based discussion on characterization and conflict. The students will be introduced to Dr. King's Six Principles of Nonviolence and compose a thesis essay as a final assessment.
Students will perform the proper steps/movements of the line dance, "Same Ole 2 Step", facing four different walls.
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Dance made easy for all. The object of the activity is to perform the choreography of the dance with a partner and keep up with the increasing tempo. Teachers: teach the movements using the activity card (free download) and there is even a YouTube tutorial.
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This resource is a video of a wonderful high school Physical Education circuit training lesson. Students are participating in a variety of activities and checking their heart rates.
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This dance was created with choreography that is meant to be fun and warm up the whole body. Teachers can use the Fist Pump Jump Jump Activity Card to teach the choreography of this dance and/or use the YouTube video.
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As part of the drafting and revision process for a current literary analysis essay (or another type of argument), students first participate in initial peer review to improve the argument in their essay. Then they inquire into published tips and advice on writing conclusions and analyze sample conclusions with a partner before choosing two strategies they would like to try in their own writing, drafting a conclusion that employs each. After writing two different conclusions and conferring with a peer about them, they choose one and reflect on why they chose it, as well as what they learned about writing conclusions and the writing process more broadly. Though this lesson is framed around an argumentative literary essay, its structure could be easily adapted to other written forms.
This video shows teachers a creative way to add non-competitive cooperative games in their classrooms. Students enjoy non-competition activity because it is less stressful for the students which promotes morale, unity, and teamwork. Thinking about competitive play can be stressful for some students and they may be less likely to perform in physical activity or exercise outside of class if they feel what they do during class is oppressing or demeaning. This video is designed to show you how to successfully teach cooperative games through a method that will benefit children for a lifetime through a positive classroom environment.
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By developing a clear understanding of figurative language, students can further comprehend texts that contain metaphorical and lexical meanings beyond the basic word level. In this lesson, students explore figurative language with a focus on the literal versus the metaphorical translations of idioms. Through read-alouds, teacher modeling, and student-centered activities that are presented in the classroom, students will further develop their understanding of figurative language.
If you have ever had your class interrupted by a thunderstorm or by a bug crawling across the carpet, you know that students naturally question the world around them. This lesson encourages second-grade students to ask questions about a specific topic, choose a particular question to explore in detail, and research the question using a variety of resources. Students organize their information on a "What we think we know," "What we have confirmed we know," and "New facts we have learned through research" (TCF) chart. They then collaborate to write a class scientific explanation.
Through a teacher-modeled activity, students learn the importance of finding the words in sentences and paragraphs that contain the facts they need. Students then practice finding these fact fragments in small groups using an online activity. Next, they turn fact fragments into complete sentences written in their own words, moving from teacher modeling, to small group work, to independent practice. Finally, they arrange the sentences they have created into complete paragraphs.
This TED-Ed learning activity guides students through the disconnect between news headlines and the scientific research they cover. While headlines are designed to catch attention, many studies produce meaningful results when they focus on a narrow, specific question. So how can you figure out what’s a genuine health concern and what’s less conclusive? Jeff Leek and Lucy McGowan explain how to read past the headline. The activity includes a video, multiple choice and open-ended questions, additional resources to dig deeper, and a guided discussion.
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In this TED-Ed resource, Leah Lagos and Jaspal Ricky Singh show what science has to say about the benefits of sport participation on the body and the brain. Physical, mental, and emotional benefits are described in a video then reviewed with multiple choice and open-ended questions. Additional resources digging deeper into both the positive and negative impact of youth sports, as well as the physiological and emotional benefits of participation. Guiding questions for summary and discussion complete the activity.
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The purpose of this activity is to help students with their underhand rolling skills and then integrate it into an activity.
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This is a great resource for teachers when teaching students how to handle conflict and find resolution during disagreements.
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This is a free resource from the National Council for Open Education. Physical fitness not only produces higher self-esteem, but it also reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease. Not to mention that working out is a great way to relieve stress. This lesson will teach the students how being physically fit can help them live a more positive life. To help students feel better about themselves and their abilities, and to help the students become more physically fit, the students will record their physical activity for one month. They will be required to take part in a minimum of three vigorous physical activities per week. The students will compare and contrast the way they feel about themselves before and after this month long project. The students will list three reasons why being physically fit is important to them.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
This classroom resource is a video from PBS LearningMedia about using bad behavior online. In this video, students learn about bullying, trolling, and free speech on the internet. The internet is a powerful tool for communication, but it can sometimes be a double-edged sword. The internet can bring out the worst behavior in people, highlighting some of the cruelest and most hurtful aspects of humanity. Issues such as bullying online and trolling have garnered a lot of attention recently, prompting questions about who does and should, regulate the internet, and what free speech means online.
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In this video, students watch a short film, A Game for Life by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, about an innovative soccer program in the poor neighborhood of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, that helps to educate local youth about HIV/AIDS prevention.
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This video is part of the Healthy Kids project. It quickly reminds students that mistakes are a natural part of learning. It’s important to speak with kindness, encouragement, and compassion, whether we are talking to ourselves or to others.
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This video describes the behavior patterns of school violence incidences. Interviews with violent offenders reveal school culture and peer influence as strong influences of their behavior. Recognition and warning signs of violent behavior pattern influences are described. In addition to examining the influences of behavior patterns of students considering violent attacks, this video recommends strategies to avoid violent or criminal activities in schools.
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The Flip-a-Chip activity turns ordinary poker chips into a teaching tool, showing students how different affixes and roots can be joined to make words and then placed into a context-rich paragraph. Each set of chips contains two-word roots and two affixes that can be combined into four different words. For example, the prefixes im- and sup- might be written on the two sides of one poker chip, and the roots pose and press on the other chip. The four possible words (impose, impress, suppose, suppress ) are inserted into four blanks in a paragraph according to context clues. After practicing with both real and "virtual" chips (in the Flip-a-Chip online interactive), students work in pairs to create their own set of chips and corresponding paragraph. They exchange their packets to see whether the context clues are strong enough to enable classmates to fill in the blanks correctly.
This resource is part of the Frontline collection, describing the evolution of digital media from an industry that sought out teens to one in which teens seek out content to “like.” As school-aged children spend more time in digital spaces, companies are able to use information that they gather from their activities. This is different from how it once was. In 2001, corporations chased kids down and tried to sell cool teen culture back to them. Today, teens tell the world what they think is cool using the social currency of their generation: likes, follows, friends, and retweets. When kids like something online, it becomes part of the identity that they broadcast to the world.
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In this activity, the students will be able to complete a proper backhand stroke successfully without feeling frustrated or confused. The students will learn the steps involved in the backhand and think about them as they execute the backhand stroke in a game. Fitness activities are incorporated in this activity.
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The focus is on how physical exercise conditions the heart, lungs, and muscles. Students learn to differentiate between aerobic exercises that provide cardiorespiratory benefits and those that do not. They also learn about the importance of muscular endurance and strength as components of fitness.
Learning Goals:
1. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the importance and benefits of a good workout by answering questions correctly during the "Fitness Monopoly" activity.
2. Students will participate in a workout consisting of a warm-up, a workout, and a cool down.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
