This resource includes lesson plans, risk management procedures, and emergency protocols for the sport of kayaking.
Explain to students that they will be creating their own line dance. The line dance must have a minimum of 4 parts, each part goes to a count of 4. Students may select parts from the Create a Line Dance cards to use for their dance, or they may create their own parts. The song that students will perform their line dance to will be the same for everyone.
In this learning activity, students set up their courses and practice their putting skills. Teachers can do performance assessments/observations for specific putting cues by walking by each of the holes and checking students off on a sheet.
Mindfulness is a way of paying attention to what is happening right now, by observing what’s going on inside (your thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations) and outside (your interactions and surroundings) with curiosity, openness, and acceptance. This informational material is a 44-page resource packet filled with activities and visuals so students can better understand mindfulness. These exercises begin with checking in and mindful breathing, where you focus attention on the breath as it flows in and out of the body.
Fit cards are a tool to help you get (or stay) in shape at home or at the gym. Contrary to popular belief you don’t need a lot of time and equipment to get stronger, more toned, and to feel and look better.
Durango Boot is a cross between Ultimate Flying Disc and Disc Golf. It gets its name because it was first played in Durango, Colorado, and boots were used instead of cones.
About 25 percent of students in Baltimore who need glasses do not have access to them due to their high cost and the high level of poverty in Baltimore. City health department officials, a nonprofit organization called Vision to Learn, and other volunteers are working together to provide the exams, prescriptions, and fashionable glasses.
The film module spotlights Darlene's story and the educational opportunities and challenges for young parents and their children.
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey engages kids in a game of Simon Says. This kinesthetic game helps kids learn the importance of listening carefully.
Learn to help children think about what kind of a person they want to be in the future, to see themselves in the future, to set and achieve their goals and to understand that they have control over their future self.
Dive deeper into a 911 operator's career and find out how this helper assists in emergency situations. Download, print, and complete paired resources to help students practice emergency preparedness in their homes and classroom.
Learn about the importance of eating healthy foods. In this video, a group of students present and explain the types of foods that are good for our bodies, the nutrients they provide, and how these benefit our bodies. They then explain what processed foods are, why some people like them, and why they are unhealthy.
In this video clip from Food Inc., a family compares the cost of eating fast food to healthier options at the grocery store. Students should discuss the economics of the food industry and how the cost of foods affects their choices.
This resource includes three high-school-level physical education worksheets that could be used as a lesson (or practical review session). These will help to develop the students' understanding of the training principles of specificity and overload, stages of warm-up, and interval training.
This is a PowerPoint presentation focusing on physical fitness components. By the end of the PowerPoint, students should be able to list five main fitness components and have a brief understanding of each component.
The Brain Bites video series teaches physical education concepts in short video bites. In this bite, Cat A. Tonic and Cat A. Lyst teach the concepts of static and dynamic balance. Help students understand the concept of balance by sharing this short video.
This resource is a plethora of learning tools from PE Kansas to help students better manage stress.
PaddleZlam has become widely accepted into Physical Education programs throughout the country. Physical education professionals have embraced the game and have quickly found ways to modify the game to encompass even the youngest of age groups. PaddleZlam is an action-packed game where 4 people, 2 teams of 2, compete with one another by hitting a pickleball into or against a plastic gaming cone. PaddleZlam is the perfect indoor/outdoor activity to create some friendly competition and to get your students to enjoy exercising again.
This is a free resource from PE Kansas.
Crack the Code is a fun cooperative activity. Students will guide their blindfolded partner through a color-coded maze using verbal instructions. This resource includes a google slide file with visuals and instructions. One great aspect of this activity is the possibility to modify the game to meet the needs of the students.
This Google Slides file is packed with 26 Partner and Group Stunt gifs. Use the whole class or share with students via Google Classroom for small group use.
This resource is a collection of ideas for student self-assessment.
This activity is a quick warm-up created for 3-5 graders. The activity builds off previous knowledge of fitness concepts and skills such as jumping jacks, mountain climbers, burpees, etc.
To review various basketball and fitness skills by participating in a fun basketball warm-up. You can design this game based on your curriculum and your students' needs.
The purpose of this activity is to help students learn all of the daily routines that make physical education run smoothly on a daily basis. SMART goal setting is also a focus.
The purpose of this activity is to practice working together as a team while playing both offense and defense. Works nicely with a Handball unit because it allows students to focus on passing, blocking, and strategies.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that teenagers do strength skills three times a week. It can be tricky to incorporate strength training while engaging students in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and keeping their heart rate up. This informational material provides some tips for adding strength and resistance training to your high school PE class.
The purpose of this activity is for students to learn twelve exercises which can be done with dumbbells, as well as the muscle that is being worked.
This assessment will help the teacher assess students' personal and social behavior during a gameplay unit. Make sure to go over the rubric sheet with the students so they understand what you are expecting in terms of their behavior.
The purpose of this activity is for students to practice overhand and underhand throwing.
The purpose of this activity for students to be able to throw underhanded at different distances using the critical elements of the throw. This learning activity includes an embedded video of students demonstrating Ants in the Pants Underhand Throwing Activity.
The purpose of this activity is to reinforce the floor hockey passing skill. This activity will also help to improve passing accuracy.
The purpose of this activity is to incorporate math and anatomical concepts with fitness and rhythmic movement. This learning activity includes an embedded video with students demonstrating Drumming for Fitness and Learning activity.
The purpose of this activity is to reinforce fundamental motor skills (run, jump, hop, gallop, slide, leap and skip) and exercises-Watermelon Jack (jumping jacks), Cauliflower Power (push-ups), Raisin Bread (sit-ups), Crab-by Kick (crab kick), and Move n’ Milk (walking hands and feet).
The purpose of this video is to help children learn more about mirroring and matching (and some balancing) while mimicking the actions of superheroes in a video. This learning activity includes an embedded 4-minute video with superhero poses. You can pause the video on each pose to check students' poses for accuracy.
This is a great assessment to do with younger children to see if they know the difference between overhand and underhand throwing. It is great to do early in the year so you get a sense of what you will need to teach them.
The students circle the cartoon character performing the correct type of throw. We typically do our assessments at the end of the class so that is why we call it an "exit slip." You could do this at the beginning of class making it an "entrance slip."
