This lesson helps young people discover “tricks of the trade” in food and beverage marketing. They practice comparing the messages conveyed through advertisements with the nutrition information available about different products.
This lesson helps young people understand why exercise is important for their bodies and minds. The youth will experience how they feel different before and after physical activity. They will estimate how much exercise they get each day and think of ways they can be more active.
On this website is a collection of songs/videos that can be used to teach students about community helpers. These songs are great for preschool and Kindergarten students.
Students will use math manipulatives to create AB patterns. They will play rhythm instruments following the patterns.
Students will listen to and analyze spirituals. They will identify the secret language used in spirituals to share information. Students will compose an original spiritual.
Students will identify elements of music in orchestral program music. They will create a mural inspired by orchestral music.
In this 3-5 lesson, students will explore jazz music and dance, then write a jazz-inspired cinquain poem. They will build their background on the history of jazz and its use of improvisation to demonstrate jazz dance movements.
Students will learn how different cultures encourage rain to fall. They will make a rainstick.Â
The provided link is a full text Latin version of Julius Ceaser's De Bello Gallico books 1-4. Both the Alabama Course of Study and AP College Board suggest that students be familiar with both the English and Latin versions of this book. The College Board specifically suggests the following sections:
Book 1: Chapters 1-7 (Included in the provided link)
Book 4: Chapters 24-35 and the first sentence of Chapter 36 (Included in the provided link)
Book 5: Chapters 24-48 (Not included in the provided link)
Book 6: Chapters 13-20 (Not included in the provided link)
Students will use this resource to read, understand, and translate Latin at their level of proficiency. Tasks to complete include: summarizing and translating passages, demonstrating understanding of the main idea of paragraph-length prose texts, investigating important and influential works in Latin, analyzing the style of Latin authors to comprehend content.
The provided link is a full-text Latin version of Julius Ceaser's 'De Bello Gallico' books 1-4. Both the Alabama Course of Study and AP College Board suggest that students be familiar with both the English and Latin versions of this book. The College Board specifically suggests the following sections:
Book 1: Chapters 1-7 (Not included in the provided link)
Book 4: Chapters 24-35 and the first sentence of Chapter 36 (Not included in the provided link)
Book 5: Chapters 24-48 (Included in the provided link)
Book 6: Chapters 13-20 (Included in the provided link)
Educators can use this resource when instructing students to read, understand, and translate Latin at their level of proficiency, summarize and translate passages, demonstrate an understanding of the main idea of paragraph-length prose texts, investigate important and influential works in Latin, and analyze the style of Latin poets to comprehend content.
This novice low to novice high French activity is a fun prepositional game to play around Christmas time. The game is presented via google slides. As the teacher progresses through the slides, students are asked to use prepositional phrases to identify where the gifts are in relation to the Christmas tree. Once the item is located, students should say the complete phrase, filling in the necessary preposition.
This google slide presentation is prepared for intermediate low to intermediate mid-French students who are learning to use the past tense and specifically the phrases I have or I did. These comprehensible phrases are repeated over and over in various slides along with a photo to illustrate the meaning of each sentence. In the end, the photos are repeated without the written sentences to allow students an opportunity to recall the conjugations and/or vocabulary. Finally, students are asked to construct the grammar concept on the last 2 slides.
The purpose of this activity is for students to enhance their locomotor skill ability of walking, running, hopping, jumping, galloping, and sliding. This activity also promotes the skill of pacing. At the end of the activity, have students check their pulse (neck, chest, & wrist) and talk about the benefits of increasing your heart rate.
The purpose of this activity is for students to be able to grasp the concept of personal space, direction, using locomotor skills, and different pathways. Their goal is to find their own pathway through the "forest" without touching any of the obstacles (thorns, rocks, or tree limbs). They can cross the bridges (aerobic steps) when they come to them. Students focus on personal space (by not being next to someone), correctly performing various locomotor skills (skipping, walking, running, etc.), and finding different pathways through the "forest".
During this activity, students learn and use hand signals to indicate intention (turning and/or stopping) to avoid collisions. This activity helps students learn and practice space awareness. Additionally, these concepts can be transferred to help students ride bicycles safely.
This learning activity is created to follow Social Studies and Language Arts standards however, the content makes a perfect connection to the Latin literary figures addressed in the Latin standards for the state of Alabama. The activities are in English but provide insight into "The Metamorphoses" by Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid). It includes guiding questions, background information, an essay-based assessment, and multiple extensions that allow students to compare "The Metamorphoses" with later works of art and modern poetry.
This is a video featuring a cardio drum dance to the song “Colorful” from the band Jukebox the Ghost. Teachers can display this video and have students follow along or teachers can learn this dance and then have students follow along.
This is a simple balance-focused "This or That". Students will make a choice of what food or activity they like best. Then students will perform the balance that is shown below. Students will differentiate between static and dynamic balances.
This YouTube playlist includes 10 elementary level dances. These dances can be projected for students to follow along or teachers can use these videos to learn these dances to teach to their students.
How much do your students know about the heart? Find out by taking this quiz!
This informational material is helpful for students to better understanding wearable technology. This material could be assigned reading or used for class discussion.
This resource includes "try it out" activities as an extension to the reading.
Students will use a self-management checklist to document essential activities that are necessary for optimal health. Students will also have journal time, an opportunity to answer a daily prompt to free-write for 2 straight minutes.
During this lesson, students will differentiate between the terms “upstander” and “bystander" and describe the four steps involved in being an upstander when bullying is happening. Students will learn effective ways of intervening when someone else is being bullied by creating and acting out a skit that integrates the four upstander steps.
School running clubs are an excellent, low-cost way to encourage physical fitness in a fun club environment. This resource contains suggestions to consider as you get your club started or ideas you may incorporate into existing running clubs.
Even if you are not considering a running club at your school, this resource includes games and activities you could use within your physical education program that teach the components of running.
Bowler’s Ed is a fun, progressive, and innovative approach to promoting a healthy and active lifestyle while teaching a lifetime sport to children at an early age. The FREE Bowler’s Ed curriculum is approved by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE), certified by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC), and recognized by the Bowling Proprietors Association of America (BPAA). Educators are provided the appropriate tools to be successful whether an experienced bowler or teaching it for the first time.
This resource is specifically for novice German learners as they learn how the German language grammatically works. This site brings the beloved Grimm Fairytale characters into the 21st century. As these characters adapt to modern-day challenges, students are able to see specific grammar points used in context. Each part of speech is introduced by an overview and then further examined as students read the stories and see the concepts applied to communicative contexts using mostly discourse-length language samples.
In this German activity, students will explore the internet and locate a site about education in Germany using the target language. Using the website for the Goethe Institutes, students will gather information provided in the webquest such as when courses are offered, how much do courses cost, and other registration information. After exploring the provided site and interpreting what they have read to locate key information, students are asked to choose from a list of similar sites and write a brief review of their chosen language learning organization. They will present their information about educational activities using a variety of words, phrases, and simple sentences.
Students will identify and perform high and low sounds. Students will read a story using high and low pitches. A video demonstration is provided.
Students will create paintings based on feelings. Students will review colors and lines. They will compare and contrast the paintings and identify different visual qualities.
Students will draw an imaginary adventure. The adventure can be a place they have visited or a new place and include the transportation, people they will see, and activities they will do.
Students will follow a sequence of steps to create art. Teacher will instruct students to draw different lines, shapes, and colors. Students will display work and compare and contrast the pieces of art.
Students will create scribble art. They will use three colors to fill the space between the lines. Students will compare and contrast each work.
3-2-1 Blast Off! CDC’s Injury Center has developed a mobile game app on concussion safety for children aged 6 to 8. Through a futuristic world of galactic racing adventures children can learn the benefits of playing it safe and smart!
The app aims to teach children:
This fact sheet for teens provides facts about opioids. It describes short- and long-term effects and lists signs of opioid use. The fact sheet helps to dispel common myths about opioids. This is a free download and could be displayed in the classroom or used for class discussion.
This website is a useful resource for teachers and students. Here, users will find access to "the risks of tobacco," "tobacco triggers," and "quit vaping". This information can be useful for a teacher developing a lesson or useful to students as informational material.
