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The sporting action of running is critical for participation in almost all sports. The ability to use an effective movement pattern to run will increase efficiency and allow appropriate modifications of speed and direction. This resource is a lesson plan for evaluating the running movement pattern using technology. To download the worksheet, a free account must be created. 

This free video resource from PBS LearningMedia teaches students the importance of communicating while playing sports.  Playing outside makes kids happier, healthier and stronger! In this segment, Abby Brown visits a softball practice and discovers constant communication is a crucial part of working together as a team in order to succeed.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Whether it’s playing a game of cards or running in a track meet, good sportsmanship can take you a long way. The questions and activities in this guide will help your students understand what sportsmanship is, how they can be a good sport, as well as how to handle situations in which someone is acting unsportsmanlike.

Use this to guide your students to reflection as they evaluate their feet passing skills. 

This activity can be used as a warm-up activity or it can be used to practice locomotor skills and space awareness. This is also a great activity to use at the beginning of the school year because it helps students understand class rules and expectations. A video is included in this resource. 

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.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

In this lesson, students will be able to explain the relationship between the structure of the muscular system and its function. Students develop an argument on how the body, including the muscular system, is a system composed of a specialized group of cells and tissues. This is a complete lesson plan that includes multiple videos, learning activities, worksheets, and PowerPoint about the role and function of the muscular system. 

The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate body management skills specific to balance with and without the use of apparatus. This lesson involves a series of balances and an individual balance checklist that can be copied and used by each student. 

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This learning activity focuses on the previously taught volleyball skills of setting, forearm pass, and overhand/underhand serving. Students will break off into partners around the gym. Place playing cards face down on the floor in places that are easily accessed by students on either side of the net but are out of the playing area. On the teacher's signal, the activity begins. The partner without the ball will go draw a playing card and bring it back to their partner. Each type of card stands for an activity: Spades - underhand/overhand serve, Clubs - overhead set, Diamonds - forearm pass, Hearts - any exercise (jumping jacks, push-ups, etc.). After a designated amount of time, rotate partners.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

To gain a better understanding of what students know about strong and light force. This assessment can be completed in the students' classroom, at the end of a class, or as a take-home assignment.

Fitness testing is a part of many physical education programs across the United States. For many youngsters, the PACER test is the most difficult. Here are three lead-up activities to make the experience of administering the PACER test more enjoyable for the students. 

This activity is great for increasing cardiovascular fitness and basic sport skills. This activity is played as a progressive activity with four different stages.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

The purpose of this activity is to have students practice controlling an object with a hockey stick. 

Handball can be played with any kind of bouncing ball on practically any kind of wall. The United States Handball Association promotes “any ball, any wall” in teaching. Teachers are encouraged to use any available equipment and space. Handball can be taught as a unit for the entire class in the gymnasium or used as a station activity in one section of the gym. There is no need for regulation-sized courts in a gymnasium. Cones and floor tape work well to mark playing spaces and boundaries.

The following lesson plans for teaching handball in middle and secondary schools have been written for grades 6-12. Court size and distances (from the wall when hitting a ball) can easily be adjusted to match the developmental levels of learners.

This resource includes several Google Slide presentations to use as throwing targets. A projector and teacher device (iPad, computer, etc) are required. Students will throw at the moving targets.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

This video is an assessment for health-related fitness concepts. The Brain Bites video series teaches physical education concepts in short video bites. This Brain Bite is the Teachers' Edition of the Health-Related Fitness Concepts Assessment. It covers the 4 components of fitness, as well as, the F.I.T.T. Principle and the Overload Principle. 

This resource is a series of four cue cards. Teachers can print these cue cards for display in the gymansium or to be used at a station. Teachers could also use these graphics in their own slide show presentations or to be projected during the lesson. 

This is a classic game where teams have to cross an imaginary river without touching the water.  This activity focuses on cooperation and teamwork. A video demonstration and diagram is included. 

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

This is a powerpoint presentation of partner balances. Teachers can display the balances using a projector or print the balance cards for station work. 

This is an interactive running pace calculator. Students can enter key pieces of data to determine their pace or their distance. Pace calculators are useful for both new runners and expert runners. Whether someone is running their first race, trying to PR, or going on a training run, knowing their pace can help them train and run better.

In an effort to achieve the success that we all want for players and programs, the Alabama High School Athletic Association is committed to educating and promoting the concept of sportsmanship. Therefore, we have taken the initiative to create a Sportsmanship Manual to serve as a guide on our journey to becoming a model state high school athletic association. This manual contains valuable information and should serve as a key reference not only in planning for the upcoming athletic year but as a refresher of sportsmanship principles and practices all year round. To improve good sportsmanship, everyone needs to adhere to the policies in the manual.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

This classroom resource is a free lesson plan from Teacher.org. In this lesson plan, students participate in a game of basketball using various sizes of available balls. This lesson plan for basketball skills will assist students in refining skills for a lifetime activity playing basketball, interacting with respect and sportsmanship with their peers.

This lesson plan teaches respect for others and teamwork. 

This alignment results from the Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

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.

A basic belief underlying The Responsive Classroom approach to teaching is that how children learn to treat one another is as important as what they learn in reading, writing, and arithmetic. We believe that social skills such as cooperation, assertion, responsibility, empathy, and self-control are essential to children’s academic and social success and we emphasize the teaching of these skills, along with academics, throughout the school day.

This resource provides teachers with classroom strategies to build community, improve communication, and enhance classroom discussion. This resource also has a listing of professional books related to these topics. 

In this activity, students will practice jumping rope starting with making big wheels with their arms first. Students will start by placing their arms out in front of them and making big circles with their arms in a big wheel or "windmill" fashion. This will extend the full ROM of the shoulder joint. Students will then bend their knees each time they see their hands pass their eyes. Students will continue to do this an add a jump to the movement. Students will then get a jump rope that fits them appropriately, by holding the handles and stepping on the middle of the rope. The rope should be between the shoulders and underarms. You can tie knots in the rope if the rope is too long. Students will toss the rope from behind the heels to the front of the body and then jump over the rope (jumping rope). 

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Hot box is a fun and creative way for students to work on throwing/catching and using offensive concepts to score for their team. Points are earned when a team catches a pass inside the “end zone”, which is marked by the four cones in the middle of the playing area. The link to this activity is for a disc but can be used with any type of object to throw and catch working on the skills listed above.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit. 

This is a video resource on YouTube linked from the OpenPhysEd site. This can be used as a tutorial to teach students the Triangle Dance or for the teacher to become more familiar with the dance.

What do you get when you combine badminton, tennis, ping-pong, and a gregarious cocker spaniel? These are the ingredients for the sport known as pickleball.

This website discusses the history of pickleball and how it became the game we know it to be today. 

In this activity, students will discuss the importance of pre-game meals and fluids for athletic performance. Athletes and teens need to be aware of what they eat before athletic contests. This activity will provide students with the appropriate and right types of foods to eat prior to an athletic contest.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

This resource provides a variety of visuals to teach and apply skill related components of fitness to class activities.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

This is a handbook of ideas for teaching Adventure Education. Broken down into different sections, this handbook is complete with learning activities, visuals, and resources.
Taking care of the environment while participating in outdoor pursuits is highlighted on pages 87-92. 

This activity is designed to show students how difficult it can be to make healthy food choices and to help them understand the nutritional information available for a variety of foods. This activity can be done at the start of a nutrition unit. It was developed after the author realized that many students had no idea how to make good food choices or how to interpret nutritional information. Many students are keen to adopt or maintain a healthy active lifestyle, yet neglect to ensure that they are eating from all the food groups and that they are consuming nutritious food that is beneficial to them.

This resource is a lesson outline and video demonstration focusing on the skills of kicking, trapping, bowling, and rolling skills. This resource also includes teaching tips to help keep students engaged throughout the lesson. 

This is a lesson designed for overhand and catching skills. Students can self assess their progress or the teacher can assess skill cues during the activity. Students will be challenged to see how many different types of balls they can overhand throw and catch with a partner.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.