Lesson+Plans

**Games & Relay Races:**
 * [|A Physical Education game idea called Steal The Ball]


 * [|A PE Game idea for Frizbee Softball]


 * [|This PE lesson uses a Parachute for building Locomotor skills]


 * [|A fun PE lesson idea called Search and Find]


 * [|A PE game idea called Turkey Trot that integrates Social Studies and Thanksgiving]


 * [|This is an integrated "Warm Up" idea using the Bridges of Portland (or perhaps other bridges)]


 * [|Here are several quick & easy PE Games designed for the non-athletic teacher]


 * [|Here's a fall Pie Eater Tag game idea]


 * [|This fun hands-on lesson teaches students Spanish language and culture as they improve their Baleros skills.]


 * [|Jingle Bell Basketball and Get the Candy Cane are just two of these holiday PE ideas]


 * [|Your little minnows dodge "The Net" in this locomotor movement game]


 * [|"What time is it, Mr. Fox?" is a listening, counting, and running game]


 * [|This musical chairs type of game improves student's dribbling skills]


 * [|Big Bear Tag is an idea for practicing locomotor activities]


 * [|The Tree Tag game uses hoola hoops to teach the concepts of self and general space]


 * [|Here are three more spatial awareness activities]


 * [|"Ghouls and Goblins" is a clever Halloween tag game idea]


 * [|This lesson uses games like "Tunnel Tag", and "Halloween Costume" to teach personal and general space awareness]


 * [|The Clean Your Room Game involves 2 teams keeping their half of the gym clean of their opponent's b]


 * [|Builders and Bulldozers is guaranteed to be a popular warm-up activity idea]


 * [|For all you Harry Potter fans, here is a Quidditch game idea]


 * [|These activities give students passing and kicking practice with a standard playground ball]


 * [|Here are two tag game ideas involving "Hawks and Eagles" and "Sharks and Sailors"]


 * [|In this cooperative learning game, two hungry snakes of students race to devour bean bags, etc.]


 * [|This is a well-developed jumping rope lesson]


 * [|This highly adaptable obstacle relay game enhances team spirit and sportsmanship]


 * [|The object of "Mad Dog Kickball" is to keep every__body__ moving]


 * [|"Sharks and Minnows" is a simple tag game idea]


 * [|In "Immunity Kickball", everyone gets a turn every time]


 * [|This game is called "Triple Crown Baseball"]


 * [|"Quick Sand" is a hop-on-spots game]


 * [|"Santa's Workshop" is a strategy game with red and green cones]


 * [|This "nutty" version of Capture the Flag uses squirrels and hawks]


 * [|"Scooter Basketball" uses scooters and hula hoops]


 * [|This scooter vs. basketball race idea improves basketball passing skills]


 * [|This train-themed lesson assesses dodging, chasing, and fleeing skills]


 * [|Here is a relay race idea for learning how to spell the names of holidays]


 * [|This "Soccer Tunnel Tag" idea exercises dribbling, kicking, chasing, fleeing, and basic locomotor skills]


 * [|"Capture the Lion" is a team tag game using running, skipping, walking, seeking and capturing skills]


 * [|In this Cookie Monster game, students practice their chasing and fleeing skills]


 * [|Throwing and counting are the skills practiced in this Oscar's Garbage Can game]


 * [|This running/throwing/catching game will make students eager to "Clean Up Your Room"]


 * [|This is a 'George of the Jungle" throwing and swinging game idea]


 * [|"Knights of the Round Relay" is a medieval themed warm-up idea]


 * [|Here are four steps to a successful overhand throw and a game to practice them with]


 * [|This "Tennis Ball Reaction Game" could also be titled "Extreme Two-Square"]


 * [|This "Bob the Builder" warm-up activity integrates math with a cardiovascular workout]


 * [|"Slider" is a less violent dodgeball game with Frisbee flicks, underhand throwing and cardio activities]


 * [|In this team-building game, squad members use cooperation skills to island hop their way to Treasure Island]


 * [|The objective of "Mad Dog Baseball" is to keep the infield and outfield in motion]


 * [|Students work in pairs to practice throwing and catching skills here, followed by a game of "Team Handball"]


 * [|Students practice throwing and catching a Frisbee here, then quickly dressing up, because this is the "Late for School" game]


 * [|Here students practice rolling the ball while moving]


 * Health & Fitness:**
 * [|This is a Physical Education Lesson that I wrote that uses jumping ropes]


 * [|A PE lesson on Substance Abuse using Role Playing]


 * [|This Health plan is on the Food Pyramid and involves a fun game]


 * [|In this lesson on Tobacco and Smoking students perform a role play with puppets involving Peer Pressure]


 * [|Hand-Eye Coordination, Balance, and Posture are worked on in this Balloon Game]


 * [|Not a lesson, but this Song is helpful in teaching the value of Fruits and Vegetables]


 * [|Here's a "Dental Health Web Tour" complete with Worksheet]


 * [|Student "frogs" demonstrate proper jumping and landing form in this lesson]


 * [|On this day at the beach activity, students will learn about body parts using hula hoops and bean bags]


 * [|Here are two fun activities that integrate locomotor movements with reading, and listening skills]


 * [|There should be no other name for this fitness lesson except "pure fun"]


 * [|This lesson headlines "Dairy and the Food Pyramid"]


 * [|This is a beginning ballet lesson idea]


 * [|"I see" is a very effective warm-up exercise idea]


 * [|"Love Your Lungs" is an excellent respiratory system lesson]


 * [|This lesson is on proper body positioning and arm movements for running]


 * [|This sticker book idea promotes healthy eating]


 * [|This food pyramid health lesson culminates with a nutritious "Pyramid Pizza Party"]


 * [|This lesson focuses on jumping at different levels]


 * [|"Decay? No Way!" is a dental health webquest from LearntobeHealthy.org]


 * [|Here the League of Extraordinary Senses from LearntobeHealthy.org use their super powers to protect our body]


 * [|Here Nutrient Super Heroes from LearntobeHealthy.org use their powers to identify nutritious foods]


 * [|This is a personal hygiene responsibility lesson]


 * [|Tooth Fairy Tag is a great game to play during a dental hygiene unit]


 * [|"The Skin You're In" educates girls about eating disorders and how to have a positive body image]


 * [|In this "Fitness Tag" game, partners chase each other through exercise zones]


 * [|Here students "ice skate" with straight, curved and zigzag pathways]


 * [|"Open Wide - Brush Inside" is a hands-on dental hygiene lesson]


 * [|If it walks like a duck... or a crab, bear, deer or bunny, it must be a... student doing "Animal Warm-Ups"]


 * [|Students take a "trip to the park" in this applied movement story] (PE)


 * [|Students prepare and eat a healthy vegetable snack in this step-by-step idea]


 * Sports:**
 * [|Here are soccer relay races]


 * [|"Soccer Touch Ball" teaches dribbling skills]


 * [|In this soccer lead-up activity lesson, students practice kicking and controlling a soccer ball]


 * [|"Silly Soccer" introduces the sport safely and simply with beach balls]


 * [|Here students plant, putter, and push their inside of foot soccer passing skills]


 * [|"Dream Ring Mayhem" engages student's accuracy with soccer ball punting, kicking, and dribbling]


 * [|These hand-dribbling exercises stress "keep your ball in your foot pocket"]


 * [|"Basketball Sentences" focuses on basketball skills and sentence structure]


 * [|"Finding Nemo" is a basketball dribbling exercise and game]


 * [|Here students work on dribbling skills while dancing the cha-cha slide]


 * [|These great balloon volleyball lesson activities offer plenty of volleying and striking practice]


 * [|Students compete in modified biathlon, floor hockey, luge, and figure skating station events here]


 * [|Students learn and practice overhead handball passing skills in this lesson]


 * Other / Multiple Topics:**
 * [|This is an Article about the Amount of Physical Activity in today's PE Classes]


 * [|Here's another Article, this one on Improving Physical Education]


 * [|This Harry Potter Quidditch Game is a great way to get students interested in PE!]


 * [|Is Choosing Teams causing problems? Here's a brief idea for a solution]


 * [|Here is a thematic idea for picking teams]


 * [|Kids make shapes and letters with their bodies in this lesson]


 * [|This lesson includes many activities for practicing the skills of jumping and landing]


 * [|This lesson introduces the freeze-melt-go protocols and the students as well]


 * [|This locomotor skills lesson features one foot hopping, jumping with two feet, and balancing like a statue]


 * [|Students write their names with their feet in this name-learning activity]


 * [|This //psycho//motor Haunted Maze is a Halloween team building activity]


 * [|This is a packet for a K-6 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and Game Day event]


 * [|These activities encourage physical education outside the classroom]


 * [|Here is a review day or substitute teacher activity idea]


 * [|The cues and steps for a gymnastic tripod and headstand are practiced here]


 * [|This presentation on recognizing and responding to bullying involves skits and role-playing]


 * [|Here are three balance and ball activity ideas]


 * [[image:http://www.lessonplanspage.com/just_in.gif align="absmiddle"]][|This is a swimming lesson on how to float]


 * Language Arts Connections:**
 * [|Here's an idea for ABC Freeze Tag that can be used in PE]


 * [|This lesson is on Poetry and Teamwork, using a Poem from Chicken Soup for the Child's Soul]


 * [|This Spelling Relay Game could be used in PE and a variety of grade levels]


 * [|Here's a lesson that gets your students to "Jump" into a Story]


 * [|Here's a fun game idea called "Vocabulary Steal The Bacon"]


 * [|Kinesthetic Learning is used in this lesson to build Reading Comprehension through Kickball]


 * [|In this lesson, students learn prepositions while enjoying obstacle course activities]


 * [|Instead of "write the spelling words 10 times each", why not try this Jumping Jack Spelling Bee idea?]


 * [|This Nerf Ball game is used to review spelling words]


 * [|Here students use the shuttle run while reviewing for a spelling test]


 * [|This fun idea combines weekly vocabulary words and movement]


 * [|This multdisciplinary "Ten Apples Up On Top" project idea includes a juggling component]


 * [|Students play 1-2-3 Symmetry in this "Chipo's Gift" thematic book unit]


 * Math Connections:**
 * [|This fun idea involves throwing balls into divided boxes to determine numbers to add (integrates PE)]


 * [|This idea has students hopping to answer math problems]


 * [|Jump-O-Math is a game idea that combines hopscotch, counting, and addition]


 * [|"Around the World Math" is an idea that combines basketball and math problems]


 * [|Here students answer math problems by forming into groups of the appropriate number]


 * [|Here group members throw a softball like a shot put and the averaged length is calculated]


 * [|In the "Bound-and-Round" game, students use physical activities to retrieve and round numbers]


 * Music Connections:**
 * [|A Music lesson on rhythm through creative movement]


 * [|A lesson on Rhythm called "Moving Like Waves"]


 * [|This lesson idea is called "Fly Butterfly, Fly" and involves Dramatic Student Movement to music by Chopin]


 * [|This lesson is on "Math Through Rhythm"]


 * [|This is an idea for a Music version of "Tag" to help learn Instruments and their Types]


 * [|In this "delightfully fun" lesson, students "Step - Clap - Kick" quarter note/rest rhythms]


 * [|Engine, Engine, Number 9, this "Tempo Train" lesson helps you keep time]


 * [|This is a "Jin - Gle - Bells" musical hot potato game]


 * [|This marching in time lesson also teaches left-right, left-right,...]


 * [|Using a jump rope rhyme is an effective idea to teach note values]


 * [|In this game, students use their bodies to represent rhythms]


 * Physical Education / Health Connections:**
 * [|This physics idea has students predicting and comparing results of bouncing various sports balls]


 * [|In this PE/Science lesson, students demonstrate their knowledge of the three states of water in a shuttle run]


 * [|This lesson on Lungs is called the "Breathing Machine"]


 * [|This is a user submitted revision of "The Breathing Machine"]


 * [|In this personal hygiene lesson, students draw comic strips to illustrate "Why Wash?"]


 * Science Connections:**
 * Listed below are the lessons for a big multidisciplinary unit on **//Rocks//**:
 * [|This section is meant to be a general Exploration of Rocks in general]
 * [|This one is on Rocks from an Ant's Eye View]
 * [|Here you can teach Art Concepts using Rocks]
 * [|This lesson introduces Moh's Hardness Scale to test the Hardness of a Rock]
 * [|This part is on Native Americans and their Rock Art]
 * [|Similar to the one above, this one is on Native American Rock Designs]
 * [|This part deals with "Pet Rocks"]
 * [|Here's an interesting idea for keeping Pet Rock Journals]
 * [|Rock Sculptures are the subject of this lesson]
 * [|This portion is on Rock Streaking]
 * [|Careful here, this one is on Rock Throwing]
 * [|To integrate Music, this section is on making "Rocky Music"]
 * [|This part is on Weight and Balance with Rocks]


 * [|Here is a Producers and Consumers Tag game]


 * [|In "All the Fish in the Sea," students cross the ocean while avoiding obstacles]


 * This is an excellent multidisciplinary //**Flatfish Unit**//:
 * [|Here is a Flatfish Movement activity (K-2)]
 * [|This is a Flatfish Data Collection activity (K-2)]
 * [|"Each One Teach One" is a Flatfish stations activity (3-5)]