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Games & Relay Races:

This fun hands-on lesson teaches students Spanish language and culture as they improve their Baleros skills.
Ultimate indoor Frisbee keeps students constantly involved
"Ghouls and Goblins" is a clever Halloween tag game idea
"Passball" is a version of kickball, where the ball must be passed to each team member
"Double Kickball" is twice as fun as kickball
"Alfonso Ball" is an all-inclusive indoor fitness activity based on baseball
This cooperative learning game lesson includes Yale Lock Tag and Alaska Ball
Gettyball is indoor softball utilizing a wrapped-up towel "wombat" and a volleyball
This "nutty" version of Capture the Flag uses squirrels and hawks
Here is a two-hand touch football game on a basketball court using a tennis ball
This "Tennis Ball Reaction Game" could also be titled "Extreme Two-Square"
Try "Parachute Races" for a unique muscular strength and endurance training activity

Health & Fitness:

This lesson is called "To Smoke or Not to Smoke"
Here's a well-developed "Fitness Monopoly" Game
This lesson introduces students to the Dimensions of Wellness
Find out how healthy fast food really is
A health lesson on Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
This blood bank research investigation idea lets science/health students apply classroom knowledge in a real world context
This idea gets students talking about growing up
By mixing chemicals with random classmates (or abstaining), students see how quickly a disease, like AIDS, can spread
Power - Strength - Explosion will be the benefit of this multi-joint "Power Clean" weight lifting lesson
This is a well-developed lesson on weight room safety
This is a beginning ballet lesson idea
Lifetime healthy choice topics are presented in this research project
An impossible "pop quiz" is the perfect beginning for this stress management exercise
This is a lesson on the male reproductive system
This is a 10-day Eating Healthy Unit from
Do Something, Inc.
- Students learn the benefits of green vegetables and the number of recommended servings
- Students learn about different types of vitamins and how they function in the body
- Students examine their eating habits and learn about a balanced diet
- Students learn the differences in people's diets from around the world
- Students learn about America's growing obesity and its relationship to portion size
- Students learn ways foods are marketed towards youth in order to start their own green campaign
- Students learn about the New Food Pyramid and how to evaluate their Body Mass Index
- Students evaluate their own activity levels and plan ways to add more movement into their lives
- Students evaluate how they spend their time and how to include physical activity into their day
- Students plant a garden and/or fix up a community space for physical activity
This is a mental and emotional health lesson on empowered decision-making
This lesson incorporates weight training, fitness, nutrition and technology
Students role-play about providing medications to poor countries in this Globalization and World Health Unit
This is an outline for an integrated First-Aid Unit
This excellent 6-week Healthy Lifestyle Diet and Exercise Analysis Health Unit would benefit us all
Here's a great lesson on the Science of Addiction that uses poetry - part of a full curriculum on Prescription Drug Abuse
This is a health lesson on the effects of tobacco on the body and the diseases linked to tobacco
This is a simple and very effective blood type compatibility demonstration
Here are 10 healthy rules for back-to-school success

Sports:

This is a golf lesson for 12th grade
Use this lesson to teach hockey passing and shooting skills
"Krazy Kickball"is the title of this lesson
Teams answer archery questions by hitting T/F targets in this cleverly appropriate quiz game idea
Here students learn how to bump and set in volleyball
"King of the Ring" teaches badminton underhanded serving skills
These lesson activities work on volleying and dribbling skills
The basic skills of handball are practiced here through Soccer and Basketball exercises
This basketball handling skills lesson develops strength, hand/eye coordination and control

Other / Multiple Topics:

This Harry Potter Quidditch Game is a great way to get students interested in PE!
Here's a good lesson on self-esteem (mental health)
Teach students about careers in the health field using this lesson
Towel Volleyball is an equipment naming game

Art Connections:

Here's a Craft idea to create neat Juggling Balls for use in PE!

Language Arts Connections:

Students will choreograph a dance to Langston Hughes' poetry in this lesson idea
Kinesthetic learning is used in this lesson to build reading comprehension through kickball
"Thrown a Curve" is a reading comprehension lesson on a book about girls' sports and pre-teen relationships

Music Connections:

In this "delightfully fun" but challenging lesson, students "Step-Clap-Kick" quarter note/rest rhythms
Music Theory Basketball is played here

Science Connections:

This lesson looks at Eye Safety in Labs
Here's a physics idea for predicting and comparing the bounce of various sports balls

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