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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

SHAPE America

Rock climbing at LEF Climbing gym in Lexington, KY. As a PE teacher, you already know the gym gets stolen from you all the time. For example, the other day we got kicked out of the gym for a blood drive, so we drove to the local park during each period and did a short hike around a lake. This plays out in several ways.

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What I’ve Learned About Spreading Kindness in My School — on World Kindness Day and Throughout the Year

SHAPE America

and Kindness Across the Commonwealth has gone way beyond my gym and classroom and into my community. Spreading Kindness Can Be Fun In my gym and school, I begin teaching the health. co-coordinator and helps organize the statewide Kindness Across the Commonwealth week. The impact of health. She is the KYSHAPE health.

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Sneak Away

Mr. Kirsch

Equipment : 1 hockey stick per player, 20+ hockey pucks/yarn balls, & 16 cones (to mark goals in the corners of the gym). . Put them in the four corners of the gym. I usually color-coordinate the goals with the player’s team color. Grade : 3-6. Time: 18-25 minutes.

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From Parachutes to Swimming Pools: How PE Thrives at GEMS Dubai American Academy

Gopher Sport

In the world of international education, there are those who simply teach, and then there are educators like Allison Deakin, Head of Department for Elementary PE and Swimming, JV & Varsity Badminton Coach, and former Activities Coordinator at GEMS Dubai American Academy (DAA). But she has turned these obstacles into opportunities.

PE 98
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Bringing Disco Bowling to Your PE Class

Gopher Sport

Students start at a close range (size of the gym could determine where you start) and only try to knock 3 pins down. In my setting, students are placed in groups of 3 with 8 lanes across the gym separated by border patrol hockey barriers purchased through Gopher Sport, you may have something else that works to separate lanes.

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6 Activities to Make Soccer Fun for Young Kids

Gopher Sport

Why: Dribbling is a fundamental soccer skill that helps improve overall coordination. Equipment: Large Cones scattered all over the gym. Have them start on opposite sides of the gym. Why: Dribbling is a fundamental soccer skill that can help improve overall coordination. One soccer ball for all students.

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Can You Use CrossFit In Physical Education Classes?

Physical Education Update

The goal is to improved fitness in 10 different areas: cardiovascular endurance, strength, stamina, speed, flexibility, power, balance, coordination, agility, and accuracy. It’s also a commercial enterprise, with over 10,000 affiliated gyms now using it in their exercise offering.