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   May 22-28, 2013
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Fizzy's Lunch Lab    
Grade Range: 1-4
 

Use this lesson plan and collection of videos from Fizzy's Lunch Lab to help students better understand the components of physical fitness while encouraging them to develop their own exercise plan.

 

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Whyatt Practices Baseball  
Grade Range: PK-1
 
   

Teach students about the importance of practice, preparation, and training using this resource from Super WHY! Hear from each of the Super Readers as they talk about the need to practice in order to improve their skills in ballet, basketball, and soccer.
 

 

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Surfing      
Grade Range: 4-6
 
 
In this video from DragonflyTV, champion surfer Carsten explores how the terrain around different beaches affects the waves and the sport. Watch this video with students to see how the scientific method can help determine which locations are easier to surf: beach breaks of reef breaks

 

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Measuring Different Lanes on the Track     
Grade Range: 4-8
 

While Bianca prepares for her first track meet, she notices something strange: instead of gathering behind the same starting line, each competitor begins the race at a different point along the track. Join her as she compares the difference between running the race along the inner lane of the track - versus the outer lane. 

 

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Teach Students to Dig Deeper
Grade Range: 3-8
  
  

Do you ever struggle to allow students to "think out of the box," even if they have a hard time at first?

 

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