Printable Lesson Plans for Physical Education

Printable Lesson Plans

Printable lesson plans for physical education teachers offer fresh ideas. Some plans feature interdisciplinary lessons that help bridge the gap between gym class and academics. Teachers can work together to build an interlocking system of lessons that reinforce concepts taught in various settings.

Gym class is crucial in helping students adopt healthy exercise habits but it can help develop new ways of thinking too. Physical education teachers share some of their ideas and insight through printable lesson plans available online. These plans can help other teacher develop innovative activities for their students.

Interdisciplinary Lessons in Education

Students adopt concepts easily when they are reintroduced. Repetition strengthens the learning experience. Concepts introduced in geography, English, math or history classes can be incorporated in physical education lesson plans.

An interdisciplinary approach is appealing because students of all different levels of ability and interests can relate to the lesson. A student who is great at math may not do so well in gym class. Activities that use math skills paired with physical activity can help the math student fair better in this setting.

Physics is a fantastic topic that can easily link to physical education. Teachers can create printable lesson plans that offer ideas on how to bring physics into the gym class. Phys Ed teachers can work with other teachers to help develop interdisciplinary activities.

Current Events

Relevant news topics are wonderful resources for teachers. Using current events in the classroom setting is a great way to reinforce concepts that are relevant in the students’ everyday lives. Gym class can help students apply their academic learning to their real life experiences.

The Olympics is an example of an event that is ideal for the classroom setting. Students learn about the culture of the hosting city. They develop an appreciation for the preparation necessary to accomplish goals and they can enjoy Olympic-inspired activities found in printable lesson plans.

Following are some ideas for Olympic printable lesson plans.

Create a flag relay race. Students match flags to their corresponding countries in a relay race.
Try a version of curling using hockey pucks. Students try to move their opponents’ pucks away from the goal.
Have an Olympic Games Project for the class to complete.

Trivia can be a wonderful tool to promote student interest in the various activities. For example, teachers can introduce a game of tug-of-war and discuss how this game fits into the Olympics. Tug-of-war was played between the years 1900 and 1920. It hasn’t been played since.

Volleyball was introduced in to the Olympics in 1964. Ask students to find out why. Have students develop ideas of why the Olympics were cancelled in the years 1916, 1940 and 1944. Many pieces of trivia can help students learn a little about the history of the event while enjoying the activities.

Physical education teachers do not have to feel trapped in traditional gym class activities. Many creative ideas are available in current events, interdisciplinary approaches, and in printable lesson plans.

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