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How to Teach Students About Death in the Health Education Classroom (or Any Classroom)

SHAPE America

When we teach students about death in health education, we can help them understand life, empathy, and resilience. Here are five tips on how to teach students about death in the health education classroom (or any classroom). Here are five tips on how to teach students about death in the health education classroom (or any classroom).

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Why I Embrace a More Inclusive and Empathetic Teaching Style in Physical Education

SHAPE America

As American society and schools experience growing diversity and interconnectedness, our responsibilities as teachers must embrace pedagogical approaches that nurture and celebrate diversity, inclusion, and empathy. Teaching the next generation is a way of paying forward what has been fostered inside of me.

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Middle School Physical Education Units

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Filling up an entire semester of middle school physical education units can be challenging. But there are plenty of fun and engaging middle school physical education units to choose from. The Need For Variety With Middle School Physical Units Middle school physical education is unique!

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Prevention Education is Health Literacy: How to SHAPE the Conversation

SHAPE America

Ask, Listen, Learn Supports Health Literacy Designed alongside a team of educators and organizations specializing in elementary and middle school, the Ask, Listen, Learn underage drinking prevention program consists of 7 animated videos with accompanying lesson plans and activities that are ready for you to use.

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A Fun Morning with Crystal Lake Montessori

Montessori Physical Education

Once inside, the classrooms are spacious and well equipped, especially the middle school. The people matter most, and they have an excellent staff of teachers from toddler to middle school. Led by Gwen Harris, I immediately felt welcome during our large group game to get their school year starting in a fun way.

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Punnett Squares in PE!

Montessori Physical Education

They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. What they didn’t say is that an old dog can teach itself new tricks. I soon realized how I could completely overhaul the old hybrid plants lesson into one that teaches Punnett Squares. For the upper elementary game, you would want as close to sixteen as possible.

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PE Lesson Plans (With Free Downloadble PDFs)

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For instance, when a math teacher has to teach a unit on multiplication, they don’t typically create lesson plans on their own. So take a deep dive into your grade level and see if any of the resources provided can help you build out your PE lessons for an entire school year. . Physical education should do the same!

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