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  • ​Welcome
    • About Us
    • Join the Coalition for Quality Physical Education
    • For Parents and Administrators
    • Search and Sitemap
  • Service
    • Current Projects >
      • Active Equipment Library Program
      • PETE Doctoral Program DIrectory
      • Zambia Project
    • Completed Projects >
      • Paradise U Project​
      • SPARTAN Races
      • Teacher Appreciation
      • Other Projects
  • Advocacy
    • Importance of Physical Education
    • What is Quality Physical Education?
    • "No Excuses!" Documentary
    • Advocacy Guidelines and Resources
    • Research on the Benefits of Physical Activity for Schools
    • Importance of Recess, Play, and Active Classrooms
  • Pedagogy
    • Physical Education Pedagogy >
      • General Strategies
      • Adapted Physical Education
      • English Language Learners
      • Cross Disciplinary Examples
      • Facilitating Discussions and Debriefs
      • Miscellaneous Articles and Videos
    • Physical Education Pedagogy Continued >
      • Social and Emotional Learning
      • Social Justice and Diversity
      • Growth Mindset
      • Engaging Families
      • Advice for New Teachers
    • Assessment >
      • Assessment in Physical Education
      • Rubrics for Assessment
      • Grading in Physical Education
      • Fitnessgram Guidelines and Resources
    • Class Management >
      • Class Management Overview
      • Class Management Videos
      • Tools for Assessing Behavior
      • Techniques for Forming Groups
    • Planning >
      • Planning Physical Education Units
      • Domains of Learning
      • Teaching Styles in Physical Education
      • Instructional Models in Physical Education
  • Resources
    • Physical Education >
      • Activities and Lessons
      • Physical Education Related Organizations
      • Physical Education DIY and Hacks
      • National Observances Related to Physical Education
      • Safety Related Resources
    • Fitness >
      • Activity Promotion and Adherence
      • Creative Fitness Activities
      • Stress Management Techniques
      • Health, Fitness, and Nutrition Resources
    • Instructional Videos >
      • Icebreakers, Teambuilding, and Conflict Resolution Videos
      • Instructional Dance Videos
      • Dance Resources
    • Professional Development >
      • Information and Resources for Professional Development
      • Social Media Resources
      • Teaching Evaluation Forms
    • Technology >
      • Technology in Physical Education
      • Online Resources
      • Mobile Apps
      • Projector Uses in Physical Education
      • AI Uses in Physical Education
      • 360 Degrees, AR, and VR >
        • 360 Degree Photos/Videos in Physical Education
        • Augmented Reality in Physical Education
        • Virtual Reality in Physical Education
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Cross Disciplinary Examples


Incorporating content from other subject areas into a physical education curriculum has many benefits. First, it helps students with their other classes. Second, it builds support for your program. And third, classroom teachers can use some of these activities in their class, boosting physical activity throughout the day. We have lots of examples of how to do this below. Once you get the hang of it, incorporating other content in your lessons will become easier to do.
  • 4 Strategies for Integrating Classroom Content Into Physical Education
  • ​Change It Up With Integrated Learning Day​
  • Collaborative Planning: Integrating Curriculum Across Subjects​
  • How Do You Integrate Other Subjects into PE?
  • STEM in the Gym: Tips and Activity Ideas for Physical Education​
  • ​​Teaching Physical Education: Academic Infusion
our other webpages for Classroom Teachers
  • Class Management: Our main page on class management. We also have Tools for Assessing Behavior and Techniques for Forming Groups.

  • Domains of Learning: Example verbs and learning objectives for a variety of learning domain taxonomies. 

  • English Language Learners: Information on how to teach ELL students, regardless of the content area.​

  • Games and Activities: Compilation of websites that provide resources on physical education activities.

  • Icebreakers and Teambuilding Videos: Name games, icebreakers, teambuilding, and conflict resolution activities. Directions are also available via PDF.

  • Importance of Recess, Play, and Active Classrooms: Guidelines and resources for recess, play, and active classrooms.

  • ​​Stress Management Techniques: Information and resources on easy stress management techniques for students.

SHAPE America Appropriate Practices
  • 3.7.1 Physical education forms part of a multidisciplinary curriculum, but integration doesn’t compromise teaching the concepts important to developing a physically educated individual.

categories for cross discplinary activities
The categories below represent the types of activities used most in cross disciplinary lessons. Click on the links for examples (also available via PDF).

  • Art: Incorporates drawing or other art.
  • Assembling/Building Objects: Students physically create/build an object.
  • Biomechanics: Activities that teach biomechanical principles.
  • Coding: Activities that teach coding.
  • Game Based Learning: Turn traditional games (ie. Monopoly) into physical activity.
  • Incorporate Reading and Writing: Add a reading or writing component to your lesson (reflections, assessment, creative writing, etc).
  • Incorporate Math: Add a math component.
  • Informational: Passively provide information.
  • Matching: Races where students find matching pairs.
  • Physical Representation: Uses physical activity to represent numbers.
  • Review: Students provide answers using physical activity.
  • Simulation: Acting out a concept.
  • Sorting: Races where students sort concepts into categories.
  • Story Walks: Students read snippets of a story along a pathway.
  • Storytelling: Students act out a story from a book.
  • Target (make it, take it): Students keep targets they hit (targets are informational).
  • Target (projector): Students hit targets projected on a screen.
  • This or That: Students choose an activity based on their answer to a question.
  • Utilizing Music: Students move along to educational music.

EXAMPLES FROM TWITTER
Check the #STEAMPE and #STEMintheGym hashtags for examples of cross-disciplinary activities.
REINFORCING CONTENT USING INTERVAL RUNNING GAMES
Interval running games
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REINFORCING CONTENT USING PROJECTORS​​​​
Project images on the wall/screen for your students to use for targets (ie. throw or kick a ball). Check our Projector Uses page for more examples.
Biomechanics
  • Biomechanics: The Physics of Technique
  • Biomechanical Labs for PE (unfinished)
  • Biomechanical Movement Principles​

Coding
  • Coding in #PhysEd
  • Eric Turrill and STEM in the Gym
  • Fun, Active Ways to Integrate Coding for Kids in PE Class​
  • ​STEM in the Gym Makey Makey and Scratch Challenge​

math
  • ​Math Trails: Students stop at designated sites along a route and explore math in the environment. See Urban Math Trails for example activities in urban communities.

  • Students can add numbers to determine who is the tagger: "Students play a modified version of rock, paper, scissors. On 'go,' students place 1 to 4 fingers out. The first student to add both students' numbers together becomes the tagger."

  • Students can calculate calories expended in activities: "Food A has 'X calories' and jumping jacks burn 'X calories per hour.' Perform jumping jacks for as long as needed to burn off the calories of Food A."

  • Students can calculate statistics for a student's performance: "Student A made 19 of 23 attempts. What is his/her success rate?"

  • ​Students can calculate the score from a given game scenario: "Team A scored 14 two-pointers, 4 three-pointers, and 7 free throws. What is team A's score?"

  • ​Math in Physical Education: Practical Lesson Strategies for Primary and Intermediate PE Teachers
  • NBA Math Hoops​​​​
  • ​Olympics and Math
  • Pi Day Movement Resources
  • ​​​Taking Multiplication Homework Outside​​​

Math and physical activity
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MISCELLANEOUS
  • 3 Cross-Curricular Traverse Climbing Wall Activities​
  • ​Financial Literacy in PE
  • ​Human Migration
  • ​​​Movement in the Classroom (Elementary)
  • ​​Music (Hip Hop Health)​​​​​​​
  • ​Music (​Move To Learn)​​
  • ​​Music - Songs to Dance To
  • ​PECentral Integrated Lessons​
  • Sanford Fit
  • ​​​Sign Language for Sports​
  • ​Veterans Day Resources​

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READING AND WRITING
  • Connect concepts from physical education to books they are reading.​

  • Have students act out stories from books like Dr. Seuss, Go Dog Go, or Harry Potter.

  • Have students write stories/poems that include the lesson/unit objectives (ie. skills with cues). These poems can also be used for learning motor skills.

  • Include journal entries, reflections, task sheets, and exit slips in the curriculum.

  • Post vocabulary terms on a "Word Wall" (Resource 1 and Resource 2).

  • Start each lesson with the "Word of the Day" from the unit. Teachers can also do "Joke of the Day," which often include words with double meanings that must be explained to understand the joke.

  • ​Teach the class common phrases in multiple languages; such as: hello, goodbye, thank you, your welcome, etc.

  • Utilize "choose your own adventure" activities.

  • A 'Journey' into Loose(ish) Parts Play/NLP through Storytelling
  • ​​Haiku in Health & PE: Mindfulness in Motion
  • Language Learning TREK Adventure Packs​​​​​
  • ​Read Alouds for Physical Education
  • Rhyme and Move: Combining Poetry and Physical Education for Dynamic Learning
  • World Read Aloud Day​

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Science
Sport and Science​ (Playlist​)


  • 4 PhysEd Activities about Outer Space

  • ​Sport Science (Exploratorium)
  • Science of Baseball (LA Dodgers)
  • Science of NFL Football (NSF)
  • Science of NHL Hockey (NSF)
  • Science of Summer Olympics (NSF)
  • Science of Winter Olympics (NSF)​
  • Sport Science (ESPN)

the arts
  • ​Incorporate coloring in your handouts. See this example made with LunaPic.​

  • Physical activities can incorporate a drawing component.

  • ​Students can create their own equipment for existing activities or new activities created by the students.

  • Bangor Class has Students Building Surfboards, Skateboards and Snowboards​​
  • ​Blowing Off S.T.E.A.M. in Physical Education: Make Your Own Jump Rope
  • ​​Summit View Epic Snowshoe Building

The Environment
Concepts
  • 2024 Climate Literacy Guide
  • Climate.gov
  • Climate Kids​
  • NEEF
  • NASA

Activities
  • 20+ Environmental Related Activities for Physical Education: The purpose of this document is to spur ideas on how to address environmental learning objectives in physical education (also see National Junior Ranger Booklets and Winter TRACKtivities). ​Topics for activities included in this document:
  • Tragedy of the Commons Pre-Activity 
  • Journey of Photons
  • Changing Earth’s Temperature (2 versions)
  • Water Usage (4 versions)
  • Journey of Water Molecules
  • Carbon Footprint (4 versions)
  • Total Cost of a Phone: From Materials to End of Life
  • Migration due to Rising Sea Levels
  • Greenhouse Gas Tag
  • Wildfire Containment
  • Forms of Energy Production
  • Community Cleanup
  • Upcycling
  • Recycling
  • Activities from National Environmental Education Foundation
  • National Parks - Stations
  • Planet Earth Trivia - This or That
  • Examples using Dance

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