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No Excuses! - A Documentary about Quality Physical Education

• Watch our Free Documentary - "No Excuses!"

• ​Documentary Team and Contributors

• ​​Documentary Clips with Discussion Prompts​​

QUALITY PHYSICAL EDUCATION ADVOCACY

• ​The Importance of Physical Education​​
• What Does Quality Physical Education Look Like?

• ​​​​​​Advocacy Resources and Toolkits
• ​​Pledge your Support for Quality Physical Education

EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES

• Teaching Strategies
• Planning
• Assessment
• Class Management

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• General Teaching Strategies
• Teaching Strategies for English Language Learners
• ​Adapted Physical Education Resources​
• Social Justice and Diversity
• Facilitating Discussions and Debriefs

• ​​​Examples of Cross Disciplinary Activities
• ​Growth Mindset and Multiple Intelligences​​​
• How to Engage Families in Your Curriculum​
• Advice for New Teachers
• Miscellaneous Articles and Videos​

• Planning Physical Education Units​
• Domains of Learning and Writing Learning Objectives

• ​​Instructional Models in Physical Education
• Teaching Styles in Physical Education​​​

• Assessment in Physical Education
• ​Rubric Guidelines and Examples

• ​Grading in Physical Education
• Fitnessgram Guidelines and Resources

• Class Management Guidelines​
• ​Tools for Assessing Behavior​

• ​Resources for Building Character and Conflict Resolution​
  
• ​Strategies for Forming Groups​
  

TEACHER RESOURCES

• Teacher Resources
• Fitness
• Instructional Videos
• Professional Development
• Technology

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• Physical Education Related Organizations
• Resources for Physical Education Lessons
• ​​​Safety Related Resources​

• ​​Resources for Physical Education DIY and Hacks​​
• Physical Education Related National Observances​​
• ​​​The Importance of Recess, Play, and Active Classrooms​​

• Examples of Fitness Activities
• ​​​​Strategies for Activity Promotion and Adherence​

• Resources for Stress Management​
• Online Resources for Health, Fitness, and Nutrition

• Icebreakers, Teambuilding, and Conflict Resolution

• Dance - Overview and Resources
• Dance - Folk and Line
• Dance - POCO LOCOs
• Dance - Ballroom and Social Dance
• Dance - Additional Youtube Playlists

• Information and Resources for Professional Development​
• ​Social Media Resources for Physical Educators​​

• ​Teaching Evaluation Forms for Physical Educators​

• ​Technology Guides for Physical Education
• Apps for Physical Education
• Online Technology Resources
• ​Projector Uses in Physical Education

• ​Virtual Reality in Physical Education
• 360 Degree Photos and Videos in Physical Education
• Augmented Reality and QR Codes in Physical Education

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 Icebreakers, Teambuilding, and Conflict Resolution Videos

• Overview
• Additional Resources
• Related Pages

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Icebreaker and teambuilding activities are a great way to start off the year with new students. The small investment of time that these activities take is returned exponentially. Benefits include:

• Creation of a warm social climate
• Students and teachers learn each other's names quicker

• Improved social skills
• Higher participation levels

• Greater student enjoyment 
  
• Decrease in off task behaviors

​​​All of the activities on this page come from the "Ice Breakers & Openers CD-ROM of The Inspire! ​Youth Series" from Learning Support
​which graciously allowed this site to use some of their content free of charge.

• Drama Games for Kids
• DramaNotebook

• Mr. Kirsch Teambuilding Activities
• #Physed Team Building Adventure Ed Challenges

• ​​Teampedia
• Teaching Team Building is Easy as 1-2-3…4!

• Facilitating Discussions and Debriefs​​

• Strategies for Learning Names

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Conflict Resolution - Instructions (PDF)

Icebreakers and Name Games - Instructions (PDF)

Teambuilding Activities - Instructions (PDF)

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Icebreakers

Name Games

 

Conflict Resolution

Teambuilding