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Two of my favourite go-to anatomy activities! These are PERFECT for sub days, online teaching, or can be printed for in-person teaching. I use these as part of an introductory lesson prior to beginning our fitness unit; students need to understand the muscles that are responsible for moving their bodies, and the bones to which these muscles attach! Included in this bundle: 1. Labelling Core and Joint Muscles 2. Labelling Major Bones Did these activities work for you? Please take a quick moment

Getting ready to introduce the concept of heart rate to your physical education classes? Look no further! This bundle includes... 1. An introductory Google Slides document that outlines what heart rate is, how it can be measured, and why we should use heart rate data 2. A lab activity that can be done individually, or as a whole class. Both documents are available as Google Slides resources, which are great for online learning. If you are in person however, you can download and print them eas

Nutrition can be an extensive topic to dive into; this resource helps made this topic a bit more accessible! Start the unit by having students complete their 7-day food journal. Upon completion, have them identify trends in their eating patterns; what types of foods do they eat a lot of? What types of foods might they want to include more of? These reflections can be guided by the BONUS resource included in this bundle titled "Food Journal Reflection." Finally, after reflecting, students will c

One of my goals as a physical and health education teacher is to create strength, confidence and connections through movement. Lately, I have also added in a layer to these goal statements that focuses on instilling habits to promote positive body-image and self-worth. Enter: the Embrace documentary by Taryn Brumfitt! have been using this documentary with my Grade 10 Wellness courses over the past two years, and I am absolutely hooked. The application opportunities are endless; the show also pr

This is a quick and easy way to introduce the major muscles of the body! I like using this resource as I begin introducing students to resistance training. You could use this resource at the end of an introductory anatomy lesson as a quick formative assessment piece, or as a summative piece at the end of an introductory anatomy unit. The three slides included in this presentation can be used in a variety of ways: 1) Slide 1 can be printed and students can label each muscle using the bank below.

Are you looking for a final project for your Physical Education or Health Education course? Look no further! This bundle of resources contain everything you and your students need to end the semester with a bang. Right now, our school is in a hybrid learning model; we see half our kids one day, and the other half come the next day. I created this resource to fit this in-person/online blending learning format, but it can easily be adapted to both entirely online, and entirely in person! Outlined

Use this assignment to help students understand the vast array of fitness apps that are available right at their fingertips. Awesome for use during school breaks, or when exploring independent physical activity programming/goal setting. Slide one outlines assignment instructions and expectations. Slide two is the analysis slide where students can provide their own feedback for the app. I found the second slide to be very useful in my own professional development, as I was able to see what apps

This food journal is a great way to help students become more cognizant of the foods they are eating. Its simple format helps students begin the process of logging food, without getting bogged down by serving sizes or calories. I use this journal the week prior to our lessons on nutrition; at the end of the week, students analyze their logs, then make a Personal Plan for Wellness that focuses on the implementation of a Healthy Eating Habit. Check out the Personal Wellness Plan here: https://www.

Use this Google Slides presentation to teach your students more about the health related components of fitness through movement and self-assessment! The "Challenge" slide provide information about the specific component of fitness (cardiovascular endurance, strength, flexibility), as well as a workout they can complete that shows this component in action. After they finish the workout, students will complete the "Reflection" slide which features a brief self-assessment. For teachers using the

This editable Google Slides template helps students understand the importance of core strength training prior to completing their own core workout plan. This is a great activity for both online and in-person learning! For teachers using the Saskatchewan Curriculum, this assessment piece provides evidence for outcome PE 9.3 (Core Strength)

This physical activity action plan is a simple, but effective way to teach students how to incorporate meaningful physical activity into their daily lives. The presentation includes exemplar slides to demonstrate the activity planning in action. Help students learn the lifelong skill of planning for activity using a fun and interactive Google Slides presentation! For teachers using the Saskatchewan Curriculum, this assessment piece provides evidence for outcome PE 9.1 (Health Related Components

Creating a personal code of ethics is an awesome activity to help students appreciate the importance of acting in accordance to their values and beliefs- especially in a Physical Education setting! Use this Word document in conjunction with the "My Personal Ethics Builder: PowerPoint" product to walk students through the process of creating their own code of ethics. For teachers using the Saskatchewan Curriculum, this assessment piece provides evidence for outcome PE 9.12 (Respectful Behaviour)

A great resource to help students familiarize themselves with the dimensions of wellness! The bingo card outlines 20 activities (5 per dimension) along with 4 "choice" spaces where students can create their own activity to hit the specific dimension. This is an editable Google Slides template, providing you with the freedom to swap out or change activities, and instructions, to fit the needs of your class. For teachers using the Saskatchewan Curriculum, this assessment piece provides evidence

This is a quick and easy way to introduce the major bones of the body! Students simply drag and drop the labels to the correct bones. This activity could be used at the end of an introductory anatomy lesson as a formative assessment piece, or could also be used as a summative piece at the end of an anatomy unit. This is also a great pair to my resource titled "Labelling Major Core and Joint Muscles" which can be found here! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Labelling-Core-and-Joint-

Bold statement alert: I think teaching our students what it means to be a reflective mover is one of the most important skills we can give them. Analyzing personal activity through the lens of reflection can help them understand what activities they like, when they like to be active, and how activity fits best into their daily lives. All of these factors combine together to create lifelong movers! Rant over: onto this document! This is a basic self-assessment that I use with all of my PE course

This Google Slides activity would work perfectly for both online and in-person learning. The presentation is broken into three lab sections; Part 1 is the data collection activity, Part 2 includes calculations for max heart rate and target heart rate, and also gives students a chance to graph their results. Finally, Part 3 wraps things up with comprehensive reflection questions. Questions about what this lab actually looks like? Check out the "Completed" slides that contain a completed sample

The Social Dilemma is a Netflix documentary like no other; not only is it incredibly relevant to the teenagers we work with, but it also has strong curricular connections to any health outcomes/standards that focus on addictions. Use the first page of this worksheet to help students organize their thoughts as they watch the documentary, and use the second page as an opportunity for students to reflect on and apply their learning to a series of higher order thinking comprehension questions. This

Snapchat or Instagram? Salty or Sweet? High knees or butt kickers? :) Are you looking to incorporate fun and fitness into your Phys. Ed classes? Look no further! This style of workout has been a hit with my students. Not only are they getting in a great workout, they also have a chance to interact with their peers while deciding which choice is truly superior. First, the students choose which food item, season or app they prefer. The next slide displays the corresponding exercises for their choi

If your students are anything like mine, their sleep schedules have taken a major hit over the past year. The global pandemic may have wreaked HAVOC on their sleep habits, but they are not beyond saving! Help your students take ownership over their sleep by logging their current sleep habits, and creating an action plan to address any deficiencies they notice. This bundle includes the "Healthy Sleep Habits: Action Plan" and the "Healthy Sleep Habits: Sleep Log" documents. This bundle also incl

Happy New Year! This is a simple action plan that focuses on creating and implementing a healthy behaviour. By creating an action plan, and completing an 8-day log, students learn the importance of behaviour tracking when trying to establish a new habit! This is a ready to use resource that is a great introductory activity following your winter break! Take care and be well, -Prairie PE