Pbsteachers.org is a very good website for teachers to use to create and develop lesson plans. The website splits up the lesson plans by grades and by the subject that the teacher may teach as well as the topic that the teacher may be teaching. This website provides outlets of media such as videos, slideshows, and online games that may be beneficial to their students. If a teacher is looking for a new idea or an interactive way to engage students, this website offers many opportunities to do so. This website can help teachers develop new ideas to create their own lesson plans as well as projects and games for their classrooms as well. Here is an example of a video from the K-2 Health and Fitness section of pbsteachers.org
This resource is for grades K-2 and it is designed to test each student’s sense of smell and taste and try to see if the student can tell if they are related in any way. I really liked this resource because it is age appropriate and I believe that the students will enjoy it. Also, I like the fact that it is interactive between the students and me throughout the entire process. I know that kids tend to get off topic sometimes and the video in the middle of the experiment will reel them back in and help them stay on task.
This online activity is for grades K-2. It is a fun game called “Freddy’s Switcharoo”. The object of the game is to collect only healthy foods in the shopping cart and it will tell the student which foods that they need to collect for that level and what good purpose it serves your body. Once the student collects so many of them then the student will move on to the next level. I really like this game because it is a game and all students can play it individually and it tells them why they need certain fruits and vegetables to maintain their health.
This online activity is for grades 6-8. It is a game called “The Kayak Challenge”.
This game is designed to see how long you can stay afloat on the river without
running in to any obstacles. Because
most students do not go kayaking that young, this would be an alternative way
to see how hard it is to control your boat through rough waters with your
fingers, let alone actually in the water.
Also, it gives them an idea of what kayaking is like and what it looks
like.
