Bear Exploration Center

Magnet Curriculum

2025-2026

Physical Education

Physical Education focuses on promoting physical fitness, health, and overall well-being through structured activity and exercise. The program includes a variety of activities such as sports , games, dance, stem activities and outdoor pursuits. Physical Education aims to improve the students' physical health by promoting activities that enhance cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility, and overall physical well-being. The activities require teamwork, cooperation, and communication, helping the students to develop social skills and positive relationships with their peers.

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Standards

PE19.1.1.4 - Combine locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills in rhythmic activities.

PE19.2.1.4 - Demonstrate directionality in simple folk, line, partner, and circle dances and rhythmic routines.

PE19.5.1.4 - Demonstrate rhythms and patterns that combine locomotor skills in both cultural and creative dances, alone and with a group.

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Objective:

Students will be able to successfully complete the line dance moves by following directions.

Directions:

Students will view an explanation and demonstration of the chosen line dance, then learn the routine by practicing each 8-count section one at a time until they can perform the entire dance together. Once all sections are learned, students will take turns performing for their classmates. At the end of the activity, students will discuss how many 8-count sections they learned and use this information to solve a math problem—for example: “If our dance has 4 sections and each section has 8 counts, how many counts are in the whole dance?”

Guidelines:

Collaborating together to learn a line dance to improve locomotor and non-locomotor skills as well as rhythm.

Standards

PE19.1.4.3 - Work in a variety of class environments with moderate supervision.

PE19.2.4.3 - Work in a variety of class environments with minimum supervision.

PE19.5.4.3 - Actively involve others of all skill levels and abilities into physical activities and group projects.

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Objective:

Students will be able to successfully build a hula hut by cooperating with other students.

Directions:

Students will be divided up into 5 different groups. I will go over the STEM activity and tell the students they will be building a hula hut today. The students will be given 6 hoops per group and must work together as a team to figure out a plan. They will build their hut and then they will need to test it out to make sure it works. Each student from each group must crawl through their hut without knocking it down working together as a team.

Guidelines:

Collaborating together to build and test a sturdy hut out of hula hoops.

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Bear Exploration Center

Magnet Curriculum

2025-2026

We are Magnet!

Standards

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SueAnne Reynolds sueanne.reynolds@mps.k12.al.us