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Fifty States

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Fifty States Field Day

Subjects

  • Physical Education and Health
  • Social Studies
    - Geography

Grades

  • Pre-K
  • K-2
  • 3-5
  • 6-8
  • 9-12

Brief Description

Hold a field day with 50 stations. Each station offers a physical activity related to a different state.

Objectives

Students
  • learn about the 50 states.
  • participate in 50 different field day events.

Keywords

field, day, physical, U.S., states, exercise

Materials Needed

See individual state activities for listings of materials.

Lesson Plan

In this activity, students learn about the 50 states in preparation for a special field day. On the actual field day, the oldest students in the school manage each of 50 physical activity stations. They share information about each state and introduce the activities. Each physical activity has a connection to a different state. The music teacher gets involved by teaching students the song Fifty Nifty United States. (Order the accompaniment CD.)

For complete details, see Fifty States Field Day.

Assessment

Survey students to learn what their favorite activities were.

Lesson Plan Source

PE Central

Submitted By

Gary Hopkins

National Standards

PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH: Physical Education

SOCIAL SCIENCES: Geography See more geography lesson ideas on the Education World Geography page. Click to return to the Fifty States lesson plan page.