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This creative movement lesson using syllables is a great ice breaker for the beginning of the year or semester, a time when students are getting to know one another and the teacher is getting to know students’ names as...
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This lesson plan uses creative movement to introduce students to different types of clouds and different types of precipitation. Learning Objectives/Goals Using verbs, adjectives and adverbs students will define the 4...
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In this lesson plan for elementary grade levels 1-3 students learn about weather energy patterns through body movement. Learning Objectives/Goals Experience different energies in movement, isolations of the body,...
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This lesson plan will explore various ways of walking in different directions on different levels, inspired by Fin Amour Walking Dance. Learning Objectives/Goals Explore Levels (high, medium and low), Use of personal and...
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Using creativity to design and explore three simple frozen shapes. Learning Objectives/Goals This lesson plan relates to the Shape Dance from Fin Amour, focuses on creating movement from the shapes of objects in the room....
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Students will explore the concepts of positive and negative space in the moving space and what that means in the body. Learning Objectives/Goals Establishing positive and a negative space, what these look like in space and...
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In this lesson, students will use the choreographic elements of direction (forward, sideways, backwards), levels (low, medium, high), speed (slow, medium, fast) and actions (verbs) to create a dance. Learning...
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This lesson plan relates to the Shape Dance from Fin Amour. Learning Objectives/Goals Students will explore making a series of shapes with a chair as a design partner. Materials Needed A chair, music or drum Introduction...
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In this lesson plan, students will explore how 6 types of simple machines move. Learning Objectives/Goals Students will use creative movement to model the tasks of the simple machines. Students will work alone and in...
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Straight Curved and Angular Pathways
Students will explore the element of shape in the their bodies and use the element of time and space to create patterns using straight, curved and angular lines. Learning Objectives/Goals Students will work with straight,...
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Explore and experience how describing words can change how a movement can look and feel. Learning Objectives/Goals To experience kinesthetically verbs and adverbs and discover the differences in “how” a movement can be...
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Walking and changing Directions
Using Tempo, Students will explore space and time. This lesson relates to the Walking Dance in Fin Amour. Learning Objectives/Goals Exploring the Elements of Dance - Space and Time using direction and tempo. Materials...
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Students will explore the life cycle of Wilson's Phalarope, a bird that lives at the Great Salt Lake. Learning Objectives/Goals Use descriptive words to define how a bird's shape and size change throughout its life cycle...