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Warm-Up & Cool-Down

Seventh graders learn why every workout should start with a warm-up and end with a cool-down — warming up prepares the body and prevents injury, and cooling down helps it recover. They order a smart workout, then build their own routine.

Grade 7Warm-Up & Cool-Down45 minutes1 class periodSHAPEExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Warm up safely.
  • ✓Use dynamic & static stretches.
  • ✓Cool down to recover.
  • ✓Build a routine.
Essential Question

Why do you warm up before and cool down after exercise?

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Interactive Task
Put in Order · Interactive

Order a Smart Workout

Project this and have students put the parts of a safe workout in order.

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Tap the first step of a safe workout!
The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Warm-Up — Why Warm Up?

5 min

What might happen if you sprint hard with cold, stiff muscles?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Pose the question.
  • Share ideas.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Think.
  • Share.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — Warm-Up & Cool-Down

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Order a Smart Workout.
  • Order the steps.
  • Note warm up first, cool down last.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Order.
  • Say.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Do a light warm-up.
  • Try a dynamic stretch.
  • Try a static stretch.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Warm up.
  • Dynamic.
  • Static.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Build a warm-up routine.
  • Plan a cool-down.
  • Lead a partner through it.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Build.
  • Plan.
  • Lead.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Why warm up?
  • Why cool down?
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the SHAPE America National Standards for Health Education and Physical Education.

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PE.4

Apply safe warm-up and cool-down practices.

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PE.3

Prepare the body for activity.

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HE.7

Practice injury-prevention habits.

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PE.2

Explain the purpose of each phase.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Workout-step cards.
  • Frame: "first I warm up, then ___."
  • Demonstrate each.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Use 3 core steps.
  • Do a simple warm-up.
  • Model each step.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Design a full routine.
  • Compare dynamic vs static.
  • Lead the class warm-up.
Materials

What to gather

  • 🏃Open space
  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 💻Order a Smart Workout
  • 📋Routine sheet
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

warm-uplight movement to preparecool-downeasy movement to recoverdynamic stretchstretching while movingstatic stretchholding a stretch stillheart ratebeats per minuteinjury preventionavoiding getting hurtrecoverythe body settling back downflexibilityrange of motion
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Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Why warm up before exercise?
To prepare the body and prevent injury.
QUESTION 2
Why cool down after?
To help the body recover.
QUESTION 3
When do you do static stretches?
At the end, during the cool-down.

Cool-down: warm-up & cool-down.

Have students build a warm-up and cool-down routine. A printable routine sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: cool-down, dynamic stretch, flexibility, heart rate, injury prevention, recovery, static stretch, warm-up
  1. beats per minute
  2. range of motion
  3. the body settling back down
  4. easy movement to recover
  5. stretching while moving
  6. avoiding getting hurt
  7. holding a stretch still
  8. light movement to prepare

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Why warm up before exercise?
  2. Why cool down after?
  3. When do you do static stretches?
Answer key — Part A: 1) heart rate · 2) flexibility · 3) recovery · 4) cool-down · 5) dynamic stretch · 6) injury prevention · 7) static stretch · 8) warm-up
Part B: 1) To prepare the body and prevent injury. 2) To help the body recover. 3) At the end, during the cool-down.