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Move, compete, and work together through games and physical play. Learners build teamwork, coordination, and confidence while having fun. Activities range from creative movement to structured sports. All energy levels welcome!
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Copyright © 2026, Mizzen Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit on a mission to empower, uplift and support out-of-school time educators.
Skip Counting Hip Hops
Leadership and Teamwork • STEM
5m
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Grades K - 2
Skip Counting Hip Hops
By PowerUp Fitness
K - 2
5m
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Graduating from Junior Funologist Training
Leadership and Teamwork • STEM
1h
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Grades 3 - 5
Graduating from Junior Funologist Training
By Nickelodeon + Mizzen Education
3 - 5
1h
Youth explore their personal game preferences by examining patterns in their Play Preference Sheet. They'll reflect on the types of games they consistently enjoy or dislike and consider why. The activities involve observation and active play, allowing youth to analyze games based on universal fun criteria and their preferences. This reflective process helps them understand their tastes and hone their data analysis skills, making it a valuable and engaging activity for young learners.
This is activity 4 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.
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Soccer Skills and Drills
Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness
1h
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Grades 3 - 5
Soccer Skills and Drills
By Nickelodeon + Mizzen Education
3 - 5
1h
Welcome to Day 5 of the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module! This session kicks off with youth creating a "Funologist Energize Routine" to get everyone excited and ready to play each day. Youth then focus on mastering soccer skills through creative drills like Crab Soccer and Volcanoes. Each activity is designed to improve footwork and teamwork while having a blast.
This is activity 5 of 12 in the Nickelodeon Our World: The Play Lab Module.
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A Close Look at Mission Statements
Leadership and Teamwork • Career and Future Readiness
45m
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Grades 9 - 12
A Close Look at Mission Statements
By Mizzen Education, Inc.
9 - 12
45m
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Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 2
Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness
40m
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Grades K - 8
Functional Fitness Week 12: Day 2
By Active Kids and Minds
K - 8
40m
In this activity, students test their strength, stamina, and speed in an Olympic adventure. Then, they put their nutritional knowledge to the test in a guessing game.
This activity is part of the Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness 12-week program. If you are new to the program, visit the Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 1-4 Collection before getting started.
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Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 2
Leadership and Teamwork • Health and Wellness
40m
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Grades K - 8
Functional Fitness Week 5: Day 2
By Active Kids and Minds
K - 8
40m
Continue building week 5 skill of the week: Push-ups. In this activity, students revisit their push-up abilities in a relay challenge and game of Tricky Twosome Tag. Then, they learn that proteins can come from animal or plant sources.
This activity is part of the Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness 12-week program. If you are new to the program, visit the Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 1-4 Collection before getting started.
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Kneedy People (Team Building) Game
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
15m
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Grades 3 - 12
Video
Kneedy People (Team Building) Game
By !Mpact Players
3 - 12
15m
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VIDEO
NBA Math Hoops Lesson 6: Shooting a Free Throw
Leadership and Teamwork • STEM
45m
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Grades 3 - 8
NBA Math Hoops Lesson 6: Shooting a Free Throw
By Learn Fresh
3 - 8
45m
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My Goals List (Grades 6-8)
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
45m
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Grades 6 - 8
My Goals List (Grades 6-8)
By Mizzen Education, Inc.
6 - 8
45m
In this activity, students generate a list of goals to accomplish for their upcoming time in high school. Their goals need not be serious or part of an overarching plan but instead should reflect desires, wishes, hopes, or expectations. By brainstorming a list, students can help to refine their goals, identify what they really want, and discover what is truly important to them.
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Functional Fitness Week 3: Day 1
By Active Kids and Minds
K - 8
40m
Start week 3 by learning the skill of the week: Metrics. In this activity, students learn how to measure changes in their physical abilities by participating in 400 meter run for time. Then, they define vegetables as the parts of plants containing stems, leaves, flowers, and roots.
This activity is part of the Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness 12-week program. If you are new to the program, visit the Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 1-4 Collection before getting started.
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Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
30m
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Grades 6 - 12
Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...
By After-School All-Stars
6 - 12
30m
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Summer Camp Connection Activities and Team Building Games
Leadership and Teamwork • Social and Emotional Awareness
12 Items
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Grades K - 8
Collection
Summer Camp Connection Activities and Team Building Games
By Mizzen Education, Inc.
K - 8
Build connection from day one with activities that help young people feel included, confident, and ready to participate. These icebreakers and team-building games build relationships, strengthen collaboration, and create a strong group culture from day one.
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Leadership and Team Building
Leadership and Teamwork
23 Items
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All Grades
Collection
Leadership and Team Building
By Mizzen Education, Inc.
All Grades
Great things happen when leadership and teamwork come together! This collection of engaging K-12 activities help youth awaken their inner leader while strengthening the skills that make collaboration meaningful. Through playful challenges, cooperative tasks, and reflective moments, learners build communication, problem-solving, and shared responsibility. Whether someone is stepping into leadership for the first time or refining their strengths, each experience encourages confidence, connection, and positive group dynamics.
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Back to School: Community Building Activities
Social and Emotional Awareness • Leadership and Teamwork
10 Items
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All Grades
Collection
Back to School: Community Building Activities
By Mizzen Education, Inc.
All Grades
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COLLECTION
American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)
Literacy • History and Society • Leadership and Teamwork
13 Items
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Grades 6 - 12
Collection
American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)
By Mizzen Education, Inc.
6 - 12
The American History: Elevating Black Voices Collection is a weekly, inquiry-driven playlist that invites learners to examine how storytelling, innovation, creativity, and leadership shape American history and civic life. Through complex texts, Innovator Trading Cards, and theme-based activities across literacy, STEM, the arts, and collaborative problem-solving, students engage with lesser-known Black Americans—whose contributions have influenced systems, culture, and community change. Each week introduces a thematic lens that builds historical analysis, critical reading, argumentation, and interdisciplinary thinking, culminating in a challenge-based game that requires evidence, reasoning, and collaboration. Designed to support meaningful discussion and application, this Collection highlights innovation as a collective process and underscores the power of amplifying voices that shape our shared history.
This collection is designed to have learners apply ideas from the weekly themes introduced through the Innovator Playing Cards with additional related activities; it is recommended to follow this sequence to maintain consistency:
Week 1: Storytelling and Voice
Designing Innovator Trading Cards
What Makes a Good Story?
One Minute Speeches
Erasure Poetry as Resistance
Week 2: Inventing and Problem Solving
Designing Innovator Trading Cards
Cell City
Catapult (Team Building) Game
Build an Extension Arm
Week 3: Creativity and Expression
Designing Innovator Trading Cards
Create a Cardboard Self-Portrait
Improv: Say the Line
How to Look at Dance
Week 4: Leadership and Change
Designing Innovator Trading Cards
Playing Innovator Trading Cards
Analyzing and Constructing Timelines of Racial (In)justice
Dream Team
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Pitch Challenge Tools
Career and Future Readiness • Leadership and Teamwork
4 Items
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Grades 3 - 12
Collection
Pitch Challenge Tools
By Young Entrepreneur Institute
3 - 12
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American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)
History and Society • Literacy • STEM • Arts • Leadership and Teamwork
13 Items
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Grades K - 2
Collection
American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)
By Mizzen Education, Inc.
K - 2
The American History: Elevating Black Voices Collection is a weekly, hands-on playlist that helps young learners explore how stories, creativity, problem-solving, and leadership shape communities and American history. Through engaging texts, Innovator Trading Cards, and theme-based activities in literacy, STEM, the arts, and teamwork, students discover lesser-known Black Americans whose voices and ideas have made a lasting impact. Each week introduces a new theme that strengthens early reading skills, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking, while giving learners multiple opportunities to apply their understanding through play and exploration. Designed for easy facilitation and joyful learning, this playlist shows that innovation takes many forms—and that every voice matters.
For a consistent learning experience, it is recommended that this collection be completed in the sequence outlined below. This allows learners to apply the weekly themes from the Innovator Playing Cards through supplementary activities.
Week 1: Storytelling and Voice
Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)
New End to the Story
Round Robin Storytelling
Animal Interviews
Week 2: Inventing and Problem Solving
Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)
Balanced Mobile
Sound on a String
Mechanical Engineering Tops
Week 3: Creativity and Expression
Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)
Masquerade Masks
Music and Rhythm (Grades k-2)
Creative Play Design Challenges
Week 4: Leadership and Change
Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)
Playing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)
People Bingo
What is a Quality
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2020 National Summer Learning Association Awardees
Leadership and Teamwork
6 Items
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All Grades
Collection
2020 National Summer Learning Association Awardees
By Mizzen Education, Inc.
All Grades
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Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 5-8
Health and Wellness • Leadership and Teamwork
15 Items
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Grades K - 8
Collection
Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness: Weeks 5-8
By Active Kids and Minds
K - 8
Continue moving with Active Kids and Minds Functional Fitness! This is the second of three Active Kids and Minds Collections. Covering Weeks 5-8, this set of activities continues with new skills of the week, strengthening fitness principles, and building nutritional knowledge.
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Mixed-Age Group Summer Activities
STEM • Leadership and Teamwork • Arts
4 Items
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All Grades
Collection
Mixed-Age Group Summer Activities
By Mizzen Education, Inc.
All Grades
Planning summer camp activities for mixed-age groups can be challenging. These adaptable lessons are designed for camps where multiple age groups learn together, making it easier to keep everyone engaged, included, and having fun.
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