Lots of teachers are struggling to find a no equipment virtual curriculum for their middle school physical education classes right now. And if they find them, they usually cost money to access.

So I went ahead and put together my own no equipment virtual middle school PE curriculum for Standard 3 that teachers can use as a guide to help their students succeed. The best part is that none of the activities include equipment so it makes it doable for ALL learners. There are a couple videos that include resistance bands or medicine balls to make the workouts more challenging but are not needed. I tell my students do not worry about these items.

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This document is different from my previously shared post on how I set my middle school Google Classroom up, but a lot of the activities are the same. It’s just more organized for mine and your benefit.

KEEP READING FOR THE FREE GOOGLE PRESENTATION.

I have taken the SHAPE America standard 3, The physically literate individual demonstrates the knowledge and skills to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical activity and fitness, and created a full no equipment virtual curriculum outline for middle school PE teachers. With all of the resources out there, I wanted to take my favorite ones and compress them into a neat and organized layout.

What’s Included in the Curriculum Outline Document:

My 70 slide outline contains 6 units:

  1. Introduction & Virtual Expectations
  2. Fitness Knowledge
  3. Health Related Fitness
  4. Skill Related Fitness
  5. Interval Training
  6. Health & Nutrition

Below are 8 examples of what the curriculum outline includes:


Each slide or unit touches on standard 3 of SHAPE America for grades 6-8. The slides are a detailed outline, so assessment and physical activity outside of your PE class will have to be added on your own.

For me, I only see my students once a week for 30 minutes. Moving into trimester two (December 7th), I will see my middle schoolers two times a week. So the days I do not see them, they have assignments in their Google Classroom (see here) that relate to the other SHAPE standards and Grade Level Outcomes.

You will notice the first unit is Introduction & Expectations. These are my expectation for my classes. Yours may differ, but I included mine specifically to give you an idea of what I expect and how I grade. After I started posting my Live PE expectation slide (slide 3) every class as my middle schoolers enter my Google Meet, they started to catch on that they needed to be online and actively participating if they wanted points.

Please feel free to use my slides, or use them as a guide to create your own expectations!

Free No Equipment Virtual Middle School Curriculum Below:

Free virtual middle school curriculum outline

Google Slide Curriculum Outline

You can set your virtual classes up however you’d like, but what has been working for me is I start at slide one and work my way down each class. When it comes to the workout videos, we don’t complete the whole thing. I normally cap the videos at 20 minutes if they are longer than that.

But as you can see my students are learning life long fitness knowledge to help them live healthy lifestyles. Once they know and understand the basics, they can improve their fitness and sport skill levels.


SHAPE America Grade Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education PDF is provided here to cross reference your GLO with your slides. Remember these curriculum slides are to be used as a guide, and to build off of them to enhance your student’s learning experience. Outside physical activity should be encouraged in order to hit those grade level outcomes.

Happy virtual PE teaching!!