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Run/Walk Across America

For Teachers K - 8th
Walk, jog, or run across America. Maps of individual states, visual progress, competition, and rewards, seem to be great motivational ideas. Make sure that the distances that each class has to walk or run are the same, because getting...
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Power Walk and Jog

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Throw in something different for your runners to focus on while they walk, jog, or run for five and a half minutes. Each time the runner passes you, hand them a playing card. There are several ideas on how to use them as motivators:...
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Do As I Do

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lead your class in practicing gross motor body movements. Put on some background music and lead them through hops, skips, jumps, leaps, and running in place. Think of animal movements and have them move like an elephant or slither like a...
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Scrabble Laps

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students integrate physical fitness with spelling of core vocabulary words used in science and social studies. They walk, skip, gallop or jog around a track and for each lap they perform, they are given a letter by the teacher. The...
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Intermediate PE Activity-Walk Across the USA

For Teachers K - 12th
Students, in teams, in physical education classes, attempt to collectively "walk across America." They measure a mile of walking distance at their school and then track how many they walk. They trace the miles on an actual map,...
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Energy Costs of Walking and Running

For Students 7th - 10th
For this energy worksheet, learners use a data chart comparing the energy used while running and walking to create a graph and complete 2 short answer questions.
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Christmas Shopping

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work in teams in teams of two and they have a hula hoop which represents their shopping bag and two hockey sticks to gather presents. They use the other side of the gym that has bean bags and fleece balls, which are scattered...
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I Walk the Line

For Teachers K
Students walk, run, jump, and hop all over and around geometric shapes. They identify the shapes by running to and standing on the called out shape.