For Teacher, By Teacher Activity Plan Contest

[AAA Teacher Forum]

Today’s students aren’t getting the physical activity they need. And lack of physical activity leads to obesity and a host of other health problems. That’s why the American Heart Association and the National Football League are joining forces to inspire and motivate adolescents to become more physically active. But we can’t do it alone.

Now teachers can help us by participating in our “For Teacher, By Teacher” Activity Plan Contest. Thirty teachers who submit winning activity plans will be recognized and receive $250.

We are looking for creative and fun ideas that integrate physical activity into an adolescent’s school day. We want to promote active living not just in physical education classes, but in language arts, social studies, science, and math classes too. We’re asking teachers to
• share existing activity plans, or
• create new ones that incorporate physical activity into the classroom

We’re going to get kids moving by sharing these activity plans with middle school teachers across America.

With your help, we can help kids increase their physical activity and become healthier, stronger, and more confident. Studies have also shown that increasing physical activity can even improve school performance.

Please help us by sharing your ideas to increase physical activity in the classroom. We look forward to hearing from you!

Visit us online to find out more about the contest, guidelines, rules and more: http://www.americanheart.org/activityplancontest

[sarzacsmom]

Dance Dance revolution and similar music games require movement as well as listening and or hand/eye or body/eye coordination. It gets them moving as well as enhncing their listening and observation skills!

[mkcornflower]

I teach younger children (preschool, kindergarten, 1st gr, and 2nd gr) and we do several things depending on the unit we are studying. For example, when we did a unit on farms, we did things like: hop like a bunny to lunch, moo like a cow if you have a question, play leap frog down the hall to the art center, etc.
If you have your class studying the civil war, have a mock battle in the hallway. Divide the class into two sides (north and south), then have them line in rows. The way that battles used to be fought is the front row would shoot (have them pretend to shoot) then they would crouch down to reload while the next row shot, and so on. This is a great learning activity and gets them up and out of there seats at the same time. I have several more ideas and plans...how many are we allowed to post?:D