PE Final

What are pedometers and how can you use them in class

• is a tracker that tracks your steps as you walk, jump, or dance and they can be used as an accountability measure for their program and teaching kids to focus on daily physical activity

• the ability of the heart, blood vessels, and respiratory system to deliver oxygen efficiently for an extended time

• walking course with a set of clues

• a series of some 300 exercises, most of which are done with sand-filled bags and/or racquetballs, often while standing on a balance board.

What activities can you do to promote walking?

• Treasure Hunt: course with a set of clues

• Red Light, Green Light: object of the game is to cross the finish line as quickly as possible.

• Interval Walk: circuit with stretching and strength activities

• Sharks And Minnows: object is for the minnows to get from one end of the yard to the other without being caught, aka tagged, by the shark

the ability of the heart, blood vessels, and respiratory system to deliver oxygen efficiently for an extended time

• Muscular Strength

• Aerobic Capacity

• Cardiovascular Endurance

• Flexibility

the proportion of body fat to lean body mass

• Aerobic Capacity

• Flexibility

• Muscular Strength and Endurance

• Body composition

the range of movement through which a joint or sequence of joints can move

• Strength

• Flexibility

• Endurance

• Mobility

the ability of muscles to exert forces

• Muscular Strength and Endurance

• Balance

• Flexbility

• Cardiovascular Fitness

What special activities can you do to have a healthy school (parent involvement and community involvement)?

Answer explanation

A couple of ideas are

- Walking-to-school events and having signs around

- Parent involvement: PE nights/demonstration nights/charity events/fun days

- Community involvement: YMCA/recreation centers/Boys and Girls Club

Locomotor skills (in order)

• walking, running, skipping, hopping, jumping, galloping, ​ sliding, and leaping

• Walking,

  Hopping, Jumping, Sliding, Running,

  Leaping, Skipping, Galloping

• bending, turning, balancing,pushing,twisting

Non-Locomotor skills (in order)

• walking, running, skipping, hopping, jumping, galloping, ​ sliding, and leaping

• Walking,

  Hopping, Jumping, Sliding, Running,

  Leaping, Skipping, Galloping

• bending, turning, balancing,pushing,twisting

Walking teaching points and cues

• • Head up, eyes forward

  • Point toes straight ahead

  • Nice, easy, relaxed arm swing

  • Hold tummy in, chest up

  • Push off from the floor with the toes

• • Swing your arms forward as fast as possible

  • Bend your knees

  • On your toes

  • Land lightly with bent knees