Activate Your Colleagues
Sean Brock
National Physical Education and Physical Activity Advisor
Alliance for a Healthier Generation
letsmoveschools.org
Think-Pair-Share
• Why is physical activity important?
Why is Physical Activity Important?
• Children are Less Fit
• Cardiovascular Risk Factors
• Inactivity = Health Issues
• Low Self-Esteem
• Physical, Psychological and Social
Benefits
• Inactive Children = Inactive Adults
Overview
• Why
• Benefits of PA
• Obstacles/Barriers/Ideas
• PA vs. PE
• Resources/Examples
Benefits of PA - School Day
• Increases positive behavior and cognitive functioning.
• Increasing time for PE/PA, does not negatively impact
achievement in other subjects.
• Classroom PA breaks may improve on-task behavior
during academic instruction.
Impact On Student Achievement
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CDC Report and Texas Education
Agency
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Attendance and test scores
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Cognitive skills, attitude and
concentration
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NCLB/ Accountability
Texas Education Agency. Physically Fit Students More Likely to Do Well in School. 2009
ritter.tea.stste.tx.us/press/09fitnessresults.pdf
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The association between school based physical activity, including physical education,
and academic performance. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2010.
Learning …
The Retention, Application, and Transfer of Knowledge and Skills
Learning Activities
Our Involvement Level
We Tend To Learn
10% of what we read
30% of what we see
Verbal Receiving
Hearing Words
Looking at Pictures
Visual Receiving
Watching a Movie
50% of what we
hear and see
Passive
20% of what we hear
Reading
Looking at an Exhibit
Watching a Demonstration
Seeing it Done on Location
70% of what
we say
Giving a Talk
Doing a Dramatic Presentation
Simulating the Real Experience
Doing the Real Thing
Receiving and
Participating
Doing
Active
90% of
what we
both say
and
do
Participating in Discussion
How Active Should Young People Be?
• Ages 6-19
• Accumulate 60
minutes per day.
• Most days of the
week
• MVPA
RPE Scale for Children and Teens
Physical Activity vs. Physical Education
• Physical Activity: bodily movement
produced by the contraction of
skeletal muscles and increases
energy expenditure.
• Physical Education: planned,
structured, sequential program
based on standards. Students learn
the skills/knowledge to be physically
active for a lifetime.
Leaping the Barriers
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Time
Space
Knowledge/Ideas
Inclusive – ALL
Students
Classroom Atmosphere
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Conducive to PA
Routines/Signals
Safety
Rules/Reminders
Positive
Persistence
Enthusiasm
Ideas to Increase PA
• Instant Activity
• Transition Times
• Instructions Brief/Concise
• Challenges/Competition
• Easier Versions
• Persistence
Fitness Breaks
Eat Smart Move More – NC Energizers
Touch Spelling
Equipment: Post the letters of the alphabet around
the perimeter of the room. Create index cards with
spelling or vocabulary words.
Procedure:
Instruct students to spell the word by moving around
the room to touch the letters. When students have
completed spelling a word, have them place the card
in a hula hoop at the front of the room. When they
have completed all 3 cards, they may select additional
cards from the hula hoop.
Pass out word cards to students; give each student 2
or 3 cards.
Options:
– Instruct students to use various locomotor
movements (walk, jog, hop, skip, jump, leap,
gallop, slide).
– Instruct students to touch letters with right
hand, left hand, right elbow, left elbow, etc.
Alliance Task Cards
NFL Play 60 Challenge
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Play the PA Way!
Physical Activity Opportunities
• Incorporate into Content
• Alarms/Announcements
• Student Produced Videos
• Stream Videos
- JAMmin’ Minutes
• Voluntary PA Programs
- Lunch Periods
- Open gym, Wii, DDR, Yoga,
Pilates, Exercise Videos
GoNoodle Classroom
Brain Breaks
Five minute brain breaks for kids
Activities for every part of the day
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Energize with running
Focus with stretching
Calm with deep breathing
Stimulate with dancing
95% of teachers say GoNoodle
improved academic performance
Free access for all teachers
Deal or No Deal
Equipment: 3-5 envelopes with one exercise listed on the outside
Teacher makes a deal with one student.
All students participate in each deal.
Student chooses envelope - Deal or No
Deal?”
Deal – the entire class performs the
physical activity OR “No Deal - student
chooses a card from envelope and the
students perform the new number.”
Fit Sticks
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Jump rope
Hula hoop
Hop
Jump
Paddle a kayak
Shoot baskets
Tennis serve
Baseball swing
Baseball pitch
Squat
Lunge
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Kick
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Half Jack
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Triceps stretch
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Biceps curls
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Punch
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Shoulder stretch
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Elbow to knee
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March
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Backstroke
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Breast stroke
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High Knees
Tips to Use
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Participate
Academic concepts
Start/stop signals
Music
Physical activity alarms
DVDs for PA breaks
Students produce PA videos
Fun competitions
Enthusiasm - Persistence
Calling All PE Teachers
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Engage colleagues, community partners and business partners to
challenge kids to get moving
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Provide training and ideas for staff
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Create a school challenge for PA
– Walking challenge
– Time challenge
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During a mid-block break
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During assemblies
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Assist with PA breaks at the beginning of the class period
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Lead PA during homeroom or advisory periods
Summary
• Change takes time!
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Good Change
= More Time!
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• Think BIG…..start small
A mighty maze! But not without a plan.
-- Alexander Pope
Contact Information
Sean Brock
Physical Education/Physical Activity Advisor
sean.brock@healthiergeneration.org
Kari Senger
Healthy Schools Program Manager - SD
kari.senger@healthiergeneration.org