Physical Education: PE + Math = Fun
Issue 1
Schlander Verner
Editor’s note Welcome to the first issue of
‘Physical Education” brought to you by yours
truly Schlander Verner. I hope this newsletter
will prove that physical education is not all about
fun and games, and that PE can be integrated
into other curriculums.
How do you integrate PE & Math
You can start by incorporating math into
your exercises and involving your
students. You can start by allowing your
students to divide the class into groups.
You can also allow your students to
count while exercising. Research and
organize the lesson that you want to
teach. Today’s PE classes are no longer
sports oriented. They are moving in the
direction of educating students by
integrating PE with curriculums used in
the classroom. Therefore, research will
be crucial in this transition. There area
website available that will provide some
guidelines of integrating physical
education and other subject
matters.
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Ways to incorporate PE & Math
You can incorporate PE & Math by
adding math into games and exercises.
Games such as dribbling math challenge
are very popular in PE classes. This
game allows students to learn how to
dribble a basketball and count at the
same time. PE classes that are sports
oriented can be easily transitioned. Most
sports already require students to add
and divide in order to keep scores and
create teams. Your job is to involve the
students and make it fun. In order for
integration to occur smoothly, you as an
educator must love and take pride in
what you are doing. For more games that
integrates math and physical education,
see pecentral.org.
Integrated Games/Exercises
Aerobic Frisbee Golf
Math Facts Basketball
Recycling Relay
Number Crunching
Dribbling for Nutrition
Geography Golf