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Physical Education
Iditarod PE Challenge Hey amazing teachers, check out this PE unit that was designed for virtual education by Alaska teacher and prior Iditarod Teacher on the Trail Finalist Lisa Wiley. Let the enthusiasm of the mushers and sled dogs inspire your students to complete all the Iditarod PE Challenges while they learn about the trail …
Lesson Summary: Students run, jog or walk for a predetermined amount of time and intensity around the gym. When time is up, students choose a checkpoint to go to. A student rolls the die to determine what exercise the group will do. All students perform the exercise. Repeat. Procedural Activities: The instructor selects 6 activities …
Lesson Summary: Create checkpoints in a large outdoor area. Each checkpoint will have a team oriented or relay type activity that will advance the team to the next checkpoint or must be completed before the team can move to the next checkpoint. Iditarod Trail can be scaled to take only 1 period of Physical Education …
In this lesson, students will participate in aerobic activity and progress along the Iditarod trail using minutes as miles. To follow the F.I.T. Principle, students should participate in aerobic activity 3 to 5 times per week for 30 minutes while working in his/her target zone. For each minute of aerobic activity, the student moves 1 …
Aerobic Scavenger or Checkpoint Hunt: Students should be in teams of 3 or 4. On a large area such as a football or soccer field, spread 26 cones out and conceal slips of paper with checkpoint names under them. Cones are arranged in a random manner. The object of this game is to travel from …
Bob FitzPatrick Click to view the PDF Doc. Sled Dog Harness Activity These activities can be adapted for grades 1 – 12. Activities align with the national pe standards. Standard 1 – The physically literate individual demonstrates competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns. Standard 2 – The physically literate individual applies …