Classroom Teacher Integrated

1. Introduce/instruct the students on the value of pedometers.
2. Demonstrate how to use the pedometer and give the students some short practice time to experiment.
3. Divide the students into small groups (4-5) and give each group a scavenger hunt worksheet. Students will use their knowledge of plants/rocks/soil to find items listed on the scavenger hunt worksheet.
4. Review all of the items on the list that they are to find.
5. Students are to use a different type of locomotor skill as they travel to each site. Record the skill that was used on the scavenger hunt worksheet.
5. Discuss the boundaries for the hunt outside, if needed.
8. When the list is complete turn in the clipboard and wait for the other groups to finish.
9. Once everyone has finished move back inside and open up the pedometers. Ask students to write down the number of steps on the scavenger hunt worksheet.
10. Use this time to discuss:
* place value;
* estimation (Estimate how many steps that they think they might take during the activity and then have them subtract the actual steps and estimated steps to find out the difference. Have they over estimated or under estimated?);
* addition,subtraction,multiplication, and division; and
* the ability to categorize the objects found (How are they classified?).
11. Track or record steps taken (compare/contrast steps taken between/among activities). (Older students could compute total distance covered over the course of a unit [in miles] or even the average number of steps taken per activity.)