PEC: Field Days

Alabama the Heart of Dixie (home of the Alabama Space and Rocket Center)

Activity: Astronaut drills

Equipment: Boom Box if available

Formation: circle on the floor at least as large as the blue circle in the gym

Students jog around in a circle and snap fingers while jogging on cue from teacher, students hop (on 1 foot): do 4 hops and then switch feet; continue hopping around circle

on cue: walk backwards and clap hands overhead, behind back, in front of body; continue as you walk backwards around the circle
on cue: jump (two feet at a time) around the circle
on cue: walk on your toes-around the circle
on cue: walk on your heels-half way around the circle
on cue: bear walk (hands and feet on ground; right arm and leg move, then, (left arm and leg move) half way around circle
on cue: grapevine step around the circle, step to the side with Right foot, step Left foot behind Right foot, step Right foot to Right side; continue pattern around the circle
on cue: skip with high knees and swing arms high-around circle
on cue: side step to the Right-half way around circle turn back to center and side step Left-half way around circle

Rest; then go on to this sequence

on cue, jog in place 20 seconds
on cue, slide sideways 15 seconds (not the baseball slide, the locomotor and basketball slide)
on cue, do 15 curl ups
on cue, grapevine left 20 seconds
on cue, grapevine right 20 seconds
on cue, skip in place 20 seconds
on cue, move sideways on hands and feet for 20 seconds
on cue, do 5-10 push ups
on cue, crab walk for 15 seconds
on cue, jump in place for 20 seconds
on cue, jog in a circle in your area
on teachers cue, count down, you shout 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-blast off

Rest, then, the group can create any other patterns you or they would like

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