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Week 25: March 3-7, 1997
IA Name: Aerobic Exchange
Grade Level: 4th and Up
Equipment: All available PE equipment, the physical plant, paper, cardboard, task cards with about 50 different activity words which may be laminated
Directions:
Place five words on a task card that pertain to the physical plant or objects that may be found in the gym or playing area. For instance the task card may have the following words on a card: pole, cloth, blue, wood, rectangle. (Make about 28 task cards with different sequential orders to make the exchanges challenging.)
On the teachers signal students must touch something in the room that matches the words on their activity cards. In the example above the students would first touch a pole, then something made out of cloth, something that is blue in color, etc. Upon completion of the five tasks they exchange their card with
another student in the designated exchanging area (i.e. coned off area of your choice). The object is to exchange as many task cards in the time alloted. 3-5 minutes is typically a good time allottment for this.
Teaching Tips
Stress "eyes up" at all times so students don't run into one another.
Make sure they touch the objects gently!
Variations
To incorporate a complete aerobic workout, have the student jog in place and search out another jogger and this will determine when the task is completed and cards need to be exchanged.
Submitted by Gerry Cernicky who teaches in the Kiski Area School District in New Kensington, PA. Thanks for contributing to PE Central!
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