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    • Importance of Recess, Play, and Active Classrooms
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    • Physical Education Pedagogy >
      • General Strategies
      • Adapted Physical Education
      • English Language Learners
      • Cross Disciplinary Examples
      • Facilitating Discussions and Debriefs
      • Miscellaneous Articles and Videos
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      • Social Justice and Diversity
      • Growth Mindset and Multiple Intelligences
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      • Advice for New Teachers
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      • Rubrics for Assessment
      • Grading in Physical Education
      • Fitnessgram Guidelines and Resources
    • Class Management >
      • Class Management Overview
      • Tools for Assessing Behavior
      • Techniques for Forming Groups
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      • Safety Related Resources
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      • Stress Management Techniques
      • Health, Fitness, and Nutrition Resources
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Creative Fitness Activities


​​Fitness activities should be enjoyable in physical education. Use the examples below to help you incorporate creative and fun fitness activities into your physical education program.

Online Resources
  • AMRAP in PE
  • Cap'n Pete's Power PE
  • ​​Creative Mode Fitness Activities
  • Examples from Twitter
  • ​Get Kids Moving​
  • How to Use HIIT in Physical Education​​
  • ​Keeping Kids in Motion
  • Online Board Games
  • ​ThePhysEdDepot
  • Star Wars Fitness
  • Super Deck Fitness
  • ​​YMCA: On Demand

Creative Fitness Activities (Playlist)
Incorporating Fitness into Lessons
Incorporating fitness concepts into lessons is a great alternative to the traditional lecture format and it helps students experience the connections. See our examples and come up with your own.
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INCORPORATING FITNESS CONCEPTS INTO UNITS
Fitness does not have to be taught on Fitness Days, it can also be incorporated into other units. See our examples for Volleyball (many of these came from Chad Triolet's 2014 AAHPERD Conference) and/or come up with your own. Here are more examples: Example 1,  Example 2, and Example 3.
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Adventure Racing (SPARTAN Races Theme)
​Adventure racing is an exciting sport, unlike any other. It might be defined as a team obstacle course race. While previously seen as extreme, adventure races have changed over the years. What used to take expensive equipment like kayaks and bicycles, as well as a whole lot of training time, has morphed into super fun runs that require less specialized training where you use your fitness and wits to complete a variety of obstacles. It is an opportunity for activity that is accessible to both students and adults.
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Below are free SPARTAN Races themed adventure races for physical education created by 2019 National High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year Dan DeJager in collaboration with SPARK and SPARTAN Races (as part of our Coalition for Quality Physical Education). It is a lesson format where students work on grit, perseverance, cooperation, and many other social skills. Many students find it a more enjoyable alternative to the traditional mile run, even though they cover the same distance and more! These races are great fitness activities, allow the teacher to conduct informal assessments, and can be designed for a number of purposes: practice psychomotor skills, practice problem solving, and/or incorporating cross-disciplinary content. 

See the elementary school example below and/or find more information on adventure racing in physical education from Adventure Racing Activities for Fun and Fitness book and Adventure Racing CORE: A Non-Traditional Approach to the Physical Education Lesson article.
Elementary School
  • Adventure Race 101
  • Adventure Race 201​​
Middle School
  • Adventure Race 101
  • Adventure Race 201
High School
  • Adventure Race 101
  • Adventure Race 201

Interval Running Games
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FITNESS SCAVENGER HUNT
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PEDOMETER AND HEART RATE ACTIVITIES
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ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
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RESOURCES FOR FITNESS TESTING
Find resources for various fitness tests on our ​​Fitnessgram Guidelines and Resources​ page.

Fitness Testing Lab
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Target Heart Rate Lab
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SAFETY TIPS FOR WEIGHT LIFTING
  • Advanced Strength and Conditioning Programming for Physical Education
  • How to Add Strength and Resistance Training to Any High School PE Class
  • Integrating Strength and Conditioning Into a High School Physical Education Curriculum: A Case Example
  • ​National Strength and Conditioning Association Position Statement on Long-Term Athletic Development

Weight Lifting Safety Tips Lab
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Fitness Center Safety Lab
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Templates
Custom Dice Maker
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Station Templates
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This or That Template
Peer Feedback Template
Find more templates at CBHPE.org



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