Fun Fitness Activities for High School PE Classes

1. Fitness is Fun! Sara Russell 2016 SHAPE America National High School Physical Education TOY SHAPE Washington President Tahoma High School Maple Valley, WA

2. Outcomes • Learn fitness ideas that can easily be implemented into your classes. • Learn ways your students can create their own fitness activities and take ownership of their learning! • Create fitness activities that address components of health-related fitness.

3. Dice Challenge • Roll the 2 dice • Add dice together and do the stated exercise • Repeat with the next team member rolling

4. Create Your Own Dice Challenge • Fill in the blank chart • Fitness activity • Quantity • Include activities that target the following: • Cardio-respiratory endurance • Muscular endurance • Muscular strength

5. Health-Related Fitness Circuit ??? ??? Push-up

6. Fitness Song Challenges • “Thunderstruck” by ACDC • Burpee challenge • “Thunder” by Imagine Dragons • Squat challenge • “Cha-Cha Slide” by DJ Casper • Plank challenge

7. Fitness 3000 Challenge • 4-6 students per group • Set time limit (ex. 30 minutes) • Team must collaborate and work together as a group to complete the 3000 exercises • Work at each station together, divide stations up, etc.

8. Fitness Task Sheet • Perform the activities in the order of your choice • Set designated time limit • When an activity has been completely finished record in the right column the component(s) of health-related fitness • Could record different things: muscles, skill-related fitness, etc. • May be done individually, in pairs, or in small groups

9. Thank You!! Sara Russell srussell@tahomasd.us @savarussell Thank you to Sportime featuring Spark for the equipment!