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becky pope (Bpope)
Junior Member
Username: Bpope
Post Number: 3
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, October 30, 2005 - 7:58 pm: |       |
I am looking for ideas. I teach P.E. at a public charter school that has no facilities or equipment, to speak of. I have come up with various ideas for using our "track and field" (a large asphalt parking lot), although I'm worried that we are forever going to be doing "activities." Right now, though, I am really at a loss for what to do when it rains. I have access to our cafeteria, which is about 35' x 30'. I am trying to get enough dumbbells to teach weight training, but funds are a problem. I plan to do body-weight exercises, core strengthening, and cardio-boxing type aerobics, but I don't want to the students (9th/10th mostly) to get burned out on that and not enjoy P.E. My largest class is 50 students. Any ideas for indoors or outdoors? |
Nancy Ferris
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 2:25 pm: | |
For indoor activities, you could do circuit training without requiring any equipment. The only equipment you need is a few sheets of paper with the name of the activity on it. This does not have to take up too much room either. You could have 5-10 stations, with various activities, such as jumping jacks, press-ups, sit ups, etc. If you have 50 students, and feel there is not enough room, you could have students in pairs, where one watches the other, counts out loud, assists them etc. They would then reverse roles, so that each student were aerobically active. |
Eleni Haniotes
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 7:17 pm: | |
Maybe you should try doing "outdoor" education (half the stuff you can do indoor to start off with). There are many activities you can do with your class that the main focus would be communication, trust-building and teamwork, icebreakers, etc. It is a lot of fun for the students and it allows the students to get to know each other better, and the teacher to get to know the students. For ideas for outdoor education, go to : http://www.wilderdom.com/games/
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Lindsay Breissinger (Lcb0530)
New member
Username: Lcb0530
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 22, 2006 - 2:46 pm: | |
You might want to try contacting other schools in your area and see if they have any older equipment that is still safe to use that they would be able to donate. Also if there are any universities near you, you could conatct them to see if any of the sporting teams have any extra equipment (i.e. when teams give away basketballs on a special night). There is also the option to write grants since you are so in need of any kind of equipment. |
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