What's Out There?- Outcome D (7-9)-8

After completing an aerobics or fitness training unit, introduce the students to community recreational facilities that offer these programs. Organize a field trip to the community facility and participate in one or more of the activities that take place during the day. These classes could include (but are not limited to) aerobics, aquasize, weight training, or yoga.

When the class returns from the community facility, ask the students to complete a "Community Use Form". This completed form will be put on a bulletin board outside the gym so that other students in the school are aware of community programs suitable for teens.

Community Use Form

If your community does not have a recreational facility of this type, contact your local recreation director and ask if a fitness or activity leader could be sent to the school to provide a sample class or information related to an existing community activity.

If you are unable to attend during the regularly scheduled physical education class, try to arrange a field trip and spend the entire day learning how to use all aspects of the recreational facility (e.g., weight room, swimming pool, squash courts).

For communities without recreational facilities, participate in activities of a "non-sporting" nature such as going to a local farm and helping bring in the cattle without the use of horses or machines! Or have the students help with stacking bales or cleaning corrals so they understand that physical activity is not limited to sport.

These are clues that you have reached the outcomes ...

Students are aware of programs outside the school that encourage active living.

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