From 1990-2012 we have donated to over 800 schools in 300 cities and 40 states!
Project Fit America Curriculum
Curriculum: The curriculum is not to replace any existing curriculum. We have two curricula.
The first is the Broad Based ideal for classroom teachers and non phys ed teachers. Each teacher will receive a curriculum germane to the grade level students they teach. This book focuses exclusively on the outdoor station equipment to ensure a "safety first" campus as all teachers will understand the correct technique for using the outdoor equipment and can supervise recess and lunch student usage. There are also 4 well being/health units with lesson plans that center around nutrition, smoking intervention, understanding your body and exercise. The lessons are clustered by grades 1-2, 2-4, 5-6, 7-12.
The second is our Core Curriculum. It was written by Master PE Teachers
and former Grant Recipients for future Project Fit America PE Teacher/Grant
Recipients. This book has lessons by chapter for each piece of equipment
donated as well as going beyond the lesson plan to include character development,
cross curricular lessons, after school programs, fitness clubs etc. NASPE standards for each lesson are clearly identified. This book has also been
approved by the Science Committee of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation,
a partnership between the American Heart Association and the William
J. Clinton Foundation.
Curriculum Lesson Plan Support Supplies
From our Year End Teacher Evaluations of this program we have learned what are the most popular lesson plans and provide schools with the materials they need to run those lessons. The day after our on site in-service, teachers can start using the lessons because they do not have to make and/or purchase the support materials on their own time or at their expense. These include the following:
- 6 Sets laminated skeleton bones.
- 1-set of 200 food models with nutrition labels on the back of each card for use in the Nutrition Relay and other physical activity nutrition lessons.
- 1 food pyramid poster - for use in the Nutrition Relay lessons.
- 1 PE music CD for the dance component.
- Pacer Cadence CD-Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run.
We provide unlimited certificates and ribbons for free. Each school receives
a starter kit of 25 of each and then call in for supplies as needed. Last
year we gave out over 60,000 certificates and ribbons! If they are running
programming we will keep them in supplies.