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Fitness Running
(High School)
Created by: Aaron Hart, Victor Spadaro, Kate Darpino, Rich Wiles In Partnership With: New York Road Runners Special Contributions: Deedi Brown Design: Jennifer Truong According to statista.com, fitness running is one of the most popular physical activities in the United States with almost 56 million people participating in 2017. That number is an increase of approximately 14 million people since [...]
Ninja Warrior
(Intermediate 3-5)
Created by: Benjamin Pirillo, Daniel Tennessen, Elyse Loughlin, Jason Leach, Rich Wiles, Aaron Hart Special Contributions: Deedi Brown Design: Jennifer Truong Since 2009, the Ninja Warrior obstacle course movement has been broadcast into American living rooms. However, this movement began in Japan in 1997 with Ninja Warrior Sasuke Rising. On average, over 5 million American viewers tune in [...]
Next Generation Science Connections (K-2)
Created by: Rich Wiles & Aaron Hart Just as classroom teachers have a responsibility to promote physical activity and advocate for physical education programs, physical educators must also infuse STEM subject areas into our outcomes-based instructional schedule. OPEN’s Next Gen Connections Modules are designed to incorporate STEM concepts using the Next Generation Science Standards to guide our planning and instruction. www.nextgenscience.org This module provides [...]
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Created by: Aaron Hart, Victor Spadaro, Kate Darpino, Rich Wiles
In Partnership With: New York Road Runners
Special Contributions: Deedi Brown
Design: Jennifer Truong
According to statista.com, fitness running is one of the most popular physical activities in the United States with almost 56 million people participating in 2017. That number is an increase of approximately 14 million people since 2007. With that in […]
Created by: Benjamin Pirillo, Daniel Tennessen, Elyse Loughlin, Jason Leach, Rich Wiles, Aaron Hart
Special Contributions: Deedi Brown
Design: Jennifer Truong
Since 2009, the Ninja Warrior obstacle course movement has been broadcast into American living rooms. However, this movement began in Japan in 1997 with Ninja Warrior Sasuke Rising. On average, over 5 million American viewers tune in to each episode of […]
Created by: Aaron Hart, Ami Gibson, Brian Devore, Charla Krahnke, Colin Arvanitakis, Daniel Hill, Rachel Weir, Rich Wiles
Special Contributions by: Deedi Brown & Joey Feith
Module Design & Layout: Jennifer Truong
OPEN Basketball Nation Logo: Asia Kehl
It would be very interesting to know what Dr. James Naismith would think about the evolution of a game that he invented in December of 1891. Although […]
Created by Aaron Hart, Jim DeLine, Brandon Herwick, Lynn, Hefele, Jenna Knapp, Nick Kline, Andy Pickett, Andrea Hart, RD, Dan Tennessen
Physical educators know and understand the need to get students active and engaged as soon as they enter the PE classroom. This collection of instant activities serves to help teachers get students moving quickly, while also providing meaningful learning tasks […]
Created by:
Christina Courtney, Jim DeLine, Gabe Erving, Crystal Gorwitz, Aaron Hart, Andrea Hart, Erik Heard, Lynn Hefele, Brandon Herwick, Lori Jerred, Nick Kline, Charla Tedder Krahnke, Michael Martinez, Roy Mitchell, Victoria Otto, Benjamin Pirillo, Victor Spadaro, Daniel Tennessen, Rich Wiles
Design: Aaron Hart & Jennifer Truong
Special Contributions: Deedi Brown
This module was started as a response to the 2017 hurricanes that impacted the […]
Created by: Sandy Slade & Aaron Hart
Special Contributions: Deedi Brown
Design: Jennifer Truong
Skillastics® Basketball is a large group physical activity resource designed to maximize activity and participation for both small and large groups. This module expands your activity options using all of the tools that come with your Skillastics®Basketball game set while also adding all of the rigorous tools found in OPEN […]