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Aaron's passion for physical education is cause for some to question his sanity. At home he loves working on his tiny farm in Upstate New York, eating homegrown veggie soup, and spending time with his family.

Dance
(Intermediate 3-5)

By |2023-07-17T09:43:59-04:00November 5th, 2017|3-5 Physical Education Modules, Curriculum Resources|

Created by: Brandon Herwick, Deedi Brown, Aaron Hart, Dr. Theresa Cone, Bob Oates, Scott Williams, Sara Weeks, Juliet Schulein Design: Jennifer Truong For more dance resources from the contributors, please visit the following pages: Brandon Herwick’s YouTube Channel Dr. Theresa Cone’s Dance Resources Bob Oates’ YouTube Channel Scott Williams’ YouTube Channel As physical educators, one of [...]

Flag Tag
(Primary K-2)

By |2023-07-10T16:55:58-04:00October 2nd, 2017|Curriculum Resources, K-2 Games for Teaching…, K-2 Physical Education Modules|

Created by: Victor Spadaro & Aaron Hart Special Contributions: Deedi Brown Design: Jennifer Truong Are your K–2 students ready for some football?! Actually, no, they’re probably not. The Flag Tag Games module is designed to prepare children for Flag Football participation in a safe, fun, and developmentally appropriate setting. Locomotor skills and movement in [...]

#OPENPEHearts

By |2017-09-13T05:42:18-04:00September 13th, 2017|OPEN Blog|

The news and personal stories coming out of Texas and Florida over the past two weeks have kept me awake. I’ve been praying for friends and family, thinking about how to help, and, honestly, feeling somewhat helpless to truly contribute in the midst of such devastation. I also feel strange pangs of guilt as [...]

Tabata Training

By |2023-06-12T11:37:15-04:00August 14th, 2017|6-8 Tools for Teaching, Curriculum Resources, Middle School PhysEd Modules|

Created by: Aaron Hart Special Contributions: Deedi Brown, Lisa Kushner, Amanda Welch Design: Aaron Hart & Jennifer Truong Tabata Training is a short but meaningful module designed to teach the basics of Tabata methodology with a focus on exercise form and fitness knowledge concepts. The two-week module includes an activity and nutrition log in [...]

Bat and Ball Games
(Intermediate 3-5)

By |2023-06-26T13:33:07-04:00May 30th, 2017|3-5 Games for Teaching, 3-5 Physical Education Modules, Curriculum Resources|

Created by: Joseph Spernal, Aaron Hart, Jim DeLine, and Lisa Kushner Special Contributions: Deedi Boland Design: Jennifer Truong Bat and Ball Games introduces students to the critical skills and movement patterns that are essential to sports like softball, baseball, and cricket. Purposeful activities provide fun and challenge for skill development while also introducing foundational concepts, strategies, and [...]

Pickleminton
(Intermediate 3-5)

By |2023-06-26T15:48:31-04:00April 27th, 2017|3-5 Games for Teaching, 3-5 Physical Education Modules, Curriculum Resources|

Created by: Lisa Kushner, Briana Sullivan, Deedi Brown, Mike Smith, and Aaron Hart Design: Jennifer Truong Striking an object with a short-handled implement has never been this fun! This module provides a developmentally appropriate lead-up to net games like pickleball and badminton. Implement this module in full with more skilled students. Or, remove the [...]

Parachute
(Primary K-2)

By |2023-07-10T16:52:57-04:00March 30th, 2017|Curriculum Resources, K-2 Games for Teaching…, K-2 Physical Education Modules|

Created by: Lisa Kushner, Amanda Welch, Nick Kline, and Aaron Hart Special Contributions: Deedi Brown Design: Jennifer Truong Parachute activities are among the most memorable physical education experiences of a young child’s life. Just seeing the ‘chute creates excitement and joy for most students. It is also an important opportunity to reinforce critical personal [...]

OPEN 8 Challenge
(Middle School)

By |2023-06-09T17:40:58-04:00February 17th, 2017|6-8 Tools for Teaching, Curriculum Resources, Middle School PhysEd Modules|

Created by: Rich Wiles & Aaron Hart Special Contributions: Deedi Brown Design: Jennifer Truong The OPEN 8 Middle School Adventure Challenge is a fun and engaging module with a focus on fitness, skill, and 21stcentury learning. Each activity is meant to provide a global education experience in a setting that stretches just beyond a [...]

Creative Mode Fitness
(High School)

By |2023-06-12T17:16:22-04:00February 7th, 2017|9-12 Tools for Teaching, Curriculum Resources, High School PhysEd Modules|

Created by: Aaron Hart Contributions by: Jo Bailey, Deedi Brown, Joe Cambron, Diane Cannon, Terry Jones, Nick Kline, Eddie Kovel, Lisa Kushner, Becca L-A-K, Jen Mau, Darcell Salmi, Murray Wallace, Amanda Welch Design: Aaron Hart & Jennifer Truong Creative Mode Fitness is a fun and vigorously active way to teach students critical fitness concepts and basic fitness [...]

Tai Chi
(High School)

By |2023-06-12T18:09:29-04:00December 13th, 2016|9-12 Tools for Teaching, Curriculum Resources, High School PhysEd Modules, Uncategorized|

Created by: Lisa Kushner, Brianna Sullivan, Thomas Fuchs & Aaron Hart Special Contributions: Joshua Giddings, Deedi Boland & Juan Wang Design: Jennifer Truong & Aaron Hart Harvard Medical School has labeled Tai Chi as a low-impact, lifetime exercise with evidence-based benefits. This ancient Chinese martial art has been shown to help decrease stress while helping the body maintain [...]

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