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Street Racket (Grades 3-5)

Created By: Street Racket USA, Nichole Wilder Special Contribution: Aaron Hart, Andrea Hart This module was developed in partnership with the team from Street Racket USA and OPEN. The game of Street Racket was created in Switzerland to promote healthy lifestyles and well-being, but also to bring people together through racket games and movement. Street [...]

Volleyball (High School)

Created By: Brandy Lynch, Stephanie Dickson, Deb Van Klei, Mary Jo Geddes, Shannon Maly Special Contributions: Nichole Wilder, Aaron Hart, Andrea Hart This module builds on the skills introduced in the 6-8 Volleyball module through skill-specific volleyball lead up activities and games. Passing, serving, and application of strategies/tactics in small-sided games and activities are [...]

Adventure Learning (Grades 6-12)

Establishing a sense of community within physical education classrooms is essential to developing students that are open to trying new activities and experiences. The OPEN Adventure module offers students an opportunity to connect with their classmates, build trust, and problem solve through a variety of fun and engaging activities. The activities can be grouped [...]

Volleyball (Middle School)

Created by: Erica Armijo, Kate Cox, Mike Morris, Valerie Nagy, Beth Uhlman Special Contributions: Nichole Wilder, Aaron Hart, Andrea Hart This module builds on the skills introduced in the 3-5 Volleyball module through skill-specific volleyball lead up activities and games. Passing, serving, and application of strategies/tactics in small-sided games and activities are some of the [...]

Pi Day Movement Resources (K-8)

Created By: Mary Driemeyer, Daniel Hill, Nichole Wilder Special Contributions: Aaron Hart, Andrea Hart Are you looking for fun and engaging ways to recognize and celebrate Pi Day in your physical education class? OPEN’s Pi Day instant activities collection was designed just for that! These fun and engaging activities for students in grades K-8 [...]

Volleyball (Grades 3-5)

Created by: William Potter, Trent Suzuki, and Candace Young Special Contributions: Nichole Wilder, Aaron Hart, Andrea Hart This module builds on the skills introduced in the K-2 Volleying & Striking module through skill-specific volleyball lead up activities and games. Passing, serving, and the beginning stages of tracking/anticipating where the ball will travel [...]

Health & Wellness (Middle School)

Created by: Nichole Wilder & Andrea Hart, RDN CDN Special Contributions: Aaron Hart Studies have shown that healthy students get better grades, attend school more, and often behave better in class. This module includes activities that are designed to help students develop the knowledge and skills to be healthy and active for [...]

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Plug & Play Fitness Collection (Grades 3-12)

Plug & Play Fitness activities are among the most popular resources on the OPEN platform – with over 100,000 downloads and counting! This page brings all three Plug & Play modules together for quick and easy access across all grade levels. Teachers have told us that no matter what grade level they teach, they [...]

Gratitude Games

Welcome to Gratitude Games This updated module includes your favorite Turkey Trot and Gratitude Games with some new favorites just added. Add some active joy to the month of November and use the gratitude-focused debrief questions to get your students thinking about the true meaning of the season. Plus, combine the academic language [...]

Pumpkin Patch Games

Welcome to Pumpkin Patch Games! We've reorganized and added new activities! This new Pumpkin Patch landing page includes your favorites from years past, as well as brand new games for 2022! Thank you to the following Pumpkin Patch contributors! Drew Burris, Evan Norwood, Pam Straker, Nichole Wilder, Sarah Phillips, Paul Redman, Meggie Shoemaker, Kristen Stuber, Tracie Hammond, Tiffany [...]

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