Program Manual - Recreation PEI

Dear Adventurer/Teacher,An Island ExperienceCongratulations on choosing to take part in An Island Experience. You will get to virtually travelacross all of PEI and visit many sites and locations that you may not have known even existed.Within your leaders manual you will find student booklets for every child in your class. There isalso an “Island Experience” checkpoint printout with websites that you will photo copy for each ofyour students. This is their guide to touring the Island. To advance from one checkpoint toanother they will have to accumulate the points needed to do so. The points needed each weekare in the student booklet and are listed with each checkpoint. There is a key in the leader’sprogram manual that will help guide your students to earn their points each week. The programmanual also includes resources that cover every location on PEI that the students will visit.What counts as physical activity?In this adventure physical activity is seen as any physical movement (non-motorized)which one participates in for a period of at least 5 minutes. Physical activity may involveendurance activitiesEndurance activities help your heart, lungs and circulatory system stay healthy. They also giveyou more energy. Examples of endurance activities range from walking, jogging, biking,swimming and dancing to organized exercise programs and recreational sports.Stretching/flexibility activities Flexibility activities help you to move easily. They keep yourmuscles relaxed and your joints mobile. Examples of flexibility activitiesReaching, bending, stretching, Yoga and Tai Chi are all examples of flexibility activities.Strength activities Strength activities help your muscles and bones stay strong. To ensure goodoverall strength, try to do a combination of activities that work the muscles throughout your body.Examples of strength activities, lifting weights, doing sit-ups or carrying heavy loads are allexamples of strength activities.This could include playing outside at recess, going for a walk, involvement in a sport (hockey,basketball, etc.), participating in physical education classes, etc.How do I chart my physical activity?Each day you will be asked to complete a form where you record how much physical activity youhave participated in that day. Physical Activity will be monitored in 5-minute sessions. Forexample if you are running around and playing at recess for 10 minutes, these 10 minutes counttoward your amount of physical activity for that day. If you walk from your car or the bus into theschool and it only takes one minute, you cannot record this activity as part of the adventure. It isalso important to make sure you only count your active time during the activity. If you havehockey practice for an hour but you end up spending half the time either listening to coachexplain something or waiting in line for a drill, make sure to only put 30 minutes on your log.Who can participate?This adventure is open to all students and teachers who wish to join.Details concerning how the adventure works can be found throughout this booklet.