Using Relay Races to Learn Time and Averages

This week we used relay races to teach about time and averages. For all grades the students discussed and put themselves on teams using the count off method. We discussed how this was dividing them. The students were given the jobs of timer, starter and finisher. All teams used a stopwatch. First and second graders logged in their journals their team time using minutes and seconds. For 3rd grade the students had to convert their time from minutes and seconds to seconds. 4th and 5th graders logged their team time and then divided by the number of racers to get the average time.

Planning Our PE Class- Analyzing Real Life Involving Time

One of our PE goals is to have children exercise 60 minutes a day. The students will log in their journals how we are spending our time in PE class. They will log what types of activities we are doing, what time we start, our stop time and how long we spend on different activities. We will do this for one week. At the end of the week we will determine the elapsed time we spent with warm ups, strengthening and running exercises and game play time for the week. The students will answer questions such as are we meeting the requirement in school, how long and what types of activities do you do at home? How much time are we spending on aerobic, strengthening and bone strengthening exercises?