Introduction:

            Students would you like to make up a new Field Day?  Are there new activities that 
would be fun to include in your present Field Day?  The Physical Education Teacher wants the
help of the students to come up with a new plan for Field Day!  Good Luck and Have Fun!  

The Task:

            Get in-groups of 3 students.  In these groups of 3 students ideas for a Field Day will 
be discussed.  What is to be included in the discussion is as follows: how many days, what 
activities, water stations, first aid stations, etc.  Will you need volunteers, what things will 
you need donated.  Once the group decides what they want included they need to put it all 
together in a simple plan.  The group will also decide what equipment will be needed for each
activity, along with the rules for each activity.  

Process:

• Have each person in your group interview 10 other students and record what types of 
  activities they would enjoy on Field Day.

• Try to categorize the information you have gathered.  This will help narrow your search.  

• Discuss time frames with your teammates.  How long will Field Day last?  How long will 
  each activity last?  

• Decide with your teammates what size groups the activities will call for.  Large groups?
  Small groups?  Individual activities?  

• Need to use Word Perfect of Excel to print out schedule for the day.  

• When you have discussed all of the above issues and analyzed your data collection, you 
  will be ready to begin your search using the RESOURCES below.  
  

Resources:

      www.askjeeves.com to search for general first aid in case of injury & find information on 
                                      heat exhaustion and general first aid

      www.eventplanner.com for planning events

  Use the following for game ideas:

         www.mysimon.com

         www.pe4life.com

         http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/phactaag.htm

         http://www.gamekids.com/gkgame6.html

         http://www.pelinks4u.org

         http://chitrib.webpoint.com/fitness target heart rate calculator is in

   Fitness Fundamentals

         http://www.bennygoodsport.com/

         http://www.gameskidsplay.net  

Evaluation:

  Did you consider the following?

          First Aid

          Volunteers

          Directions for each station

          When to rotate stations

          Supplies - drinks, cups….

          Equipment needed for each station

          Format for the day's schedule  

Conclusion:

• Present your findings and ideas to a teacher and some students.   

• Describe to them in detail what their day would be like if they participated in your 
  Field Day.  

• Obtain some feedback.  

• What things or events could you add to your Field Day if you had 4 or 5 days to use; 
  a large source of money; just indoor facilities.