Inspirational Video for Teacher PowerPoint's

Greetings Team!

Here's an excellent video from T.E.D: Ideas Worth Spreading, that can be inserted into your Thompson Educational PowerPoint slides. I'm sure your students (and you) will find Aimee's story inspirational, informative and motivational. Within this video, Aimee discusses how she embraced adversity by breaking down perceived barriers and overcame her fears.

Resource PowerPoints to Use Video With:

Exercise Science

• Section 12: Technological Influence on Human Performance
• Section 15: Bio mechanical Principles and Application (Good review)
• Section 20: Psychology of Sport
• Section 25: Women in Sport

Healthy Active Living: Keep Fit, Stay Healthy, Have Fun
Active Healthy Living: Physical Education in Nova Scotia Active for Life: Physical Education in Newfoundland and Labrador

• Setting and Reaching Fitness Goals

My Health: Talking Openly About Healthy Living

• Chapter 10: Emotional Well-Being and Mental Health

When I worked in the Birchmount Exceptional Athlete Program (BEAP) I met athletes of all abilities like Aimee who profoundly impacted my personal and professional life. Please let me know if you and your students find it useful. I hope you do!

Make Taking the Stairs a Fun Thing to Do!

Andrea Grantham, Executive Director at Physical and Health Education Canada (PHE Canada) just sent me a really great YouTube video created by people from The Fun Theory sponsored by Volkswagon. The video shows an interesting experiment where a piano was installed on the steps going out of a subway station in Stockholm. The experiment was an attempt to get more people to take the stairs. Check it out to see what happens!

Fitness Mob Exercises for Healthy Active Living!

Yesterday in the streets of three major cities across Colorado, spontaneous mobs of people broke out into coordinated aerobic fitness routines over the lunch hour, all in an attempt to encourage healthy eating and active living. LiveWell Colorado, a non-profit organization committed to reducing obesity by inspiring healthy eating and active living, coordinated the flash mobs to ignite enthusiasm for the launch of its “Challenge” campaign which encourages Coloradoans to challenge each other and their communities to live well. Watch the Video Here.

Perhaps you could encourage your students to do a "Fitness Challenge" campaign in their own school, neighborhood or community. They could use fitness charts to create a neighborhood circuit and have everyone in their community or school get out and do a fitness blast together!