In addition, this integrates the learning of geography with physical fitness. For this activity students jog to where their classroom teacher went to college using a scale that best fits their situation.
Classes log miles on a chart until they reach their destination.
Write or call their college and ask for posters or pictures to put up in your gym or hallway. Therefore if my class of 25 students jogs one lap as a class, they have jogged a little more than one mile. Explain to your classes that you are going to jog to where their classroom teacher went to college. Have your classes decide how many laps they want to run each day and have a contest with other classes to see who gets to their destination first. As parents come to school have a sign up sheet for them to add their name to the college with the staff members.