Outdoor Physical Education:
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Sedentary lifestyles and obesity rates are increasing at alarming rates and it is negativley effeting our community. In fact, some researchers believe our generation of kids may actually decrease in life-expectancy due to poor health, nutrition, and low physical activity.
I believe, physical education needs an uplift, a revamp, a movement towards the outdoor setting where students learn how to be active for the remainder of their lives. Whether spring, summer, fall, or winter, recreating outside is the key to lifelong activity.
Here I am Teaching an Outdoor and Adventure Education course for Eastern Michigan University. I wrote and created the curriculum for the course; my belief is that students learn through experiential education.