Jay Wolowicz

With the end on one season marks the beginning of another - The Daytona 500. This lesson incorporates a cardiovascular workout using scooters, math skills by keeping track of distance traveled, brief history of the Daytona 500 through teacher found information and racing terminology accomplished by a word search activity. I hope that you enjoy this activity, my students sure have. Jay Wolowicz

This activity is to get students moving, while having to think of a problem solving strategy to connect four game pieces in a row. This is a task that the students may have done several times before but now they have a partner to work with and the games pieces are across the room. This Connect 4 activity incorporates: cardiovascular activity (running for the game pieces), problem solving (strategy to get four game pieces in a row, and working together / communication (working with a partner