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Mr. Rakowski from Hampshire IL is requesting flexible seating through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

Exercise Balls in the Gym? A Cross-Curricular Approach for Students!

Help me give my students Fitness Balls to promote success within PE class to bring in new cross-curricular lessons in the gym.

  • $429 goal

This project expired on May 15, 2020.

This project expired on May 15, 2020.

My Students

Our students love PE class and I am always looking for new ideas to promote success to each and every one of them! They all deserve to have opportunities our other PE classes in the district have. Our students are high energy, love new games, and are awesome to teach!

Students at HES love when we play new games and how we use cross-curricular lessons to bring in music, STEM, art, history, science and more.

We are looking to expand on our equipment to build up our resources to help promote success by all!

My Project

Students will be given the chance to expand on old PE games by bringing new cross-curricular drum line session into the PE setting. They will use the exercise balls for fitness days, but also by drumming, taking turns leading the class with their own beat and truly forming a student-led PE class! They will all be given an exercise ball and a bucket, along with safety sticks to create beats and really tie in fitness through their drumming. Students have so much fun and will be a unit where they will perform in front of other classes.

It's exciting to see where this equipment will take us and all the new ways we can use them in the gym!

We cannot wait to start new activities in the gym by introducing cross-curricular approaches.

Mr. Rakowski
Never Before Funded Grades 3-5

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
BalanceFrom Anti-Burst and Slip Resistant Exercise Ball Yoga Ball Fitness Ball Birthing Ball with Quick Pump, 2,000-Pound Capacity (48-55cm, M, Red) • Amazon Business $10.99 30 $329.70

Materials cost

$329.70

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$364.65

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$64.35

Total project goal

$429.00

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