inquiry starting point

Hi P.E. 10 students,

One place for ideas for personal inquiry learning in SAIL/Surrey Connect P.E. is to browse through the 60+ posts in this blog!  There might be a topic that interests you and gets you thinking....
You can post your thoughts in your inquiry learning journal (left side menu in your P.E.course)

the eventual goal is to create a driving question that can lead you into a personal learning project.
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Here are the titles of the previous blog posts. Access a specific post through the Blog archive menu on the left side of this blog.

Welcome back to a new school year! Primal Movements Workout: Back To The Basics 9/22/15 PE courses available for Spring/summer session! 5/5/15 more yoga (15 mins worth!) 1/29/15 30 Dumbbell Exercises Missing From Your Routine 1/23/15 9 Totally Manageable Fitness Resolutions From The Pros 1/15/15 Enjoy your holiday break everyone! 12/19/14 Make your day harder & new year's resolutions! 12/18/14 The Best Free Yoga Videos for Newbies 12/4/14 The best free workout videos on YouTube 11/21/14 5 Ways to Make Workouts More Fun By Paige Waehner Exercise ExpertPE STUDENTS: skim through the article and look for ideas that might interest you and give you a different perspective on how you approach your physical activity.  LINK: 5-Ways-to-Make-Workouts-More-FunYou can also go directly to the 5 different sections to zero in on a fresh perspective on exercise!  Are there any ideas that interes 11/7/14 TED video of the week! 10/29/14 Why The Pushup Is The World's Greatest Exercise 10/1/14 instinct! Mark Avery 30 Days of High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)Neila Rey  Fitness blogger, author Our bodies are designed to optimize at whatever level of training we push at them. This is a survival mechanism intended to give us an evolutionary advantage in Paleolithic times. In the modern age it just means that the workout we have scheduled to do on a busy day delivers diminishing returns as our bodies find 5/4/14 The 3 Building Blocks of Fitness 3/16/14 12 powerful talks from Olympians and Paralympians 2/11/14 Intro to 30in30 Fitness Challenge with Paige Waehner 30in30 Fitness Challenge with Paige Waehner Exercises 1-30 also  try this link for a variety of 30 challenges: http://30dayfitnesschallenges.com/challenges/#_ PE students: Strength is a key component to any exercise program and tehse links provide some examples of gradually building up your strength over time.  By making gradual increme 2/3/14 The Best And Worst Health Trends Of 2013 By K. Aleisha FettersEach year comes with its own unique brand of health trends. Some wind up being passing fad diets, while others prove surprisingly on point. The key to healthy living is knowing which trends are worth your time. To that end, here are the year's shape-up and slim-down trends we'd like to forget -- and the ones we hope will stick around in 1/6/14 18 WAYS TO CHANGE UP YOUR RUNNING ROUTINE 12/4/13 7 Workout Habits You Should Drop Now 11/7/13 High-Intensity Tabata Training Deemed An Effective Workout, Study SaysBy Sarah Klein, www.huffingtonpost.comOctober 10th, 2013 The time-friendly Tabata trend began with the Japanese speed skating team. Head coach Irisawa Koichi had been asking players to follow a training routine that involved alternating short periods of high intensity work with even shorter periods of rest. He asked training co 10/23/13 Treadmill Workouts 10/17/13 50 Bodyweight exercises 10/8/13 17 Science-Backed Ways To Bust Out Of A Workout Rut 10/4/13 The Surprising Science Behind Sleep And Exercise 9/11/13 Learn.ist and Pinterest! 7/17/13 3 fitness apps to turn your smartphone into a personal trainer 7/3/13 Nutrition and Exercise 7/3/13 Happy Summer! 6/21/13 High-Intensity Interval Training 5/8/13 Healthy Breakfast Ideas 5/7/13 protein options 4/12/13 Lauren BoggiFounder and CEO, Lithe Method and FitHipHealthy.com, Eternal Cheerleader 10 Misconceptions About Working Out PE students: go the link provided, review the ideas in this article and reflect on any of the ideas that were interesting or personally meaningful to you.  Is there anything here that will help you as you try to develop, maintain and improve your personal approach to fitness? 3/4/13 Oh! The places you will go 2/13/13 you choose the view! 2/7/13 PE students: here is a new development in PE 10 at Surrey Connect and I am interested in student feedback.  This is not an active part of the course yet but I would like to add it in the next few weeks. Review the information below and please respond to me in your reflection journal and/or on this blog ...this would be a great way for all of us to share ideas and think about how this could transf 2/1/13  Hi PE students, A new year is another opportunity for a fresh start and goal setting in life.   I understand that signing up for this course is one thing, but it also very easy to wander away from it if you aren't active and successful.  Hey it is human nature to avoid things we don't succeed in! My point here is that just because it hasn't worked for you doesn't mean it is over.  Have a look at 1/29/13 The words "Happy New Year!" also brings the opportunity for renewed plans for personal growth.  This" resolution" time of year can be a chance for hope to kick in and for positive action plans to begin.   It can also be a time of year when people don't bother to set any goals (resolutions) because they don't want to be disappointed if they fail. This time of year is just another chance to focu 1/7/13 Students' final comments/testimonials 11/29/12 the goal is fitness! 11/23/12 Yoga (apps) anyone? 11/19/12 improve Cardio workouts 11/14/12 Tunes for Exercising! 10/4/12 Health and fitness 9/12/12 5 Reasons You Can't Stick to ExerciseBy Paige Waehner, About.com GuideJune 20, 2012 "I don't have any problem working out," one of my clients said to me one day, "It's just the fact that I have to keep doing it over and over and over. I mean, what's up with that?"It's true that exercise, like brushing your teeth, is something you have to keep doing if you really want to lose weight, maintain your 6/25/12 Confused About Carbs? 5 Common Myths 6/18/12 Focus on strength! 6/4/12 jump rope circuit 5/3/12 Core training 4/27/12 How much protein do we need? 2/24/12 My heart rate is 59bpm. this was sent from my cell phone using this heart rate mobile app! (I was just sitting obviously!..not doing activity) each time you check it, you can forward the info...also you can create a list of entries and send them http://www.appbrain.com/app/instant-heart-rate/si.modula.android.instantheartrate 2/3/12 BEST FITNESS APPS lists and reviews http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/life-video/video-the-best-fitness-apps-to-keep-you-on-track/article2311594/ http://www.holosfitness.com/features/ http://www.bloomtofit.com/5-best-fitness-apps-to-improve-your-lifestyle http://exercise.about.com/od/videosmusicsoftware/tp/fitnessapps.htm http://lifehacker.com/5726072/the-best-health-and-fitness-apps-for-ip 2/3/12 Mobile PE Apps 2/3/12 Sun Run 2012 1/16/12 Benefits of Online P.E. 1/9/12 We all know Hockey is the most popular sport in Canada....probably partly because we happen to be among the best in the world at producing elite players and national teams...or is it that we produce the best because we love it so much?? I guess a bit of both. Anyways, I like hockey, although I only played road hockey- never ice hockey- growing up...in fact I guess I am a hockey fan for sure...C 1/5/12 Welcome to 2012! 1/3/12 Middle school PE requirements 12/15/11 Fitness Trends for 2012