LESSON
PLAN
Elementary Fitness Chart Kits
Cross-Curricular Integration with Numeracy
Summit Series Challenge
Integrate numeracy with fitness charts!
Goal: Summit the seven highest mountains on each continent. Mountain heights are provided on
the following page.
Instructions:
• Place students in groups of 2,3 or 4.
• Provide hand-out to track reps & pedometers to track steps.
• Start with the lowest mountain peak first.
• Use easier circuits and progress to hardest for Mt. Everest.
• Use repetitions & steps and the Functional Fitness Charts to design your challenge.
• Determine how you would like to determine the number or reps and steps for each summit. For
example:
• Mt Puncak Jaya (Australia) is the smallest 7S at 4,884 m or 16,024 ft.
• Students must complete 4, 884 reps and 16,024 steps to summit it.
• With 6 stations set up and students rotating between doing a station & jogging/walking
(alternating pit and cardio circuit design).
• Using 50 secs w/10 secs; rest/change-over time.
• Completing the circuit 2X would equal 24 mins.
• Avg. reps =1,200-1,800 & steps in a half gym = 3500-4000
• You would summit in 4 days.
Added excitement: Add visuals of mountain range in your classrooms and use “team names” for
groups. Provide background on each mountain range. Plot distances after each session.
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Elementary Fitness Chart Kits
Cross-Curricular Integration with Numeracy
LESSON
PLAN
SEVEN SUMMITS (SORTED BY ELEVATION)
Peak
Bass List
Messner List
Elevation
Prominence
Continent
Range
Country
First Ascent
Mount
Everest
✓
✓
8,484 m (29,029 ft)
8,484 m (29,029 ft)
Asia
Himalaya
Nepal/China
1953
Aconcagua
✓
✓
6,961 m (22,838 ft)
6,961 m (22,838 ft)
South America
Andes
Argentina
1897
Mount
McKinley
✓
✓
6,194 m (20,322 ft)
6,144 m (20,157 ft)
North America
Alaska Range
United States
1913
Kilimanjaro
✓
✓
5,895 m (19,341 ft)
5,895 m (19,341 ft)
Africa
-
Tanzania
1889
Mount
Elbrus
✓
✓
5,642 m (18,510 ft)
4,741 m (15,554 ft)
Europe
Caucasus Mountains
Russia
1874
Mount
Vinson
✓
✓
4,892 m (16,050 ft)
4,892 m (16,050 ft)
Antarctica
Sentinel Range
-
1966
✓
4,884 m (16,024 ft)
4,884 m (16,024 ft)
Australia (continent)
Sudirman Range
Indonesia
1962
2,228 m (7,310 ft)
2,228 m (7,310 ft)
Australia
Great Dividing Range
Australia
1840
Puncak Jaya
Mount
Kosciuszko
✓
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