Table 1 Lesson topics and corresponding PA for 8–10 year old curriculum

1

Building confidence

PA assessment – Girls perform a warm-up followed by a variety of activities (e.g., tuck jumps, push-ups, mountain climbers). Girls measure their heart rate before and after the activities.

2

Dealing with difficult feelings

Green light/Red light – Girls play the traditional game and if they are caught moving, they must give an example of how someone could deal with being angry or upset.

3

Nutrition

Healthy meal roundup – Girls are given a name tag with the name of a food on it. Girls run around the room until leader says stop and tells them to pair up with another type of food

4

Smoking/Substance abuse

Freeze skate – Girls practice speed skating with their socks on

5

Body image

Track and field activities – Girls practice long jump, triple jump, and high jump.

6

Self-care

Charades – Girls run to different signs with types of self-care actions and act them out.

7

Teamwork/Cooperation

Partner “races” – Girls participate in various forms of races with their partner (e.g., 3-legged race).

8

Playing fair

Team race – Girls work together to move a ball from one end of the room to the other using various methods (e.g., carrying, throwing).

9

Diversity

Huddle up – Girls jog around the room until the leader yells out an instruction to get into a group (e.g., groups of four) and a type of activity to perform. Girls then get in a group and perform that activity while answering a question within the group.

10

Bullying

Tug-of-War – Girls play tug-of-war with different sides representing bullies and defenders.

11

Community service

Graffiti Laps – Girls run around the room until the leader says to stop, then they write answers to questions about their community.

12

Strong body/Strong mind

PA assessment – Girls perform a warm-up followed by a variety of activities (e.g., tuck jumps, push-ups, mountain climbers). Girls measure their heart rate before and after the activities.