Passport to the world

1. Indonesia – volcano clean up a. Materials – floor mats stood up on side, balls i. Floor mats will be stood up in the middle of area. Students will have to try and keep the balls inside the mat while they are being thrown out. After the helpers have been in the volcano for a minute the teacher may pick a 2 students to go inside the volcano. Then every 30 seconds you may add another student into the volcano until it is very crowded. Do not let students jump up and throw the balls down on the students inside the volcano this could hurt. Make sure they know to loft the balls back into the volcano. 2. Hawaii - Hawaiian limbo: a. Materials – limbo bar holders, light dow rod i. Students will stand in line and go under the limbo bar. If a student knocks the bar down then they must stand to the side. Each time the line goes under the bar the bar is lowered. Students able to make it under the lowest bar are the winners. 3. Egypt - Egyptian Pyramid Build: a. Materials – foam building blocks, 2 cones i. Students will be separated into 2 teams and be in a line. One at a time a student will take one foam block and build their pyramid in a designated area. After placing their block the student must return to their line and tag the next student in line before the next student is allowed to go and place their block. The pyramid should be built with a base of 6 blocks and each level up should be one less. 4. England – Soccer shoot out a. Materials – 2 soccer goals, 4 soccer balls, 2 cones i. 4 teams will line up at the starting point. 2 cones will be placed half way in front of each of the goals with a soccer ball on each side of the cones. The first student in each line will run up and shoot their team’s soccer ball into the goal. If the student misses the goal they must retrieve the ball and try to score again. If the student makes the goal they will retrieve the ball and place it back next to the cone. When the ball is placed back next to the cone the next student in line will run up and try to kick the ball into the goal. The first team with every student to score will be the winner. Students that have scored and placed the ball back will sit in the back of the line. 5. Iceland – Ice Icicles a. Materials – table, coolers, ice pops for all students, scissors, large trash can i. Students will cool off with some ice pops. Take a rest at this station and please make sure all trash makes it into the trash can. You can only stop by this station once. 6. Germany - Autobahn race a. Materials – cones, 4 scooters, helmets, floor tape i. 4 teams in line, students waiting their turn must be sitting. One student at a time will move to a scooter that is turned over on a spot marker. They will turn the scooter over and sit with their bottoms on the scooter. They will then go around the circle (Autobahn). When they return they will flip the scooter back over on their spot marker and move to the back of the line. As the first student moves across the line the second will be able to go. The first team with each of the students around the circle win. 7. Australia – Kangaroo hop a. Materials – 4 cones, 4 hippity hops i. In relay form each student will use a hippity hop to move around a cone. The first group finished with each student sitting wins. The students must not carry the hippity hop but hop on it down and back. Jumping like a Kangaroo. 8. France – Pastry Pile Up a. Materials – 28 boxes with letters on the side, i. The object of this station is for each team to stack pastry boxes on top of each in a specific order. Each team will have to spell out a different word dealing with pastry. The words are Brioche, Praline, Fondant, and Muffins. Team to first spell their word correctly is the winner. Students must be careful not to crush the fragile pastries (don’t crush the pastry boxes) because if the pastries are not in perfect condition when delivered then that team will lose even if they finish first. 9. Italy – Italian Pasta Pull a. Materials – tug of war rope, 2 cones i. Students will be divided into two even teams. The teams each try to pull the center of the rope past their cone. Change the teams up at this station. Game can be played multiple times. Out of the 4 even teams you can place each team against the other then combine the teams together switching out teams each go. 10. Switzerland – strong man bolder pass a. Materials – 4 medicine balls i. Students will make 4 lines. The students should have an arm length between them. Each line will have a boulder (medicine ball). On start the boulder should be passed down the line from student to student. Each student should take the boulder turn 180 degrees and pass the boulder off. The student at the end of the line should carry the boulder up to the front of the line and pass the boulder back down the line. All other students will shift towards the back of the line. When each student in the line has carried the boulder to the front of the line then they are done. 11. Ireland – Potato Sack Race a. Materials – 4 burlap sacks, marked off lanes i. Students will hop down to the cones and back switch the sack with the next student in the relay and so on. First team with each of the students done is the winner. Students should sit at back of line when finished. 12. Greece – Olympic Torch Relay a. Materials – 4 balls, 4 tennis ball cans i. Students will balance a foam ball on a tennis ball container/plunger and try to run down and around the cone without losing the flame. Continue until everyone is the group has gone. If the ball falls of the plunger they must go back to the start and replace their ball and start again. 13. Kenya – Safari throw down a. Materials – parachute, small stuffed animals i. Going on a safari you must have good tents – go under the parachute. ii. All animals –try to keep them on the parachute iii. Try to make all animals fly off the parachute iv. 14. USA – salute the troops obstacle course a. Materials – 2 BDU tops, tires or hoops, 2 refrigerator boxes, 2 bats, 12 small hurdles i. Start out by putting on a camouflage BDU top. Each student will run and jump 4 small and large hurdles (if they are not able to then they need to run in between each of the hurdles. The students will then go through a tunnel. When they come out on the other side they must do 10 jumping jacks before moving on. Next they will move through hula hoops taped together (running through tires) must put one foot into each hoop. Jump rope 10 times. Then using a bat they must spin in position 10 times around the bat. Coming back to their line they must give their BDU top to the next person in line. 15. Canada – Hockey shoot out a. 2 cones, 2 small cones, 4 hockey pucks, 4 hockey sticks i. 4 teams will line up at the starting point. 2 cones will be placed half way in front of each of the goals with a hockey puck on each side of the cones. The first student in each line will run up with a hockey stick and shoot their team’s puck into the goal. If the student misses the goal they must retrieve the puck and try to score again. If the student makes the goal they will retrieve the puck and place it back next to the cone. The next student may go when they are handed the hockey stick. The first team with every student to score will be the winner. 16. China – Ping pong over the great wall a. Materials – ping pong paddles, ping pong balls, wall (balance beam held up by buckets), i. Students will get into groups of 4. In groups students will take turns hitting ping pong balls over the wall into their bucket. Students will each have 30 seconds to hit as many balls into their bucket as possible. After each round balls must be picked up and the next student in the group must get ready to go. After the 4 rounds the group with the most ping pong balls in their bucket will be the winners. 17. Australia - Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Sponge relay: a. Materials – blue tub, sponges, 2 clear buckets with lines i. Students will be split into two even teams. Each will make a line from the blue tub to their team’s clear bucket. The first student in line will dunk the sponge and fill it with water then pass the sponge down his or her teams line. Each student in the line must touch the sponge as it passes. The last student in line will squeeze the sponge into the clear bucket and then run to the front of the where they will become the first person in line. This way the line will rotate and it will not be the same students at the front and end of the line for the whole relay. The first team to fill their bucket up to the line wins. 18. Japan - Pearl diving a. 2 pools, marbles i. Students should take shoes and sox off. Each team will have their own pool. Students should try to pick up marbles out of their pool and put them in the collection bucket using only their toes to collect the marbles. Because they are pearl diving they should hold their breath when their feet are in the water. 19. Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabian Camel Watering hole Relay: a. 1 blue tub (watering hole), 4 cups with holes, smaller buckets to be camel hump, 4 furry balls to put into camel hump bucket i. The students will form 4 equal lines from the watering hole to their camel with a deflated hump. The student closest to the watering hole will fill a leaky cup with water from the watering hole. The cup will be passed down the line to the last student in line where he/she will water the camel. The last student will then run the cup back to the watering hole where they will become the first student in the line and each of the other students will shift towards the camel bucket. The team that fills their camel up with water first is the winning team