DOCUMENT RESUME ED 452 200 SP 039 946 TITLE Run, Jump, Throw...and Away We Go! Kindergarten-Grade 12 Teacher Resource. INSTITUTION Alberta Learning, Edmonton. ISBN ISBN-0-7785-1296-7 PUB DATE 2001-00-00 NOTE 113p.; "In partnership with" Education 2001 8th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, College of Alberta School Superintendents, EPCOR, and ESSO Kids Program. AVAILABLE FROM Learning Resource Centre, 12360-142 Street, NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5L 4X9, Canada. Tel: 780-427-2984; Fax: 780-422-3745; E-mail:
[email protected]. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC05 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Athletics; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Health Promotion; Life Style; *Physical Activities; Physical Activity Level; *Physical Education; Running; *Track and Field; Wellness IDENTIFIERS *Alberta; Jumping; Throwing ABSTRACT This teacher resource focuses on athletic (track and field) skills. It includes various skills and activities that are designed to promote learning opportunities and motivate Alberta (Canada) students to run, jump, and throw. It emphasizes the physical skills that form the basis of the track and field events in the 8th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. This international event will bring together 3,000 athletes and coaches from more than 200 countries as they come to Alberta in August 2001. The resource is intended to support implementation of the new K-12 physical education program of study and to support students' skill development related to running, jumping, and throwing as they correspond to athletic events. (SM) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document.