Students get active and discover new sports
Students at a Courtenay school discover new sports through SportFit.
SportFit
Description
SportFit was a fun, interactive tool to get children and youth interested in physical activity through discovering new sports. SportFit enabled participants to discover new ways of being physically active by identifying sports matching each participant's personal preferences and physical abilities.
SportFit also contained a sport directory linking children and youth to sport clubs and facilities in their area, and showcases 78 Olympic and Paralympic sports with multimedia lessons for students and teachers. The program was supported by the Province of British Columbia, Sport Canada and CTV. Visit sportfitcanada.com for more information.
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Learning to be active in the classroom a first step to combat obesity levels
Canadian youth are becoming overweight and obese at an alarming rate and physical activity programs delivered right in the classroom, such as 2010 Legacies Now's Action Schools! BC and SportFit, are providing tools that can help reverse that trend.
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