Step-N-Smartly is...

...Step-N-Smartly is an Internet-based health curriculum designed to increase the physical activity of students in Grades 3-5...

How can you get elementary school students to turn off the computer and take a walk? Make the computer part of the fun!

Using an interactive Website, classes take part in a virtual race across their state based on the number of miles they walk each week. As their students reach key locations of the online map, teachers download relevant lessons on state history, geography, literature, and other core curriculum subjects.

Lesson content is determined by state learning objectives and is grade specific. Every lesson also includes a health or physical activity integration, with a focus on skills such as decision making, goal setting, and analyzing influences. The lively, color-coded Website includes resource links for lesson content.