RPS for a Balance Meal
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-Objective:
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Be the first player to get a balanced meal—1 balanced meal = 1 FoodGroup Flag from each food group.
-Fundamental Movement Skills:
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Locomotor
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Run
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-Equipment List:
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One complete set of FoodGroup Flags—change the Junk Food to another Grain
-Equipment Link:
-Setting Up:
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Place all of the FoodGroup Flags in the centre of the playing area.
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Establish a perimeter around the playing area, and players stand outside this perimeter.
-Instructions:
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On the leader’s signal to begin, players pair up with players and play a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors (Rock (fist) smashes Scissors (two fingers in scissors shape), Scissors cuts Paper (flat hand), and Paper covers Rock).
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The player that wins then runs to the middle of the playing area and retrieves one FoodGroup Flag.
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The player that did not win plays someone else outside the perimeter.
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The player that returns with a FoodGroup Flag plays anyone outside the perimeter.
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Continue till one player has a balanced meal—1 FoodGroup Flag from all 6 food groups.
Variation
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Do this game as a relay with teams of 3 players in each team. Two teams of 3 players each stand beside each other outside the perimeter of the playing area.
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The first players from each team compete at RPS with each other.
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The winning players retrieve a FoodGroup Flag, the ones who did not win go to the back of their team’s line.
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The next two players compete at RPS…. Till one team has all 6 different FoodGroup Flags.
-Questions & Notes:
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What are the four/five food groups and how many servings are recommended for your age group?