 Monday,
March 22, 2010
(Day 15)
Today's Distance:
36 Miles
Please go to
Paul's P.A.C.E. Blog to read about today's happenings
in Germany during P.A.C.E. Trek 2010. Also, be sure to take a few
minutes to view Paul's
videos
and
pictures!
 Learn
Something Today About Germany...
Today's learning opportunity about Germany
will contain a few facts. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of
Germany, is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the
Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south
by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg,
Belgium, and the Netherlands. Germany has about 82 million inhabitants
and Germans spend more money on travel than any other country. The
English word "Germany" comes from the Latin word Germania. The
name "Germania" came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it from a
Gallic term for the peoples east of the Rhine that probably meant "neighbour".
Most of Germany has a temperate seasonal climate in which humid westerly
winds predominate. Rainfall occurs year round with a maximum during
summer. Winters are mild and summers tend to be cool, though
temperatures can exceed 30 °C (86 °F) for prolonged periods. In the
east, the climate is more continental; winters can be very cold, summers
can be very warm, and long dry periods are often recorded. German is the
official and predominant spoken language in Germany. However, 67% of
German citizens claim to be able to communicate in at least one foreign
language, 27% in at least two languages other than their own. Many
Germans have studied English in school. If you don't speak German, but
want to know if a German speaks English, try saying: "Entschuldigung,
ich spreche kein Deutsch. Sprechen Sie Englisch?" [pronounced: ant-shooll-day-gung,
eech spray-kay cain deutsch. Spray-can see english?]. Essentially,
you've just informed them that you do not speak German, but are
wondering if they speak English. If they answer "Yes", then they do. If
they answer "Nein", the answer is no.
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 Learn
Something Today About Health & Fitness...
More and more physical education classes are
using Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 2 consoles to allow students to play
fitness-related video games like Dance Dance Revolution. Also,
there are schools aiming to improve student reflexes by using Cybex
Trazer, an interactive machine in which reaction times and agility drive
on-screen actions. Mixing technology and exercise to motivate kids is
definitely on the rise. Some physical education experts believe that
young people are so attuned to technology that it is important for
teachers to use these mediums in order to engage children in P.E. class.
About 51% of K–12 physical education teachers nationwide will use
fitness technology in their P.E. curriculums this year, and 32% will use
video games, according to the National Association for Sport and
Physical Education. Many schools have been pursuing grants to help
fund their high-tech items.
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 Learn
Some Of The German Language...
"What's the weather going to be like today?"
– Wie wird das Wetter heute?
│ "It's
going to be warm."
– Es wird warm.
│ "It's
going to be hot."
– Es wird heiss.
│ "It's
going to be cold."
– Es wird kalt.
│ "It's
going to be cool."
– Es wird kühl.
│ "It's
going to be humid."
– Es wird schwül.
│ "It's
going to rain."
– Es wird Regen geben.
│ "It's
pretty windy."
– Es ist Ziemlich windig.
│ "The
sky's clear." – Der Himmel is klar.
│ "What's
the temperature?"
– Wie viel Grad haben wir?
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 Did
You Know?
The average U.S. child gets
approximately 43 minutes of moderate physical activity a day. Thirty-six
percent of American children get daily physical education in school; 36%
get two or fewer days. Nine out of ten parents think their children are
fit, when only one out of three are. At age ten, 45% of young people say
they participate, or intend to participate, on a non-school team. Among
18-year-olds, the figure is 26%. In a typical U.S. physical education
class, only 27% of actual physical education time is devoted to motor
activity. The older girls get, the less likely they are to work out.
Grade school students are 24% more active than high schoolers. Children
exercise less as they get older, boys about 3% less each year and girls
7.5% less annually. ______________________________________________________________________________
 Join
The P.A.C.E. Fitness Foundation Facebook Group...
Please take a moment to
join the free Facebook group of The
P.A.C.E. Fitness Foundation to keep up with future happenings with
P.A.C.E. and Paul Staso.
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