Fitness unplugged

Steps

1. Talk about who makes programming languages. Today the class will design its own fitness language.
2. As a class, list exercises: running on the spot, star jumps, catching a bean bag.
3. In groups of three, draw a GO card, four exercise cards and a finishing pose card.
4. Lay the cards in a row with GO first and the finishing pose last.
5. Groups walk round and try to work out what the other groups' cards mean. Some will be easy and some will need to be learned.
6. Join back together: this is like real programming languages, where some things look familiar and others must be learned.
7. Run a program: a group lays out cards and a friend does each exercise in order.

Talk about it

• Which cards were easy to understand?
• What would you add to your language?
• What happens if the cards are in a different order?