THIS IS WHAT LEARNING CAN LOOK LIKE
Welcome! we are So glad you’re here.
At the Nova Scotia Active Smarter Kids (ASK) Project we know that outdoor, active academic lessons can be engaging and productive for all students.
We’ve been supporting elementary and junior high school teachers across Nova Scotia to adopt physically active learning methods since 2018.
What began as a pilot project to test the feasibility and desirability of physically active learning methods with 3 teachers in 2018, has grown to become a province-wide initiative. Over 2000 teachers in all regions of Nova Scotia have received training in physically active learning methods with the NS ASK Project since 2020.
Physically active learning lessons are comprised of two supporting parts: an academic challenge and a physical challenge. Both components of the lesson can be adapted to meet the needs of all students in a class.
Whether you’re an administrator, teacher, or parent looking to get started with NS ASK physically active learning methods, you’ve come to the right spot. Get to know the basics about the NS ASK Project.
Here you’ll find resources and suggested reading on physically active learning, as well as a database of NS ASK Lessons created by teachers across Nova Scotia and beyond.
Resources
Need to know the research behind NS ASK, or to find resources to dig deeper?
Lesson ideas & Sharing
Go straight to new active ideas, or share your favourites!
Meet the team
Get to know the faces behind the NS ASK Project!
Land Acknowledgement
The NS Active Smarter Kids Project acknowledges that it has been developed and operates in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. The NS ASK Project also acknowledges that our methods and practices are founded in colonial ways of knowing and thinking about physical activity, learning, and play. We are committed to contributing to processes of reconciliation. To read our full Land Acknowledgement and Reconciliation Statement click here.
“It’s brought some of the joy back to teaching math. I’m enjoying it again because I like getting outside and playing games. As opposed to being inside and you’re trying to drill things into their heads in the same way that you’ve been doing for so long.”
Are you looking to bring the NS ASK Project to life at your school?
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