The Amazing Race

*Editors Note: I will add pictures of this event tomorrow. At this point in time, I am exhausted!

Today, in my Sports and Entertainment classes, I prepared The Amazing Race! It was a huge race through the entire school.

Some of the Rules:

• Teams had to wear matching uniforms
• They were not allowed to run inside of the school, only power walking (which we practiced in advance)
• Teams had to complete all designated "tasks" and could choose to complete as many "Roadblocks" as they wanted

Tasks (some of them were HILARIOUS):

1. Pick a country from a bowl and point to it on a map - Mrs. Vaughn
2. Answer 5 Science questions from the science portion of the ACT - Mr. Colella
   
3. Solve a math problem - Mr. Thompson
4. Learn a German phrase, teach your teammates and then have them repeat it back to the teacher - Mr. Davis
5. One team member makes two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and the other team members must eat the entire sandwich - Mr. Henry
6. Name 8/10 Presidents by just looking at a picture of them - Mr. Vaughn
7. Wash your hands at the Nurses' office - Mrs. Humes
8. Type at least 30 words per minute - Mr. Henry
9. Write a Haiku on a random topic - Ms. Infantino
10. Sing and dance for one FULL minute to "Bye Bye Bye" by N'SYNC - Mr. Cohen

The Roadblocks were just random tasks around the school. They had to use a picture cell phone and take pictures of themselves completing the tasks. For each roadblock completed, they got two minutes taken off their total time.

It was AWESOME! One of the best days of my teaching career. I worked hard organizing it, and the students had a blast. The fastest team finished in about 41 minutes, so they worked fast!

1st Period Winners - THE FANNY PACK

2nd Period Winners - THE CROWN JEWELS