School/Teacher Pre-registration Begins Week of March 12!
The purpose of the 2007 Coleman Everest 5.5 Challenge Web site (http://colemaneverest.pecentral.org/) is to motivate children and adolescents (starting at grades 4/5) to become physically active by providing them with a fun and educational Web site that encourages them to record and track their physical activity in minutes and/or steps while striving to virtually reach the Summit of Mount Everest.
The Challenge, named for the height of Mount Everest in miles, will coincide with 8th grade science teacher Mike Haugen's actual climb to the summit of the world's highest peak. Students, in addition to their virtual hike, will also see video and e-mail reports of Mike's actual Everest expedition. The site will also showcase a Question of the Day for kids who are registered. These questions will be presented up front so students can study to get the correct answer when they are presented. The questions will be about Mount Everest and the surrounding area. Students are really going to enjoy this!
With this 30-day Challenge Hike, Coleman is motivating kids to get outside and recreate more. Students have 30 days to complete 20 segments. Each segment is completed when a child reports being active at least 60 minutes (or 10,000 steps) for that day. Upon completing a segment students can track their progress on a map up to the base of the mountain (15 segments) and up to the summit (5 segments) of Mount Everest.
As an incentive the 25 schools (with at least 50 registered students) that have the highest percentage of students completing the entire hike (all 20 segments) will receive a souvenir from Mike's climb. Three of these schools will receive a personal visit from Mike and a school assembly sponsored by Coleman. As an added incentive, Coleman will send the first 55 teachers to register 10 students a $50 gift card redeemable at Coleman.com.
With this 30-day Challenge Hike, Coleman is motivating kids to get outside and recreate more. Students have 30 days to complete 20 segments. Each segment is completed when a child reports being active at least 60 minutes (or 10,000 steps) for that day. Upon completing a segment students can track their progress on a map up to the base of the mountain (15 segments) and up to the summit (5 segments) of Mount Everest.
As an incentive the 25 schools (with at least 50 registered students) that have the highest percentage of students completing the entire hike (all 20 segments) will receive a souvenir from Mike's climb. Three of these schools will receive a personal visit from Mike and a school assembly sponsored by Coleman. As an added incentive, Coleman will send the first 55 teachers to register 10 students a $50 gift card redeemable at Coleman.com.
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