Achieving Fitness: An Adventure Activity Guide

By Jane Panicucci with Lisa Hunt, Ila Sahai Prouty, and Carolyn Masterson

This comprehensive guide is bursting with over 90 new activities that combine the magic of adventure with the rigor of health-enhancing exercises. Chapters address cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, muscular strength and endurance as well as body composition. Activities are presented in a clear lesson format style that provides teachers and trainers easy access to the material and preparation necessary for implementation. Assessment tools are included.

Achieving Fitness is intended to be a guide that supplements and enhances existing fitness programs. The text closely supports and references NASPE's Physical Best program which is widely adopted throughout the US. The book is designed for middle school-aged students through adult populations. If engagement, fun, and physical fitness gains are important to your program, this is a must-have text.

J71597 $39.00 ISBN: 0-934387-29-X. Copyright 2007.

Activity Book Special

(Includes QuickSilver, Silver Bullets, Cowstails & Cobras II, and a carrying case)

J73018 $100.00

Adventure Curriculum for Physical Education: High School

by Jane Panicucci with Nancy Constable, Lisa Hunt, Amy Kohut and Alison Rheingold

The very best of Project Adventure's 30 years of experience in Physical Education is captured in our Adventure Curricula for Physical Education. The elementary, middle school and high school curricula contain complete and sequenced lesson plans and are aligned with national and state Physical Education standards. Activities are designed to address issues such as developing leadership ability, enhancing problem-solving skills and learning to work as a member of a team. Assessment tools are included. (Check out the Physical Education PACKs that have been developed to support the curricula.)

Adventure Education: Theory and Applications

Project Adventure, Inc., Richard G. Prouty, Jane Panicucci, Rufus Collinson
Copyright 2007

Adventure Education: Theory and Applications, written by a collection of experts in the adventure field as a college text, is an excellent resource for obtaining a broad view of adventure education and programming. The text explores the role of games, low- and high-element courses, and outdoor pursuits in adventure education. It also presents the use of key concepts, activities, and web-based research to enhance the learning process; explores the use of adventure education in a variety of settings; and discusses the core skills necessary for facilitator and leadership roles in the adventure field.

Adventure in Business: An IMMERSION Approach to Training and Consulting

by Ann Smolowe, Steve Butler and Mark Murray with Jill Smolowe Audience: Corporate audiences in particular Illustrates how Adventure can be integrated into a traditional corporate setting to address real business and issues

Includes sample program designs and ten sample activities

J71434 $25.00 1999 318 pp. (cl) 0-536-02216-X

Adventure Play: Adventure Activities for Pre-school and Early Elementary Age Children

by Nancy Bower
Audience: Anyone who works with pre-school and early elementary age children. Adventure Play is also a good resource for developmentally delayed populations.

The basics of Adventure programming within the context of working with young children

Includes sample Adventure units for pre-schools or after-school program and more than 100 activities

J71428 $22.50 1998 172 pp. 0-536-01420-5

Adventures in Peacemaking: A Conflict Resolution Activity Guide for School-age Programs

by William J. Kreidler and Lisa Furlong
Audience: Staff of school-age children (ages 5-12) in childcare settings, after school programs, camps, recreation centers.

How to create an after-school program that fosters mutual respect and the creative resolution of conflicts 300 pages of activities organized by themes of Cooperation, Communication, Expressing Feelings, Appreciating Diversity and Conflict Resolution. The activities are sequenced and delineated by age, activity level, space, time, etc.

J71442 $33.00 1995 345 pp. 0-934387-11-7

Back Pocket Adventure

by Karl Rohnke and Jim Grout
Audience: General audience

A collection of activities that can be done without props
Includes a look at Challenge by Choice, the Full Value Contract, The Being and 34 activities

J71427 $20.00 1998 108 pp. 0-536-01419-1

Challenge Course Standards: Association for Challenge Course Technology (6th Edition)

Audience: Anyone installing or overseeing a challenge ropes course
Standards for challenge course installation, technical operational standards and ethical guidelines

J71445 $40.00 2004

Cowstails and Cobras II

by Karl Rohnke
Audience: Anyone interested in implementing an Adventure program.

This classic is a complete curriculum guide for those implementing an Adventure program in PE or the recreation field.

Includes an introduction to Adventure concepts, 30 pages of warm-ups, 20 pages of games, 16 pages of initiatives, 20 pages of low elements and 15 pages of high elements

J71437 $32.00 1989 209 pp. 0-934387-08-7

Creating Healthy Habits: An Adventure Guide to Teaching Health and Wellness

This adventure-based health curriculum is focused on actively improving the health literacy and self-management skills of middle school students within six priority risk areas: Violence Prevention, Mental and Emotional Health, Nutrition, Fitness, Substance Abuse Prevention, and Personal and Consumer Health. Students learn how to make healthier choices through participation in experientially designed lessons consisting of new and familiar activities that can be done in a classroom setting. The intentionally designed scope and sequence is based on national and state standards and complements a teacherÂ’s existing content-based health curriculum.

Diversity in Action: Using Adventure Activities to Explore Issues of Diversity with Middle School and High School Age Youth

by Sharon Chapelle and Lisa Bigman
Audience: Designed for those who work with children, pre-teens and teen-agers

The purpose of this book is to create a safe place in which to explore issues of diversity.

Includes an introduction to Adventure principles, e.g. Full Value Contract, Challenge by Choice, Experiential Learning Cycle and nearly 300 pages of activities framed around diversity issues

J71422 $37.00 1998 415 pp. 0-536-01175-3

Exploring Islands of Healing: New Perspectives on Adventure Based Counseling

By Jim Schoel and Richard Maizell
A fresh look at Adventure Based Counseling. This book examines some new perspectives on the theory and practice of ABC. Exploring Islands of Healing: New Perspectives on Adventure Based Counseling is designed to help the practitioner benefit from over a decade of experience and thought building on the original Islands of Healing. It includes a new perspective on theory-based activity selection including never-before published activities and a greatly enhanced assessment process. The Adventure Wave (briefing, doing, debriefing) is re-examined including an in depth look at metaphor development.

J71433 $35.95 2002 315 pp. 0-934387-15-X

Gold Nuggets: Readings for Experiential Education

edited by Jim Schoel and Mike Stratton
Audience: Adventure leaders, but also appeals to a general audience

Inspirational readings especially selected for use in Adventure or outdoor programs. The readings were contributed by teachers and facilitators throughout the field. Many of the readings are accompanied by examples of how they have been used.

35 readings plus 14 pages of one-liners and songs.

J71430 $20.50 1990 175 pp. 0-934387-09-5

Islands of Healing: A Guide to Adventure Based Counseling

by Jim Schoel, Dick Prouty and Paul Radcliffe
Audience: Counselors, teachers and therapists, can be adapted for almost any group work

Presents the theory and practice of Adventure Based Counseling which combines elements of experiential learning, outdoor education and group counseling techniques

Includes Theory: a discussion of the Adventure Wave, sequencing, briefing, goal setting, leading, debriefing and Practice: sample applications of ABC in schools, hospitals and treatment facilities and programs for court-referred youth.
No activities.

J71429 $32.00 1989 301 pp. 0-934387-00-1

Journey Toward the Caring Classroom, Expanded Edition: Using Adventure to Create Community in the Classroom and Beyond

Journey Toward the Caring Classroom describes a learning environment that begins with the idea of a classroom as community. A foundational perspective of adventure and experiential education is basic to this curriculum that offers accessible activities, reflection opportunities, life skills and academic applications for a variety of age levels.

Groups develop and work through a developmental sequence that helps create a map for community building. Frank presents the issues, skills and activities pertinent to any given phase in the process and includes suggestions for how to facilitate the process and begin a program of your own.

Middle School Book Special

This new book special includes: Adventure Curriculum for Physical Education-Middle School (J12654) by Jane Panicucci, Creating Healthy Habits: An Adventure Guide to Teaching Health & Wellness (J71552) by Katie Kilty, and PA's newest text, Achieving Fitness: An Adventure Activity Guide (J71597) by Jane Panicucci. Carrying bag included.

J73036 $100.00 set

No Props-Great Games with No Equipment

By Mark Collard
Some of the best games, energizers, trust exercises and group problem-solving activities using no equipment whatsoever. Ice-breakers, warm-ups, initiatives, and many fun games. Includes a brief introduction to basic programming principles. 130 activities with helpful illustrations.

QuickSilver: Adventure Games, Initiative Problems, Trust Activities and a Guide to Effective Leadership

by Karl Rohnke and Steve Butler
Audience: Adventure facilitators, leaders and teachers, experienced or not

More than 100 activities presented alphabetically in the following categories: icebreakers, warm-ups, games, initiatives, variations, trust, stunts, closing/framing.

J71425 $37.00 1995 286 pp. 0-7872-2103-1

Silver Bullets: A Guide to Initiative Problems, Adventure Games and Trust Activities by Karl Rohnke

Audience: The activities in Silver Bullets can be adapted for a very varied audience.

A classic in the Adventure field—the timeless adaptable activities are as popular today as ever.

Includes 165 activities

J71438 $35.00 1984 188 pp. 0-934387-01-X

Sports Plus: Developing Youth Sports Programs that Teach Positive Values

by Jeff Pratt Beedy
Audience: Primarily for coaches
Coaches are introduced to five core values to incorporate into their practices and games.

Seven PA activities are presented in the Appendix with the suggestion that they can be used early in the season to set a tone of cooperation and at other points in the season to re-inforce the concept of teamwork and to have fun.

J71444 $10.95 1997 185 pp. 0-934387-13-3

Student Fitness Journal

This is the perfect companion to Achieving Fitness: An Adventure Activity Guide. Purchase one per student so they can track their progress and complete assignments in their own journal. The journal is over 80 pages of reflection questions and exercises that support many of the activities that they will experience in the program. This is also a great tool for the teacher to help monitor the progress of students. The cost of each book is small compared to the benefit it provides both you and the student in the quest to ACHIEVE FITNESS.

J71640 $25.00 /Set of 6

The Caring Classroom: Using Adventure to Create Community in the Classroom and Beyond

by Laurie Frank
Audience: Teachers and educators
A process-oriented approach that gives students a chance to learn and practice the life skills of collaboration and conflict-resolution skills

Includes 98 activities, some of which use the low and high challenge course

J71424 $33.00 1997 185 pp. 0-934387-13-3

The Expanded Activity Guide for Adventure In Business

J71306 $32.00

The Guide for Challenge Course Operations: An Essential Reference for Challenge Course Practitioners

This new book is a must-have for anyone using a high or low challenge course. Ryan draws on his 30 years of experience in the field to create an accessible guide to challenge course operations. This easy-to-use reference book covers a broad range of topics including risk management, program management, and instructor credentialing. Technical chapters for both high and low elements give detailed standard operating procedures for many common elements. Low element guidelines include discussions of spotting, sequencing, and preparing the course. Chapters on Preparing the Climber, Belaying, and Setting Up High Elements offer an extensive discussion of techniques and equipment for the high challenge course.

Whether you are looking for quick answers to some common questions or a book to help you more fully understand the principles of safely operating a challenge course, this book is for you. It is indeed an essential reference.

Youth Leadership in Action: A Guide to Cooperative Games and Group Activities

written by and for Youth Leaders
Audience: Youth leaders
Written by and for young people as a guide to implement experiential activities and programs. The students wrote all of the activity directions as well as descriptions of their experiences using the activities.

J71421 $21.50 1995 182 pp. 0-7872-0107-3