Arwa's CAS Blog

(A) Taking walks after school In addition to riding my bike after school, I've started to take walks around the same places in my neighborhood to get some more types of exercise integrated into my week, as well as my daily schedule.  My goal for start to take walks was the same as when I started biking, to get be more active and integrate more types of exercise into my day. I also wanted to be able to observe the outdoors and spend more time with nature, as I don't have many opportunities to go places given the current situation. So far, walking has been a really beneficial addition to my week, as my family and I are able to walk together a few days during the week after school is over. Walking has been a great daily activity to do after distance learning. This is also similar to biking in the fact that it’s been a small challenge that I’ve been able to overcome, as well as have a better stamina when walking. Learning Outcome 2

 (A) Biking around my Neighborhood A few weeks ago, I started biking around my neighborhood. I began to ride with by myself up to ends of our street, and around the other surrounding streets near our house.  I wanted to build some exercise and athletics into my daily routine as I was doing distance learning, and decided to try to consistently ride my bike a few times a week to get that exercise in. I also wanted to be able to go outdoors more, given the circumstances and situation we're in right now with COVID-19. So far, integrating biking into my week has been successful, as well as helpful. I've begun to ride with my family as well after school. In addition to a good way to build some exercise into my mostly indoor days, it's become a good way to spend time with my family outside of our house. It’s definitely been a little bit more difficult, as I didn’t usually bike as much prior to the pandemic, but this experience has definitely been a little challenge that I’ve been ...