1. Small steps make a big difference! Walk to School Week 2012 21 st to 25 th May

2. One in five cars on the road in the morning is doing the school run.

3. The average walk to school takes about 25-30 minutes, which is half of the recommended daily amount of moderate physical activity for children.

4. Girls should try to take 12,000 steps a day and boys 15,000. If you walked from Lands End to John O’Groats, you would take about 2 million (2,000,000) steps.

5. If you walk for 10 minutes you burn off about 15 calories. There are 270 calories in a mars bar.

6. If you walk to school once a week, instead of travelling by car, you’ll save, on average, 30 balloons of carbon dioxide, the gas that is damaging our planet

7. Question 1: 100 Strider Points A: One in three C: One in tenD: One in fifteen B: One in five How many cars on the road in the morning are doing the school run?

8. Question 2: 100 Strider Points A: 10% (One tenth) D: 75% (Three quarters B: 25% (one quarter) The average walk to school is 1.5 miles, which takes about 30 minutes. Children need 60 minutes of physical activity a day. If you walk to school, what percentage/ fraction of your physical activity would you have done? C: 50% (one half)

9. Question 3: 100 Strider Points Roughly how many steps is it from Lands End to John O’Groats? A: 2 million steps C: 500 steps D: 25 steps B: 10,000 steps A: 2 million steps

10. Introducing Strider Question 4: 100 Strider Points A: 30 minutes C: Two hours D: Three hours B: One hour D: Three hours A 10 minute walk burns off 15 calories. Roughly how long would you have to walk to burn off a Mars bar?

11. Question 5: 100 Strider Points How many balloons full of carbon dioxide, the gas that is damaging our planet, do you think you would save if you walked to school once a week, instead of going by car? A: 5 balloons C: 30 balloonsD: 60 balloons B: 10 balloons C: 30 balloons

12. Question 6: 100 Strider Points If 30 children walked to school, instead of going by car, how many balloons of carbon dioxide would they save? A: 900 balloons C: 500 balloonsD: 90 balloons B: 1500 balloonsA: 900 balloons

13. Question 7: 100 Strider Points A: 10 million balloons C: 50 thousand million balloons D: 16 thousand million balloons B: Half a million balloons If every child in the UK walked to school at least once a week, we could save 400,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. How many balloons do you think this would fill? D: 16 thousand million balloons

14. Wow- Walking certainly makes a difference! Congratulations- you now know how small steps can make a big difference!