From April 30, 2012, at 8:00 a.m. up until May 28, 2012, at 5:00 p.m.

It consists in motivating students to do some physical activity throughout the month of May. The teacher must also enter students’ results under their school’s profile in Planet Cube. Make the most of each day to have fun with your students while encouraging them to be as active as possible.

Students must be active at school and at home to accumulate as many energy cubes as possible (1 energy cube = 15 minutes of physical activity).

A few examples of eligible activities: soccer, basketball, mini-basketball, jump rope, skateboarding, biking, swimming, diving, relay racing, hiking, ice skating, ball, gymnastics, Frisbee, badminton, flag football, hockey, track and field, tchouk-ball, golfing, judo, skiing, curling, horse-riding, roller-skating, etc. In short, any group or individual activity which requires some physical exercise.

A few examples of ineligible activities: Video games, card games, board games, pool, fishing, driving a four-wheeled vehicle, mini-golf, etc. In short, any activity in which you don't get enough exercise.

No, they're not. All staff members of the school and young people's close relatives (including grandparents, brothers and sisters) are invited to participate in order to improve the school's chances of winning. However, for the energy cubes accumulated to be admissible, the activity must be performed in the company of the participating child.

Trainers, sports team members, extended family members (uncles, aunts, godfathers, godmothers, etc.), pets (!) and others cannot accumulate energy cubes. They are, however, welcome to move to encourage students in their challenge. New* School staff and their immediate family (spouse and children) can now increase their school’s score by accumulating energy cubes at home.

Compilation is notably performed through the participation logbook, which can be downloaded on our website. Students must enter their sessions of physical activity in the logbook on their own, and have it approved by a parent. An adult's signature is essential for the exercise session(s) of the child to be admissible for the accumulation of energy cubes.

The logbook is mostly used for activities performed outside school. In school, during P.E. lessons or recess, for instance, the teacher can choose to use their own method to record energy cubes instead of the child's participation logbook. If they choose to use the participation logbook, they must sign each logbook to validate the exercise sessions that each child has entered.

• Ideally, each week on Monday morning, throughout the month of May, the classroom teacher should add up the energy cubes that their students recorded over the previous week in their respective participation logbooks.
• The classroom teacher should then communicate this result to the teacher in charge of the project for the school.
• The teacher responsible for the project adds up the results of each class to obtain the overall result of the school, which they then enter under their school’s profile in Planet Cube (deadline May 31, noon).

The more often results are compiled and entered, the easier it is for young people to monitor the progress of the school on the website and to encourage one another to win first place. We believe this can be a great motivational tool for children and their families.

The average number of energy cubes per student makes it possible to compare the results of the participating schools which regularly compile their results online, on a same basis, regardless of the number of students at the school.

The total number of energy cubes accumulated by your school refers to all the energy cubes collected by students throughout the Grand défi.

Kindergarten students can now accumulate energy cubes.

The number of participants refers to the total number of students at your school.

No, it isn't. For logistical reasons, this prize is currently reserved for students of the elementary schools in Quebec only. However, students outside Quebec can have fun engaging in healthy virtual competition by measuring the progress of their school on the website of the Grand défi, throughout the month of May.