The Savior's Sandals curricular and pedometer program for increasing step counts in Catholic middle school students during Lent

INTERVENTION: Intervention consists of material workbook, which includes 12‐page workbook (The Savior's Sandals) by which participants trace their own step counts to the geographical path Jesus Christ took from birth through death. Each workbook page represents a city/place (e.g., Bethlehem, Cana, Jerusalem) and is accompanied by questions specific to it and to be answered by a participant using a Bible; historical/current visual images of the location; and facts about its history and present day. Participants are each given a workbook and work through it at their own pace with the goal to finish the virtual journey (i.e., accumulated steps count toward making the journey of Jesus's life) in 4 weeks. Daily progress is self‐recorded and ‐reported on a recording sheet and step counts are also graphed. Participants in schools during the no treatment phase do not have the workbooks but do wear pedometers and record and graph daily steps. CONDITION: Physical activity during the school day ; Not Applicable PRIMARY OUTCOME: Pedometer‐measured step count (physical activity) ‐ steps measured daily during the school week over 6 weeks. SECONDARY OUTCOME: ; 1. Religiosity measured using the Short‐Francis Attitudes toward Christianity Survey (SFACS; Cogollo, Gómez‐Bustamante, Herazo, & Campo‐Arias, 2012).; 2. Enjoyment of physical activity while at school measured using the shortened Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (S‐PACES; Paxton, et al., 2008).; 3. Motivation for physical activity for participating in the Physical Activity for Lent program measured using the Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS; Guay, Vallerand, & Blanchard, 2000).; Questionnaires containing these items were administered before commencement of wearing pedometers (27/02/2017) and conducted once more on school days after the Easter holiday (16/04/2017); INCLUSION CRITERIA: 1. Ambulatory 2. Enrolled in any grade 6‐8 (middle school in the USA)