The purpose of this study was to determine the physical activity levels that students' acquire during recess, physical education, the school day, and the total day, measured by pedometers. Additionally, this study investigated whether there were gender differences among students regarding physical activity levels and if the physical activity engaged in during recess and physical education was of sufficient quantity to contribute to the National Association of Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) standards for healthy living. The subjects in this study were fifth grade students in the Spring-Ford School District. Physical activity was measured using pedometers. Each student's steps were recorded at the start and end of of the total day, the school day, recess, and the physical education class. The students wore the pedometers for three consecutive days. The dependent variables for this study were the steps recorded in recess, in physical education, in the school day and steps during the total day. The independent variables were gender and NASPE standards for physical activity. SPSS version 10 was used to analyze the data. Pearson correlations were computed between all variables. ANOVA was also computed. All data was confidential and no names were used. A total of 303 fifth grade students successfully participated in the study. The mean steps for males for the entire day was 11,168 steps and for females 9,487 steps. There was a significant difference between males and females. During a typical school day the males acquired an average 4887 steps and the females acquired 3960 steps, again a significant difference statistically between the males and females. During recess the male students accumulated 2514 steps and the females accumulated 1849 steps. During physical education the students acquired an average 1711 steps. It is important to note that during the three day study only 47 students recorded and participated in physical education and the steps accumulated in physical education were lower than recess. The mean steps for both males and females all three days were 10,625, 10,345, and 10,480 steps. There was no significant difference between days. The fifth grade students in the Spring-Ford School District on average attained a low-level of healthy activity in a typical school day. The Spring-Ford students were about 2,000 steps below the recommended steps for their age group.