Personal Physical Activity Plan
Ms. Nutter
tnutte02@shepherd.edu
This is designed for any students who are
not dressed or currently injured for any particular reason. The points
earned from this project will be substituted for the absent days.
Introduction
This lesson is also designed for eighth grade students to gain a
better understanding of the importance of physical activity while keeping a log
to track progressions made.
The standard used for this assignment was:
PE.8.3.02 - Develop and implement a personal physical
activity plan (e.g., where, when, cost, equipment, procedures).
The Task
The eighth grade students, physical education class, will be
using technological, mathematical, and grammatical skills to complete this
project. The students will be keeping a running log of each activity,
that activities duration, and what day that activity was completed on.
The students should have some type of knowledge relating to Microsoft Word or
Microsoft Excel (creating tables, graphs, charts, etc.)
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Questions |
Resources |
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When it comes to
physical activity, what are some of the benefits? Do you think these are
important? Why, what does or does not make these important to you? Use the
website below to help you find some answers. |
http://www.bfhd.wa.gov/ph/pahep.php |
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Write a little about one
of the two women and how they overcame asthma as a child. What did their
doctors have them do? How did it help them? |
http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/asthmaqa |
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Using your book and the
Food Guide Pyramid, construct a healthy meal plan for the month. Keep track
of any changes you feel or see with your feelings, emotions, or even your
body. |
http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/index.html |
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How can you use the
pyramid below to help you stay active and keep your healthy lifestyle? How
many of these things do you already participate in? What would you like to
start participating in? |
http://www.fitness.gov/10tips.html |
Resources
The students will be using an activity log to keep track
of meals and activities for the day, week, and month. They will use their
health book, the Food Guide Pyramid and a variety of websites.
The Process
Each student will be required to keep a log of their meals and physical
activity. They will also be required to type the questions and answers into a
new word document. The students will be required to go to the links and read
the pages, then type their answers on the document provided for the answers.
The students will work independently on each of the
questions, but they may become involved in the various activities as a group.
The questions will be completed in either the computer lab or they will be completed
at home if they know they will be absent for a number of days.
Assessment/Evaluation
The students will be adding in personal information,
along with the information provided on each website. They can receive of 5, 4,
3, 2, or 1 for each answer depending on the information provided.
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Questions |
Desired Answers |
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When it comes to
physical activity, what are some of the benefits? Do you think these are
important? Why, what does or does not make these important to you? Use the
website below to help you find some answers. |
It can lower your risk of diabetes, heart disease, high blood
pressure and cholesterol. It can boost your energy, lower your stress and
improve your balance. The remaining answers will vary. |
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Write a little about one
of the two women and how they overcame asthma as a child. What did their
doctors have them do? How did it help them? |
Start swimming: Hyman: I started at age 5 because the
doctors said it would be a good thing. The doctor said that the moisture and
learning to hold my breath would be good for my lungs. Van Dyken:
I started swimming when I was 6 and did it on a doctor's recommendation. I
have exercise-, infection-, and allergy-induced asthma, and I'm allergic to anything
that lives or breathes, could live or breathe, or did live or breathe. How has asthma affected your swimming? Hyman:
We treated it with antibiotics all summer and several
inhalers, and I was on antibiotics and the inhalers through the Olympics. Before
that, there were times when I'd get bad bronchitis or a sinus infection that
went to my lungs after I swam hard. I remember days sitting in the doctor's
office when I should have been in the hospital, but we had to be careful with
what I took to make sure it was legal. It's important to keep the sport as
clean as possible, but when you can't breathe and are really sick it's
sometimes hard to find things that aren't banned. Van
Dyken: I also got a peak flow
meter (to measure lung capacity). If I was in the green, I'd go all out and
do a normal swim practice. If I was in the yellow, I'd warm up really slowly,
then see if it was in the green. If it was still in
the yellow, the workout would be less intense. If I got to the pool and was
in the red, I wouldn't even set foot in the water. Do
you consider asthma to be an obstacle? Hyman:
Especially this summer, it was something to overcome. But when I was able to
treat it, it was like I had gills. In general, it's been more of a challenge
than anything else… Mostly it's inspired me to overcome it. I may tell my
coach on certain days that my asthma's bothering me or I'm not breathing so
well -- it's another training variable. Van
Dyken: I've never thought of
it as an obstacle. I've thought of it as something I had that wouldn't go
away and it's actually made me stronger… Being the stubborn person I am, I
wanted to show them I could. Six golds in two
Olympics -- that's not bad for someone who wasn't supposed to be able to swim
well. |
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Using your book and the
Food Guide Pyramid, construct a healthy meal plan for yourself for the month.
Keep track of any changes you feel or see with your feelings, emotions, or
even your body. After the month, Was it easy or difficult
to follow? How did your parents feel? Did they participate with you? |
This will vary from child to child. Make sure they have the
appropriate amounts of servings and are consuming each food group. |
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How can you use the
pyramid below to help you stay active and keep your healthy lifestyle? How many
of these things do you already do? What would you like to start doing? |
10 Tips: 1. Start your day with breakfast 2. Get Moving 3. Snack smart 4. Work up a sweat 5. Balance your food choices - don't
eat too much of any one thing 6. Get fit with friends or family 7. Eat more grains, fruits and
vegetables 8. Join in physical activities at
school 9. Foods aren't good or bad 10. Make healthy eating and physical
activities fun The number of tips included will
vary and the remaining answers will vary. |