Culture of Health Lesson by Noah Ramsey

GSE Standard

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Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): PEBS.5 The physically educated student recognizes the value of physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction.

Objective

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Students will learn new physical skills and also gain a new

appreciation for their health and the lifestyle choices they make.

Culture of Health?

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An environment that promotes and supports healthy behaviors, choices, and lifestyles.

Warm-Up

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Students will jog in place for 2 minutes to get their heart rate up and then perform stretches to warm up their muscles.

Materials

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Cones

Foam Balls

Water Bottles

Healthy Snacks (Granola bars, fruit, etc.)

Lecture

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The teacher will discuss the importance of healthy habits like a nutritious diet, healthy sleeping habits, and staying hydrated. The teacher will have an open class discussion about what each student thinks a healthy habit is, a bad habit, etc. The teacher will give specific examples pertaining to why healthy habits are important.

Activity

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Students will participate in a relay race where they must run to a cone, pick up a foam ball, and then run back to tag their teammate.

Rest Break!

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After the relay race, students will take a water break and enjoy a healthy snack (provided by the teacher). During the break, the teacher will discuss the importance of properly hydrating and having water breaks during exercise.

Activity of Choice

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To finish out the class, students will play a game of their choice (e.g. basketball, soccer) and apply the healthy habits they learned earlier in the lesson.

The article above describes why it is important to allow students to have a choice in their activities.

Conclusion Stretch

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Students will end class by stretching again. While the students are stretching, the teacher will discuss the importance of stretching before and after exercise, the types of stretching to complete before and after, etc. The video above will be posted for students to watch on their own if they need a visual later on.

Assessment

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Students will be graded on their class participation and engagement through a participation log during the lesson and activities.

The article above describes the importance of grading student participation and having them reflect on their assignments.

Reflection

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Students will reflect on what they learned about healthy habits and how they can apply them outside of physical education class. Students will be provided a Google Doc through their Google Classroom to complete their reflection. If students wish to write their reflection on paper, then they may choose to do so.

Extra Credit #1

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Students will be given the opportunity to earn extra credit by completed a family survey of their health issues, who played any sports when they were younger, if their family currently lives an active lifestyle, how often they eat fast food, etc. Students will take what they have learned and write an essay discussing what they found out and how they can be an influence to change their family's lifestyle.

Extra Credit #2

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Students will be given the opportunity to earn credit points by completing a brochure over the importance of healthy habits. The brochure will include healthy habit examples, a description of each, and picture for each habit. Students will make sure the brochure is visually appealing.

Remediation

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Students will be given two quizzes throughout the unit and a summative assessment at the end of the unit. If students do not score an 80% or higher on one of the two quizzes, they will be assigned remediation.

All students will be given a choice board and required to pick two activities, but students who did not score an 80% or above on one of two quizzes will be asked to complete four tasks.

The above web link describes the benefits of using choice boards.