Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.6C Grade 4 CPI 3

 

Standard: 2.6 - Fitness

 

Strand: C -   Achieving and Assessing Fitness

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 3 -  The student will monitor physiological responses before, during, and after exercise.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

·        CHART THE HEART - Review how to take and record a radial or carotid pulse. Students take their pulse several times during the school day and at home and graph the results on a chart. (Provide students with graph paper or a simple chart.) Brainstorm a list of times to check the pulse (e.g., upon rising in the morning, while waiting for the bus, after a test, recess, before and after lunch, when watching TV). Students perform this activity for three days, complete the graph, and summarize the results. Discuss the process, the changes in pulse rates, and why the changes occurred.