Cumulative Progress Indicator: 5 - The student will demonstrate
age and gender-specific progress towards improving each component of fitness.
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WHAT'S A WORKOUT? -
Brainstorm ways students can keep active. Ask students how many minutes they
should be active every day in order to keep healthy. Write 30 minutes a day
on the board, and explain that this recommendation comes from national
experts. Explain that those experts also recommend safe and healthy ways to
exercise and keep active. Write 5-20-5 on the board. Explain that each
30-minute workout session should have a beginning, middle, and end—just like
a good story. Under the appropriate number, write the words warm-up,
workout, and cool-down. Lead students through each segment of a workout,
emphasizing the transition to the next segment and reinforcing why each part
is important. Divide the class into three smaller groups. Each group designs
an example of one aspect of the workout and shares it with the class.
Variation: Students calculate the number of minutes spent warming up,
working out, and cooling down over a one-week or one-month period and graph
each segment.
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ACTIVITY LOG - For one week, students keep a
physical activity log. Students enter information on the type of activity
performed, how long it was performed, and the relative intensity of the
activity (rated high, medium, or low). After collecting data for one week,
students graph and summarize the results. For example, a student might play
soccer each day for one hour at a medium level, play kickball twice at a low
level, and run one time at a high level. Students share the results of their
logs and discuss ways to improve their activity levels.
Variation: Students keep an activity log and then categorize the activities
by fitness component.
