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Title: Lesson 1-- Getting Fit

Grade Level: Kindergarten through Fifth Grade

Subjects: Physical Education, Health, Math, Social Studies

Learner Outcomes:

Students will become aware that physical activity contributes to physical fitness.
Students will identify attractions in southern West Virginia.
Students will identify a physical activity offered at four of these attractions.
Students will be able to define physical activity and physical fitness.
Students know how each activity effects their bodies.

Duration: 30 minute class time

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Teachers and students will brainstorm a definition for physical activity and physical fitness. Post on a wall near the map.
Define the relationship of increasing physical activity to achieving physical fitness.
Teacher introduces attractions in West Virginia that offer physical activities that would improve physical fitness.
Teacher chooses four attractions and the physical activities in West Virginia that will be used throughout the unit.
Everyone locates and plots the points for the four attractions and their home area on the large classroom road map.
Students will locate the four attractions and their home base on the maps in their journals.
Students view the introduction portion of the Powerpoint presentation.

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Enrichment:

Students can choose their own attractions and activities.
Students can work in cooperative groups to create their own physical activities, maps and journals.
Students research West Virginia attractions on the Internet on their own.
Students take actual trips to the attractions to perform the activities.
Students record heart rate and calorie readings for each activity.

Evaluation:

National Standards:

Physical Education: Understands the benefits and costs associated with participation in physical activity.
Health: Knows how to maintain and promote personal health;
Math: understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of measurement.
Social Studies: Know basic elements of maps and globes.

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