lesson5

Title: Lesson 5: Swim to Win

Grade Level: Kindergarten through Fifth Grade

Subjects: Health, Physical Education, Math, and Social Studies

Learner Outcomes:

Duration: 30 minute class time
30 minute physical education class time

Materials:

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Teacher Notes:

Teacher accounts for any health and safety concerns for the activity.
Teacher determines the minutes of exercises (for miles traveled) from Endless Wall to Summersville Lake. Example: It is 24 miles from Endless Wall climbing area to Summersville Lake. Students will exercise for 1 minute for each 3 miles traveled. Students will need to exercise for 8 minutes to fulfill the daily requirement for this activity.
Teacher can substitute other exercises for those suggested due to age/abilities of students.
Suggested exercises that will provide the same benefits as swimming (total body workout) are: windmills (arms), jumping jacks or jumping rope, sit-ups, and pull-ups.
Exercises from the President's Physical Fitness Test can also be used.
Teachers visit the Internet web site (pe.central) for descriptions of exercises.

Procedures:

Distribute student journals.
Introduce this part of the unit (swimming at Summersville Lake) with the Powerpoint presentation.
Describe the total body benefits of swimming. They are cardiovascular, muscle strength, and fat reducing.
Calculate mileage from New River Gorge National Park climbing area at Endless Wall to Summersville Lake using calculators.
Students exercise in the gym as a substitute for swimming.
Students complete their journal pages.

Modifications:

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.

West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives:

References:
Web sites we used to create our unit.

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