lesson6

Title: Lesson 6: Homeward Bound

Grade Level: Kindergarten through Fifth Grade

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

Learner Outcomes:

Students will review the four areas, activities, and physical benefits taught in the unit.
Students complete journal page as an assessment of the unit.
Students complete the activities during their physical education time.

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

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Teacher Notes:

Teacher determines laps/repetitions for relays to cover mileage to return home from the fourth (Summersville Lake) destination. Example: It is 49 miles from Summersville Lake to Crab Orchard Elementary. Students will walk 10 minutes to equal 20 miles. Students will jump rope for 2 minutes to equal 20 miles. Students will do each of these exercises (push-ups, windmills, and sit-ups) for 3 minutes to equal 9 miles.
Teacher accounts for any health and safety concerns for the activities.
Teacher can substitute any relays or activities for the final competition.
Teacher creates a certificate to award to students for completion of the unit.

Procedures:

Show the entire Powerpoint presentation as a review of skills taught in the unit.
Have an open discussion of the areas, physical activities, and all of the physical benefits that were covered in the unit.
Students complete the assessment worksheet.
Calculate mileage from Summersville Lake to Crab Orchard Elementary (home) using the calculators.
Students will do the activities listed in Teachers' Notes for the physical education class time.

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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.

West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives:

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