lesson 4

PROMOTING WELLNESS

Title: Lesson #4 Calculating Body Mass Index (BMI )

Grade Level (s ): 2-4

Subjects: Physical Education, Health, Math, English/Language Arts

Learner Outcomes:

Students will calculate their Body Mass Index (BMI) and graph results using spreadsheets (i.e. Excel ).
Students will apply vocabulary, reading comprehension, and addition skills to solve problems using a Magic Square as a self-check exercise on health/wellness concepts.
Students will continue to express themselves through journalizing as they analyze the results of their BMI calculations, and apply this data to real-life personal goals and expectations.

Duration of Lesson:
The lesson could be broken into three parts:

Part 1: Calculate/ Graph Body Mass Index (BMI)

45 minutes to 1 hour

Part 2: Magic Square Activity

30 - 40 minutes

Part 3: Journal Activity

10-15 minutes

Materials:
    Computer with Internet Access and printer
    Data of student's weight and height
    Magic Square Activity Worksheet
    Daily Journal ( Traditional or Electronic )

Technology Tools/ Courseware:
Computer(s) with Internet-access to links
Word Processor

Teacher Notes:

Encourage students to respect each other's privacy when calculating BMI.
Health textbooks and online professionals may be used (with caution) as additional resources.
Pair-share and Buddy groups can be used with the Magic Square Activity for special needs students.

Procedures:

Calculate/Graph BMI

Magic Square Activity

Journal Response

1. Access http://healthstatus.com/bmi.htm to calculate Body Mass Index using height and weight data collected from Lesson #2.

2. Use spreadsheet program like Excel to
graph out BMI.

1. Distribute copies of Health Magic
    Squares for each student.
2. Match the Health/Fitness terms to
    complete each sentence.
3. Record the number of the term in the
    proper box.
4. Use calculators as accessories with
    computers to tally each column of
    the magic square to total the sum
    of 34.
5. Self-check work to determine if the
answers add up to 34 correctly.

STUDENTS:
Respond in Daily Journals by examining personal BMI calculations. Express feelings and or concerns about the findings. How accurate do you believe the findings are in predicting how healthy a person is? Why do you think it is important to respect each other's privacy when talking about height and weight?

Modifications:
Use pair buddies and/or cooperative learning groups to assist with the reading and addition of sums in the Magic Square
Activity for challenged students according to the specifications of IEPs and 504 plans.

Enrichment Activities:
Continue Journalizing throughout the year to express feelings/concerns about social, emotional, and physical health and well being.

Evaluation/Assessment:
Teacher will closely monitor the graphing of the BMI electronically and use the observations in the assessments of the activity.
The Health Magic Square is a self-test activity that must add up to the sum of 34 correctly.

NATIONAL STANDARDS: West Virginia
Instructional
Goals and Objectives

Computer: IGOs

Knows that tools can be used to observe, measure, make things, and do things better or more easily 3.56
2.49
4.98

Implements proposed solutions using appropriate tools, techniques, and quantitative measurements 3.53
4.96

Knows how formats differ among software applications (e.g., word processing files, database files) and hardware
platforms (e.g., Macintosh, Windows) 4.56
3.59

Math:

Organizes and displays data in simple bar graphs, pie charts, and line graphs 2.49
3.29
4.100

Represents problems situations in a variety of forms (e.g., translates from a diagram to a number or symbolic expression) 4.47
3.28

Solves real-world problems involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers 2.56
3.19

English/Language Arts:
Demonstrates competence in the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing 3.43
2.78
4.51

References:
Teaching Physical Education in elementary schools ( Vannier, Foster & Gallahue )

Authors:
     Joe Dean
      Saundra Taylor
       Carolyn Sizemore
            Fayetteville Elementary School
            (elementaryfes@hotmail.com )

Overview Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5

NATIONAL STANDARDS:	West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives
Computer:	IGOs
Knows that tools can be used to observe, measure, make things, and do things better or more easily	3.56 2.49 4.98
Implements proposed solutions using appropriate tools, techniques, and quantitative measurements	3.53 4.96
Knows how formats differ among software applications (e.g., word processing files, database files) and hardware platforms (e.g., Macintosh, Windows)	4.56 3.59
Math:
Organizes and displays data in simple bar graphs, pie charts, and line graphs	2.49 3.29 4.100
Represents problems situations in a variety of forms (e.g., translates from a diagram to a number or symbolic expression)	4.47 3.28
Solves real-world problems involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers	2.56 3.19
English/Language Arts: Demonstrates competence in the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing	3.43 2.78 4.51