A lesson on sports safety
Grade Level(s): 6-8
Subject(s): Health, Math, and Technology
Learner Outcomes:
Students
will demonstrate graph making skills.
Students
will gather data to create individual and whole group graphs using
Microsoft
Excel.
Students
will compare and contrast graphs.
Students
will be made aware of sports safety injury prevention techniques.
Duration of Lesson: 2 lessons (45 minutes each)
Materials: sports safety handout, data collection sheet, writing implements, and bulletin board materials
Technology Tools/Courseware: Computer for
each student, Internet Access, Microsoft
Excel, Printers,
and projection device
Teacher Notes:
Preprint
a hard copy of the sports safety handout for each student from The
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
Preprint
a hard copy of the data collection sheet
for each student (sample data collection sheet)
Get
permission
from various teachers in the building for students to survey their students
to collect data for the sports safety survey.
Copy
the actual graph of sports safety data to
use when comparing to the students graphs.
Get
bulletin board materials ready.
Teacher
and student must be familiar with Microsoft Excel.
Procedures:
Day 1
1. Teacher will distribute The
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons sports safety and prevention
handout to each student.
2. Whole group discussion of sports injury
prevention from handout involving the sports: football, volleyball, soccer,
basketball, and baseball.
3. Students are instructed to survey
ten people in their assigned classroom, having them chose the sport they
believe is the safest and the least safe out of the following choices based
on the number of injuries sustained to school-age students in the United
States each year: football, volleyball, soccer, basketball, and baseball.
4. Assign students a classroom to "visit"
to complete their data collection.
5. Students are sent out into the "field" (assigned
classrooms) to collect data necessary
to complete graphs using Microsoft Excel on day 2.
Day 2
1. Students will be instructed to create
2
bar graphs using the results they collected yesterday on
safe sports in Microsoft
Excel. (One graph of safest sports, one graph of least safe sports)
2. Students will print out their graphs.
3. Whole group results (from each students'
graphs) will be tallied on the board.
4. The teacher will compile the tallied results
into two group graphs using Microsoft Excel and displaying the graphs using
a projection device onto a screen for the whole class to view.
5. The class graphs will be compared to the
actual graph using the data projector with discussion.
6. Whole group will view some general safe
sports practices online at The
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons site using the projection
device and screen.
7. Individual graphs will be collected and
displayed on the class bulletin board titled: "How Safe Is Your Sport?"
Modifications:
Consult students IEP's/504 plans for required individual
modifications.
Students with special needs will be paired with
a partner to complete data compilation and Microsoft
Excel graphing assignment.
Enrichment Activities:
Visit and research The
National Youth and Sports Safety Foundation and complete a PowerPoint
presentation for extra bonus points.
Volunteer students can assist and/or help create
and display the class bulletin board for bonus points.
Evaluation/Assessment: Teacher Observation and graded assessment of students' completed graphs and data collection forms.
West Virginia Content Standards/Instructional Goals and Objectives
Health: 6.5 6.27 6.34 6.36 6.39 7.26 7.30 8.32 8.38 (IGO'S used because content standards are currently not available for middle school health.)
Math: 6.5.1 6.5.2 6.5.3 7.5.3 7.5.4 8.5.3 8.5.4 8.5.5 (Content standards used)
Technology:
6.1.1 6.1.2 6.1.6 6.3.2 6.3.3 6.6.1 7.1.1
7.1.2 7.1.3 7.3.2 7.6.1 8.3.2 8.3.8
(content standards used)
Health
Standard 5 Knows essential concepts and practices
concerning injury prevention and safety.
Math
Standard 2 Understands and applies properties
of the concepts of numbers.
Standard 3 Uses basic and advanced procedures
while performing the processes of computation.
Standard 6 Understands and applies basic
and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis.
Standard 9 Understands the general nature
and uses of mathematics.
Technology
Standard 1 Knows
the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems.
Standard 2 Knows the characteristics and
uses of computer software programs.
Standard 4 Understands the nature of technological
design.
References:
American Academy
of Orthopedic Surgeons
National Youth
Sports Safety Foundation
National Safety Council
Authors:
Judy Brown-Shafer
Mary Talbott
Marinda
Taylor
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