Lesson:  5

Title: A Day at the Fair

Grade Level:  7

Subjects:  Vocational/Technical, Language Arts, Health

Learner Outcomes:

  • The student will rotate and participate through a school wide health fair
  • The student must be actively engaged in a minimum of 10 sessions/stations
  • The student will complete a scavenger hunt , obtaining information from the various stations/sessions
  • The student will calculate the distance walked throughout the day by using a  digi walker to calculate steps taken.


Duration of Lesson: 3 hours - beginning after lunch  and continuing until school is out

Materials:  Scavenger Hunt Handout
                      Each booth participating in the health fair will have information available for
                      students to take with them

Technology Tools/Courseware: Digi Walker

Teacher Notes:  Assign one student in each group a digi walker. 
                               The scavenger hunt will be created from information obtained from
                                each booth.

Procedures:.

  • Several area health care providers were contacted and invited to participate in the health/wellness fair
  • After finalizing presenters, the afternoon was organized into a health/wellness fair consisting of the following stations:  physical fitness testing, positive parent involvement, nutrition, dental care, public health, spinal care, bike safety, cancer care and awareness, sports  injury care, cardiac care,  magnetics, massage therapy, music therapy, respiratory therapy, stress management, hand washing, hunting safety,  lung capacity, poison prevention, madd, sadd, cosmetology, fire/home safety, home health center, hearing, vision, blood pressure, domestic violence and family safety, parent child communication, healthy eating, diabetes, eating disorders, alcohol and drug awareness,  family fitness, atv safety, healthy snacks, grip testing, and student prepared power point presentations
  • Students will rotate through stations at will, allowing freedom to investigate those stations that are of special interest 
  • Students will be divided into groups prior to the event
  • Health/wellness Fair is open to parents and the community
  • Scavenger hunt worksheet will be passed out to each group
  • Digi Walkers will be passed out to one member of each group
Modifications:
    Depending on disability and IEP, adjusted groups and peer tutoring will be used to
        complete the assignment

Enrichment Activities: Have students research the required level of education to work in    one of the fields represented in the health/wellness fair.

Evaluation/Assessment:
    Participation in the health/wellness fair, and completion of class assignments

West Virginia Standards:

          Health 7.10  7.11  7.4
           Language Arts 7.127

National Standards

  • Knows the availability and effective use of health services, products, and information
  • Knows how to maintain and promote personal health
  • Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes
Job/Career Clusters:
    Health and Human Resources
        Business and Marketing

References: 
     Yucky.com
     KidsHealth.com
     American Heart Association
 

Author:
     Brenda McCorkle
     Linda Moss
        Lou Ann McVey
 
 
 
Overview
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6