Aim for Fitness
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | Health Mathematics Science | |
| Author | Virginia Calhoun
Stephanie Mitchell | |
| Description | This unit will encourage students to make healthy choices.
Students will connecct physical fitness, nutrition, and body systems to their overall fitness. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Computer
Data Projector Overhead Projector Overhead Calculator Calculators Digital Camera | |
| Grade Level | 3 4 | |
| National Standards | Health:
1. Knows the availability and effective use of health services, products, and information 2. Knows environmental and external factors that affect individual and community health 4. Knows how to maintain mental and emotional health 5. Knows essential concepts and practices concerning injury prevention and safety 6. Understands essential concepts about nutrition and diet 7. Knows how to maintain and promote personal health 10. Understands the fundamental concepts of growth and development Language Arts: Writing 1. Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process 2. Uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing 3. Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions 4. Gathers and uses information for research purposes Reading 7. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts Listening and Speaking 8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes Viewing 9. Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media Media 10. Understands the characteristics and components of the media Math: 1. Uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process 2. Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of numbers 3. Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the processes of computation 6. Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis 9. Understands the general nature and uses of mathematics Science: 5. Understands the structure and function of cells and organisms 10. Understands forces and motion Technology: 1. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems 2. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer software programs 3. Understands the relationships among science, technology, society, and the individual 4. Understands the nature of technological design 5. Understands the nature and operation of systems 6. Understands the nature and uses of different forms of technology | |
| Keywords | Physical fitness
Nutrition Muscular System Digestive System Skeletal System | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Overview: Aim for Fitness
Lesson 1: Fit for Life Lesson 2: You are What You Eat Lesson 3: Where Does the Hamburger Go? Lesson 4: Muscle Mania Lesson 5: No Bones About It | |
| English IGO or CSO | RLA.3.1.1, RLA.3.1.6, RLA.3.2.2, RLA.3.2.3, RLA.3.2.4, RLA.3.2.5, RLA.3.2.7, RLA.3.2.8, RLA.3.2.9, RLA.3.2.10, RLA.3.2.11, RLA.3.2.12, RLA.3.3.1, RLA.3.3.2, RLA3.3.12, RLA.4.1.1, RLA.4.1.6, RLA, 4.2.2, RLA.4.2.3, RLA.4.2.4, RLA.4.2.5, RLA4.2.6, RLA4.2.7, RLA.4.2.8, RLA.4.2.9, RLA.4.2.10, RLA.4.2.11, RLA.4.3.2 | |
| Health IGO or CSO | HE.3.1.4, HE.3.1.5, HE.3.1.6, HE.3.2.1, HE.3.2.2, HE.3.3.1, HE.3.3.4, HE.3.3.5, HE.3.3.6, HE.3.4.1, HE.3.6.2, HE.3.6.4, HE.3.3.6, HE.3.3.7, HE.3.6.2, HE.4.1.3, HE.4.1.4, HE.4.3.4, HE.4.4.4, HE.4.6.1, HE.4.6.2 | |
| Math IGO or CSO | MA.3.1.10, MA.3.1.11, MA.3.1.14, MA.3.1.15, MA.4.1.14, MA.4.1.15, MA.4.1.16, 4.1.17 | |
| Science IGO or CSO | SC.3.3.1, SC.3.3.2, SC.3.4.1, SC.4.3.1, SC.4.3.2, SC.4.4.1, SC.4.4.2, SC.4.4.3 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | SS.4.3.2 | |