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Physical fitness Lesson Plans
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Students explore several examples of cardiovascular diseases. In this anatomy lesson, students explain why physical fitness is very important. They count their pulse rate and record them on a data table.
Students organize personal fitness data in tables, graphs, and charts while participating in a physical fitness program. They explain their findings on the impact of regular exercise on their health.
Students investigate a web-course designed to help them perform tests on various aspects of their physical fitness, participate in a personalized fitness plan and develop strength, endurance, flexibility and aerobic capacity.
Eighth graders engage in a hands-on lesson of identifying the primary and secondary muscles used when lifting weights. They also use an Internet site to learn the proper terminology for labeling these muscles.
Students identify the food groups. In this nutrition lesson, students use a diagram of the food pyramid to label each food group and the number of servings. Students explore the food pyramid at www.mypyramid.gov/kids.
Divide your class into teams to play Deal or No Deal relating to physical education topics. Learners share a variety of activities that contribute to physical fitness as they play this game. This is a motivating lesson for your class. There are resource links included.
Learners record their daily physical activity in a chart. In this physical fitness lesson plan, students and adults exercise and see how many repetitions they can do in a given amount of time. They record this in a chart over a period of 4 weeks and see their progress.
Students work on their physical fitness level in preparation for the physical fitness test. They practice throwing and catching a frisbee.
Students examine the relationship between food and exercise. In this nutrition lesson, students watch a power point on how to determine serving sizes and total number of calories. They use empty food boxes to explain nutritional tables. They determine the total number of calories they consumed over the weekend and the calories they worked off.
Students perform physical fitness activities. In this physical education lesson, students view a Powerpoint presentation on physical fitness and take a fitness pretest. Students record results of the pretest, which includes sit-ups, jogging, and a flexibility activity.
