India
By: Ryan Ericson
Lesson 1: Cardiovascular Endurance
Lesson Objectives:
Introduce to students information about cardiovascular endurance. Introduce the use of heart rate monitors. Explain the importance of a healthy heart.
Guiding Questions:
What is cardiovascular Endurance? Why is it important that you exercise your heart muscle?
Materials:
Instructor computer with projector
Projection screen
PowerPoint Software
Short PowerPoint presentation about cardiovascular endurance
Student computers to use spreadsheet program
Heart rate monitors
Introduction:
Today we will begin our lesson and talk about why cardiovascular endurance is important and the importance of exercise such as walking, running, and jogging.
Procedure:
Introduce students to the term cardiovascular endurance.
Ask students what they know about cardiovascular endurance.
Use PowerPoint to explain what cardiovascular endurance is and why it is important that they participate in activities that strengthen the heart.
Use heart rate monitors to show students the difference between a heart beat at rest and during exercise.
Assessment:
Have students answer questions during the lesson as well as incorporating this lesson with a physical education class.
Lesson 2: Health Benefits of Exercise (walking)
Lesson Objectives:
Review cardiovascular endurance.
Explain the heart as a muscle.
Introduce the use of pedometers to track steps (walking).
Guiding Questions:
How much exercise do you get daily? How many steps do you think you take daily? How much distance (in miles) do you think you walk daily, weekly?
Materials:
Pedometers
Journals to record steps
Computers for students with excel software
Introduction:
Review with the student�s yesterday�s lesson about cardiovascular endurance and exercise. Today explain what types of exercise are �cardiovascular� and that we will be using pedometers to track their steps and overall cardiovascular fitness.
Procedures:
Explain to the class how to use the pedometers to track steps.
Explain that 10,000 steps daily is a healthy goal.
Explain how to convert other exercise such as sports into steps depending upon time devoted to such sports.
Explain how to use the journal to transfer information to excel spreadsheet.
Assessment:
After 1 week the students will take what they have recorded in their journals and transfer that information into a spreadsheet document.
Lesson 3: Muscular Strength and Endurance
Lesson Objectives:
How many push-ups can you complete?
How many curl-ups can you complete?
How flexible are you?
Guiding Questions:
Why is it important to be able to complete certain # of push-up and curl-ups?
Materials:
Flexibility Box
Gymnastics Mat
Tape recorder
Tape with beat pattern
Computers for students to record data
Introduction:
Today�s focus will be on muscular strength and endurance. Fist explain what muscular strength and endurance are, and the importance in relation to overall health.
Procedures:
Display what a curl-up is.
Display what a push-up is.
Explain flexibility and display.
Have students with the aid of tape recorder complete as many push-ups and curl-ups as they can in 2minutes.
Also have students complete flexibility assessment.
Assessment:
Take the information I have recorded along with the students and chart this in a spreadsheet program. This will also be used for post assessment later in the school year.
Lesson 4: Introduction to Fitness Activities
Lesson Objectives:
Identify different sports.
Identify different recreational activities.
Identify different games.
Guiding Questions:
What is exercise? What sports and activities do you enjoy?
Materials:
Instructor�s computer with projector
Projection screen
Computers with internet access for students
Introduction:
Today we will research different exercise sports, activities and games that you can participate in to increase overall fitness.
Procedures:
Have students think about previous lessons about cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance and flexibility.
The goal is to find sports games and activities using the internet that they enjoy.
When the students have finished collecting information we will make a chart of sports activities and games and explain their benefits on cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and overall health.
Assessment:
As a group determine what sports activities, and games most benefit all aspect of health and fitness.
Lesson 5: Fitness for Fun
Lesson Objectives:
To teach the students group games that are fun and students are exercising.
Guiding Questions:
Do you like to have fun when you exercise?
Material:
PE equipment
Introduction:
Explain to the students that today we will play team games that are fun and involve exercise.
Procedures:
The first game is called� rob the nest�. There are several teams and the object for the groups are to take items from the other teams �nest� and bring it back to theirs. The game continues for a few minutes, and then the items are counted. The game can be repeated.
The second game is called �heads and tails�. Each student decides if they want to start as a head (hand on head) or a tail (hand behind back). The object is to tag people who are opposite, and if you successfully tag someone the change from what they were and continue the game trying to tag the opposite. The game can be repeated.
Other games if time allows.
Assessment:
Monitor students for exercise. Ask students if they feel like they have exercised. Ask students if they had fun exercising.
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