1. Fitness Plan
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Physical Activity is Important!
Children need at least 60 minutes strength, flexibility, and aerobic
of physical activity every day to be capacity (for example, through
healthy. Lack of physical activity is running). Children generally
contributing to a dangerous shouldn't be expected to exercise
increase in childhood obesity. in the routine, formal way adults
Children should be given many do. Instead, children should have
opportunities to play, run, bike, activities that are Aerobic, Muscle
and participate in sports, Strengthing, and bone
preferably on a daily basis. strengthing.
Exercise should be appropriate for
the child's age. For example, a 6-
year-old may play outside, while a
16-year-old may run at a track.
Encourage your child to build
Summary of Unit
During School my students will healthy snack to share with the
come up with a two-week fitness class. This will help the students
plan. The students will first know what foods are healthy to
research what a fitness plan is eat during the two week fitness
and how it is suppose to look for plan. After the students have a
two weeks. I will put the better grasp on a fitness plan, I
students into groups of three to will make them turn in their own
form a rough draft of a two- fitness plan to use for the next
week fitness plan. Each day I two weeks. During the next two
will get students to present weeks the students will record
their rough draft to the class. their daily exercise and food
Also, each group will bring in a intake. The students will also write
reflections along the way.

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Benefits of the Unit:
Students will learn how to
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lifestyle. Students will know
which physical activity works
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for them and what foods they
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Essential Question: What is future?
the importance of having a
fitness plan? Content Question: What is
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Objective and Standards
Physical Education 8th grade
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8.15 Apply the F.I.T.T. principle to an individualized
fitness plan.
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8.16 Design a personalized fitness plan.
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Objective: Students will be able to complete a
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Student-Centered Activity: Students will gather all
their recorded information on an F.I.T.T. plan and
they will share and talk about their information in
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walk around to each group to monitor discussions and
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help the students get back on track if they become
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importance of applying the F.I.T.T. principle into their
fitness plan.
Student-Centered Activity: Students will work with a
partner to discuss and complete a personalized fitness
plan for two weeks. The classroom teacher will walk
around and monitor. If the students need help the
teacher will give helpful information to further their
fitness plan. At the end of class, the teacher will have
the students share their fitness plan to the class. Each
pair will write what they liked and didn’t like about
everyone’s fitness plan.

4. Project Based Learning is an easy way to challenge
the students to apply and understand the
curriculum and gain a working knowledge. Project
Based Learning motivates students to obtain a
deeper knowledge of the subject’s they are
studying in school. After watching the videos and
reading the articles on Project Based Learning, this
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is by far the most effective way to teach. Students
will not only understand the information in their
What is PBL? be able to apply it to their real life
brain, but will
situations. For example, Harrison high school uses
technology to make learning fun. They make
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different types of games that can be played on the
TV for the students to play when studying for a
certain subject. Students prefer Project Based
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Learning because students like hands on activities
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communication and organizational skills with adults
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Role of Student:
Students role will be to make a
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students to follow for the two-
weeks.
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sure the students understand
what a fitness plan is and how
to make a plan for themselves.
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Role of Parent:
The role of the parent is to
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task and follow their fitness
plan.
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