2. Learning Objectives
•• engage in moderate to vigorous physical
activities for at least 60 minutes a day in and out
of school PE10PF-IIIch-45
•a. Execute some of the hip-hop dance styles
•b. Create a simple dance routine applying
common styles in street and hip-hop dance
5. • 3.Dancing Is Good for Your Heart
• Turns out, dancing's not just food for your soul, it's also great for your
heart. In fact, dance can cut your risk of dying from heart disease,
according to a June 2016 study published in the American Journal of
Preventive Medicine. What's more, the same study found that
moderate-intensity dancing had an even greater benefit than walking
when it comes to cardiovascular health.
• Plus, like any other heart-pumping cardio workout, dance burns a ton
of calories. A 155-pound person burns approximately 223 calories for
every 30 minutes of fast-paced dance, according to Harvard Health
Publishing. In comparison, walking at 3.5 mph only burns 149 calories
for the same amount of time.
6. • 1. Better Brain Health
• A study done by The New England Journal of Medicine found that dancing
can boost your memory and even prevent the onset of dementia. Other
studies have also found that aerobic dance exercises can reverse volume
loss in the part of the brain that controls memory (the hippocampus),
which tends to shrink during late adulthood.
• Taking the time to remember steps and the changing movements of a
dance is also a great way to challenge your brain, no matter your age.
Scientists have found cognitive skills such as planning and organizing also
improve with an exercise like dance.
7.
8. • Hippocampus is a brain structure embedded deep in the temporal
lobe of each cerebral cortex. It is an important part of the limbic
system, a cortical region that regulates motivation, emotion, learning,
and memory.
• What is hippocampus?
• Hippocampus is a S-shaped structure within the medial aspect of the
temporal lobe that can be identified as a layer of densely packed
neurons. It receives afferent inputs from the cingulate gyrus, dentate
gyrus, contralateral hippocampus, parahippocampal gyrus, septal
area, indusium griseum, and diencephalon. Regarding efferent
pathways, nerve fibers from the hippocampus proceed directly from
the subiculum to the entorhinal cortex and amygdala, as well as
through the fornix to different anterior brain structures.
