Full Description
Written for primary PE teachers, health and PE directors, these ready-to-use lesson plans, reproducible work sheets and assessments aim to help students develop healthy lifestyles, specifically increasing activity and improving dietary quality.
Contents
Thinking about activity, exercise and fitness; warm up before exercise; cool down after you exercise; charting your FIT and SIT score; what could you do instead of watching TV? making time to stay fit; setting goals for personal fitness; how does being physically active now keep me healthier late? part 1; how does being physically active now keep me healthier later? part 2; knowing your resting heart rate; exercise makes your heart beat faster; let's get started on being fit; more about the three areas of physical fitness; definitions - frequency, intensity, time and type; working on your goals - plan your own fitness program; how often should I exercise? improving flexibility; improving cardiovascualr fitness; improving muscular strength; improving your overall physical fitness levels; inactivity and weight gain; energy for exercise; food myths; aerobics; callisthenics; running and jogging; swimming; cycling; environmental conditions; getting enough to drink; pyramid power; carbohydrates - energy food; the language of food; keep it local;; importance message about activity; go for the goal; lifetime physical activities; do you eat ? making healthy choices; figuring out fat; what's for lunch; an algebra party; what does your day look like? survey the class; where did the day go? energy equations; mighty minerals; fat functions; smart snacks; the plants we eat; food for energy; muscle mysteries; the human heart; food through the ages; democracy and diet.
