TRACKS Lesson Plan Physical Activity Get Active Grades 5 8 Girls Club I. Nutrition Education Goal & Objective: Goal 1: Students will comprehend concepts consistent with USDA guidance related to eating and physical activity for good health Objective: As a result of Pennsylvania s SNAP-Ed plan, students will know, understand, analyze, and apply concepts, as developmentally appropriate, that are consistent with USDA guidance about the benefits of: 1. Being physically active every day as part of a healthy lifestyle. Goal 2: Students will apply skills consistent with USDA guidance related to eating and physical activity for good health. Objective: As a result of Pennsylvania s SNAP-Ed plan, students will be able to: 1. Assess personal health practices. 2. Develop a goal to adopt, maintain, or improve a personal health practice. II. Pennsylvania Educational Standards: A. 11.3 Food Science and Nutrition B. 1.6 Speaking and Listening C. 10.1 Concepts of Health D. 10.2 Healthful Living III. Outcomes A. Students will describe the relationship between eating healthy and exercising. B. Students will discuss their own sports experiences with local collegiate athletes. C. Students will demonstrate recipe understanding by preparing and tasting a healthy snack. IV. Materials A. Supplies: Name tags, hula hoops B. game cards (see Teaching Aids following lesson plan) C. CD/DVD player (if needed, discuss and prearrange with dancers) D. Job cards and container to draw them out of (optional) E. Taste testing ingredients: rice chex, mini pretzels, raisins or dried cranberries, water F. Supplies for taste-testing: Napkins, cups, tablecloth, trash bag G. Antibacterial wipes/gel and gloves H. Reinforcement that conveys the appropriate nutrition message: Pedometer Drexel University, GC 3 of 6, revised 08/14, page 1
I. Caregiver Newsletter V. Procedure A. Introductory: 1. Welcome a. Tell girls how great it is to see them and meet again in this club. b. Ask for a volunteer to quickly summarize what happened last week for anyone who is new to the club. c. Remind the girls of the goal set last week. How many tried to reach this goal? How many were successful? Why was it easy or hard to do? Encourage girls to keep trying to reach the goal if they didn t do it last week, changing it a bit if that is helpful. d. Today we have some guests who are going to talk to us about being an athlete in college. (Introduce athletes name, college, sport) e. First, we will do an icebreaker with our guests 2. Icebreaker: Hula Hoop Challenge a. Athletes and club members form a circle and join hands. Make 2 circles if group number exceeds 20. b. Challenge the girls to see how quickly they can pass a hula hoop around the circle without letting go of hands (use a watch with a second hand or a stop watch). c. For added challenge, add another hoop. See if the group can surpass its own record. d. Afterwards, discuss importance of team work, coordination, motivation, stamina, flexibility and the importance of working together. 3. Introductions/Stories: a. Athletes and students exchange introductions. Use name tags. b. Athletes describe why/how she became interested in sports and/or dance. c. Can also discuss what it is like to be a student and an athlete and what a typical day is like. d. Students should feel free to ask questions at the end about life as a student athlete. 4. Physical Activity Discussion can be lead by educator or guest athletes a. The past couple of weeks have been spent learning healthy ways to eat. i. Eating good foods using My Plate and being more active are ways to become a healthier person. b. Discuss exercise and the associated health benefits i. What are types of exercise? Examples: Sports (basketball, soccer, tennis, etc) Dancing Playing outside with friends (biking, walking, jump rope etc) ii. How does it help us be healthier? Examples: Feel better about ourselves Drexel University, GC 3 of 6, revised 08/14, page 2
Have fun with friends Makes heart healthy Gives us more energy Makes us sleep better Helps us deal with frustration or anger about something iii. About how much should we be doing everyday? The recommendation is 60 minutes every day. Does this sound hard to do or easy to do? Discuss ways to fit more activity into the day: Examples: walk to school, do some exercises during commercials, ride bikes, play with brothers and sisters, challenge friends to basketball game, dance to music in your bedroom, etc. B. Developmental Choose the following activities based on which student guests are attending: SPORTS TEAM 1. Book Discussion: Game Face by Jane Gottesman a. Explain that this book shows girls and women of all kinds participating in a wide variety of sporting activities. It shows that any girl or woman can play any sport. b. Girls are invited to look at the pictures and describe their reactions to the ideas conveyed. c. This can be led by the athletes and/or the educator. Pictures of particular interest should be marked. DANCE ENSEMBLE 1. Watch clip of dance performance (if available). 2. Dance demonstration (hip hop, jazz, ballet, modern, etc.). 3. Instruction a. College dancers teach girls a short dance routine and invite students to participate. b. If a club member knows a different dance she can take a turn teaching the other members and the college dancers how to do it. c. If time permits, turn on any type of music and have free dance time. C. Concluding 1. Discuss one goal the group can set for the upcoming week about physical activity. Make it something realistic and attainable (Example: I will take a walk with my friends once this week.). Write this goal down so it can be discussed next week. If desired, keep a running list of weekly goals. 2. Distribute the reinforcement, read the message and/or explain why they are getting the reinforcement. 3. Distribute Caregiver Newsletter. 4. Discuss Pedometer Challenge form in the newsletter. Drexel University, GC 3 of 6, revised 08/14, page 3
1. Explain the purpose of a pedometer. It counts the number of steps we take each day and allows us to try to beat our record every day, getting more physical activity. 2. To use them, clip it to your belt or the top of your pants near your hip or your stomach. Wear it all day and before you go to bed, look at the number in the window. Push the button each morning to reset the counter to zero. 3. Challenge the girls to wear them this week and record how many steps were walked each day on the pedometer record form. The goal is to walk 500 more steps each day. Please bring the form back next week so we can talk about it! 4. If desired, split the girls into two teams. Explain that next week, we will count the total number of team steps and see which team got the most. 5. Thank girls for coming. Remind them to be physically active this week and use their pedometers. D. Taste testing: Friendship Mix 1. Have everyone wash hands using proper techniques, or use antibacterial wipes. 2. Optional: Have girls choose job cards to divide preparation tasks. 3. All preparation helpers should wear gloves. 4. Prepare friendship mix by combining all ingredients and distributing into small cups. OPTIONAL: PREMIX BEFORE CLUB BEGINS. 5. Sit down, slow down, savor and enjoy! 6. While eating, girls can take turns playing. a. Each student takes a turn drawing a card and acting out the activity for the group. b. Other students try to guess the activity. c. Once guessed, another volunteer draws a new card and the group tries again to guess. 7. Everyone should help clean up by putting things in trash bag and cleaning up any spills or dropped food. Drexel University, GC 3 of 6, revised 08/14, page 4
JOB CARDS FOR SNACK PREPARATION (cut out and place in container to be drawn at random) 1. Spread out the tablecloth 2. Arrange the cups and napkins in piles on the serving table 3. Open the cereal and pour 4. Open the pretzels and pour some into the large bowl. them into the bowl with the 5. Open the raisins and pour them into large bowl with the other ingredients. 7. Put a scoop of mix into the cups, one for each girl. 9. You are the clean up patrol. Help collect garbage and make sure there are no spills or dropped food. cereal. 6. Mix together the ingredients using your hands or a big spoon. 8. Pour a cup of water for each girl. Drexel University, GC 3 of 6, revised 08/14, page 5
Teaching Aid Cards Cut out cards. Laminate if desired. Jump Rope Dance Hopscotch Basketball Golf Running Swimming Riding a bike Skateboarding Tennis Skiing Surfing Drexel University, GC 3 of 6, revised 08/14, page 6
Volleyball Roller Skating Cheerleading Softball Ice skating Soccer Walking a dog Gymnastics Drexel University, GC 3 of 6, revised 08/14, page 7