Benefits of Physical Activity - Mental Benefits of Physical Activity and Other
STANDARD - 2.1 - 2.6
GRADE - 6
GOAL - The students will learn benefits of physical activity and ways to develop strength - endurance and flexibility.
SWBAT
- Explain what is fitness
- Describe physical - social- mental benefits of exercise
- List easy ways to develop strength - endurance - flexibility
LEARNING TASKS - Begin your lesson with DO NOW question on the board. "What are some benefits of physical activity that you can think of?" Give students hints to think about physical, social and mental benefits of physical activity.
For this lesson you will be provided with a power point presentation.
Benefits of physical activity presentation
Also - as the students follow the presentation distribute benefits of physical activity worksheet.
Benefits of exercise worksheet
Ok - now the fun time begins. Start the presentation.
Ask students what is fitness? Hear their responses and display your response on the board.
Fitness means being fit.
What does it mean to be fit?
- Having energy for the whole day
- it means to be able to endure many obstacles during the day and night
- Being able to deal with stress
- no matter how hard your job or your class is - you are still able to withstand all the stress put on you
- Having self-confidence
- your appearance and good self-esteem makes you feel good about yourself
- Maintaining healthy weight
- regular exercise will keep your weight in a healthy range
Check your students for understanding of being fit. Show them these words and ask what they think - whether it explains being fit or not.
- Lazy teens
need to be active teens
- Self-confidence
yes, you will succeed!
- Energy
means being fit
- Overweight
needs to get fit
Display physical benefits of exercise -
- Strong muscles
- exercise makes your muscles firmer and your appearance slimmer
- Strong coordination
- exercise improves coordination for sport specific exercises
- Healthy heart and lungs
- exercise keeps cardiovascular and respiratory systems healthy
- Healthy weight
- exercise maintains healthy weight which eliminates strain on the heart
Conduct an exercise about identifying physical benefits by presenting four short statements and asking students whether it's a benefit -
- Strong muscles
excellent physical benefit
- Weak muscles
benefit of not exercising
- Healthy heart
important physical benefit
- Unhealthy lungs
benefit of not exercising
Display mental benefits of exercise -
- Exercise makes you feel energetic
- after good workout and clean shower your body and spirit will be filled with energy
- It relieves stress
- after hard day 30 minutes run will definitely will make you stop thinking about stressful day
- It gives you self-confidence
- regular exercise will maintain your healthy weight which also will make you look slim and as a result you will feel good about yourself
Conduct an exercise about identifying mental benefits -
- It relieves stress
important mental benefit
- It gives you self-confidence
important mental benefit
- It gives you the feeling of tiredness
false mental benefit
Display social benefits of exercise -
- Exercise allows you to meet new people
- different types of sports allow us to play or do activities with other people - and that provides the chance for making new friends
- Friends encourage you
- your buddy will always support you and will tell you how great you did
- Friends motivate
- when you're about to quit - your friend's desire will keep you going without stopping
Conduct an exercise about identifying social benefits -
- Motivation
very helpful social benefit
- New friends
exciting social benefit
- “You can’t do it!”
negative and false social benefit
Next session of the class will talk about ways of developing strength - endurance and flexibility.
Muscle strength means being physically strong. It will allow you to do any hard work that you want at any time.
To develop or improve muscle strength - you need to pull or push against force. Example - lifting weights
Very important component of fitness is muscle endurance. It allows you to perform work for a long period of time without getting tired.To improve or develop muscle endurance you need to exercise several times a week for at least 30 minutes. Examples - aerobic exercise - running
The reason why we don't get injured during many sports events - is because we have flexibility. It allows us to move our joints through full range of motion.Stretching exercises will develop flexibility and will prevent injuries.Examples - yoga
Assess students' understanding about strength - endurance - flexibility - feel and look good.
What will lifting weights will improve? Muscle strength
What will swimming improve for your body? Muscle endurance
What will yoga improve for your body? Flexibility
If you will exercise on the regular basis, how will you feel and look? Feel energetic and look good
CONCLUSION - What is fitness? What are physical - mental - social benefits? What is strength - endurance - flexibility and ways to develop them?
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