Learning Links
Spectator / Sportsmanship / Exercise / Dance / Recreation / Leisure / Safety / Competition / Consumer / Elderhostel/ Nutrition / Rules / Coaching
Related Concepts
Skill Training and Conditioning / Rules/Play Etiquette / Individual/Group Activities / Dual/Team Sports / Strategies of Play / Critical Thinking / Problem Solving / Outdoor Pursuit / Sportsmanship
Demonstrators should be read from bottom to top, but need not be demonstrated sequentially.
Elementary Demonstrators
• Develop a personal interest in participating in physical activities.
• Apply fundamental strategies in simple games and activities.
• Investigate the role of practice for successful participation in games and sports.
• Identify health benefits that result from regular participation in physical activity.
• Apply and use guidelines for the safe use of equipment and apparatus as related to lifetime physical activities.
• Identify components of acceptable and unacceptable behaviors in various physical activities.
Middle School Demonstrators
• Analyze the benefits (e.g., physical, mental, psychological, emotional) of involvement in lifetime physical activity.
• Explore ways to learn new lifetime physical activities.
• Apply rules and appropriate behaviors in lifetime physical activities.
• Apply basic strategies in games and sports.
• Investigate principles of training and conditioning for a variety of physical activities.
High School Demonstrators
• Demonstrate ability to learn and participate in lifetime physical activities.
• Analyze and demonstrate appropriate participant and spectator behaviors in lifetime physical activities.
• Analyze and apply strategies of play for a variety of lifetime activities.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate a skills-training and physical- conditioning program for lifetime physical activities.
• Demonstrate regular participation in individual, dual, or team activities with lifetime application.
Sample Teaching/Assessment Strategies
Collaborative Process: Cooperative Learning • Community-Based Instruction: Field Studies, Mentoring • Continuous Progress Assessment: Self-assessment, Portfolio Development • Problem Solving: Role-play, Simulation, Case Studies, Inquiry I Investigation • Whole Language Approach • Writing Process
These sample strategies offer ideas and are not meant to limit teacher resourcefulness. More strategies are found in the resource section.
Ideas for Incorporating Community Resources
• Invite community members who engage in lifetime physical activities to speak on their pursuits.
• Visit a health club, fitness center, YMCA or YWCA to observe or participate in available activities.
• Tour a physical rehabilitation center to observe full range of motion of the human body.
• Invite members of the community who are good examples of physical fitness (e.g., basketball team, ballet dancers) to discuss/demonstrate things they do to stay in condition.
• Invite an insurance agent to present differences in insurance premiums for persons involved in perilous lifetime physical activities (e.g., hang gliding, skiing, mountain climbing, sky jumping).
Core Concept – Lifetime Physical Activities
Sample Elementary Activities
• Role-play appropriate and inappropriate participant/spectator behaviors in a game setting. Videotape and present to class. PE
• Create and perform a game or dance activity that represents a cultural background different from your own. PE, OE, P
• Interview a conditioning expert regarding appropriate and inappropriate techniques to be used during physical activities. Illustrate consequences of each. PE, OE, P
• Perform gymnastics routines using equipment (e.g., balance beam, horse, parallel bars, rope) and apply guidelines for safety. PE, OE
• Monitor heart rate before and after a jump-rope activity and discuss the benefits that are derived from regular participation in aerobic activities. PE, OE
• Create a poster illustrating the benefits resulting from regular participation in physical activity .PE, OE
• Write and illustrate a book of favorite physical activities. Explain why you like those activities. PE, OE, P
Applications Across the Curriculum
Language Arts
• Plan and perfonT1 a different physical activity one hour each day for one week. Keep a journal of your activities and your body's reaction to each. At end of the week, develop a personal fitness plan. OE, P
Science
• List physical activities in which you would participate on a summer vacation day and winter school day. Calculate and compare the number of calories you would bum on each day. PE, OE
Mathematics
• Compare calories expended watching an hour of television versus calories expended during other activities. PE, OE
Social Studies
• Interview older people to discover positive physical activities that lead to good health. Analyze data and use to prepare a collage of beneficial lifetime physical activities. PE
Arts and Humanities
• Illustrate the changes in attitude and outlook of an individual who routinely engages in physical activities. PE, OE, P
Vocational Education
• Brainstorm differences in physical activities during the human life cycle. OE
Sample Middle School Activities
• Research a game, sport, and/or dance activity representing different cultural backgrounds. Lead the class in one activity. PE
• Observe offensive and defensive strategies employed in a game activity; discuss ways these strategic principles can be used in life. PE, OE
• Create a visual display of the potential fitness benefits of a variety of lifetime physical activities. PE, OE
• View a video involving a game activity and discuss the ethical and unethical behaviors demonstrated by the participants. OE
• Survey members of the community about their physical activities and use a spreadsheet/database to chart the results by age groups. PE
• Record regular participation in an outdoor activity (e.g., hiking, canoeing, cycling) that is indigenous to the area and prepare a presentation summarizing your findings. PE, OE, P
Applications Across the Curriculum
Variations on a theme: Adult Fitness
Language Arts
• Interview a variety of adults about their structured physical activities. PE
Science
• Compile the interviews with adult, look for patterns of activity, and draw conclusions about the relationship between exercise and adult fitness. PE, OE
Mathematics
• Use statistics drawn from the interviews in a variety of ways to help in the analysis of the relationship between structured physical activities and adult fitness. PE, OE
Social Studies
• Investigate and present details about a variety of structured and unstructured adult physical activities. Discuss factors which help determine their popularity and ways in which participation in those activities is beneficial to adults involved. OE, p
Arts and Humanities
• Make a video showing a variety of physical activities based on the interviews. Include statistics and patterns resulting from the research. PE, OE, P
Vocational Education
• Invite personnel from local health organizations and fitness centers to a panel discussion on adult fitness and how it relates to adolescents. OE, P
Reflections
As students make the transition from school to family, career, and work, continuous involvement in physical activity becomes increasingly important to a lifetime of physical health and well-being. They must make fitness-conscious decisions about nutritious foods, exercise programs, and recreational activities.
The knowledge, skills, and attitudes students develop as young people influence their values in later life. If students leave school with positive attitudes about sportsmanship and competition, with a sound nutritional background; and with a sense of how to incorporate physical activity in their daily routines, they will have already adopted the habits of life-long fitness and well-being.
Sportsmanship, health, exercise-consciousness, and informed consumerism of food and drug products may be included in many of the curricular areas allowing students to demonstrate progress toward this academic expectation. Interdisciplinary teams can be used to target this academic expectation of valuing physical activity throughout one's lifetime.
Sample High School Activities
• Document your participation in a skills-training and conditioning program for a selected lifetime physical activity .P
• Analyze factors (e.g., time, cost, accessibility) related to regular participation in physical activity. Correlate the benefits versus these factors. OE
• Videotape spectator behaviors during a team or individual sporting event. Critique appropriateness of the behaviors and draw conclusions on the fan's knowledge of the game. Edit, narrate, and present the videotape. PE, OE
• Examine the risk and safety factors that may affect physical activity throughout life. Present findings. OE
• Observe and analyze spectator behaviors during a sport activity. Draw conclusions and make recommendations for improvement. PE, OE, P
• Choreograph and videotape a three-minute, aerobic dance routine. Teach to classmates. PE, OE
Applications Across the Curriculum
Language Arts
• Write a new physical activity involving teams, rules, and strategies of play. PE, OE
Science
• Develop a survey and gather data for correlating aerobic exercises and wellness. PE
• Monitor, quantify, and report a physiological change resulting from regular participation in a low-impact sport. OE
Mathematics
• Compare the cost and availability of participating in lifetime sports {e.g., swimming, golf, softball, bowling, running, horseback riding). Summarize results in a presentation; include information about the impact socioeconomic status has on a person who wishes to participate in some sports opportunities. OE, p
Social Studies
• Investigate the influence of lifetime physical activity on lifespan and its sociological implications. OE, p
Arts and Humanities
• Create a multi-generational play or skit communicating the value of lifetime physical activity .OE
Vocational Education
• Develop a program of physical activities for each member of your family. P
• Develop an exercise regimen for a heart-attack victim. Research and report the benefits of exercise on the cardiovascular system. OE, P
• Develop a training and conditioning program for athletes in various sports. P