Introduction
Students: This webquest wants to help you learn about fitness and why fitness is vitally important to you having fun and being healthy. Think about all the fun things you like to do. Running, riding your bike, playing football, cricket, soccer and tennis are fun activities that have a range of benefits, including the fact that they help improve fitness. Work in groups of 5 that your teacher has arranged so you can help and teach each other about the benfits of fitness. This webquest will also help you to understand the importance of team work when building your fitness. Click on the task button and you will see what you can discover about fitness. Then click on the process link and you will find links to useful websites that will help you complete the task. Good luck and remember to enjoy learning about how to look after your body.
Teachers
This is a great way for your students to learn about the potential benefits of fitness and why it is vitally important to their health. It is also a really positve way to learn about fitness because students will enjoy the fun challenges they need to complete throughout this webquest. Students will be able to work together which will help in forming a strong bond throughout the class.
Task
Students: ok now the real fun begins guys and girls. There are several elements to the benefits of fitness. working in groups of 4 or 5, we want you to find out what is a healthy heart rate for a person your age? What is a good heart rate for an olympic long distance runner? What is the benefit of having a low heart rate? What is an unhealthy heart rate for a person your age? Does exercise help put you in a good mood? Does regular exercise help prevent diseases? What helps increase fitness? Make a fitness regime for you and your group.
Research your questions through the linked websites in the process section. This information will enable you and your class mates to understand the benefits of fitness, why you should regularly exercise and have a plan to improve your fitness. This task will also make it possible for you to potentially help friends and family to move out of an unhealthy lifestyle into a rewarding and fun lifestyle.
Bonus question: What are the benefits of running with a group compared to running by yourself?
Teachers: This lesson is ideal for grade 5 and 6 students. It covers ACPMP064 and ACPMP067 from the sub strand of understanding movement and learning through movement of Physical Education in the Australian Curriculum (ACARA, 2013). These questions could be used to for an assignment across a few different lessons or be used just for one lesson.
Process
Students: This page will help you and your group to find appropriate and accurate information on the questions provided. First as a group you need to decide which group members will take care of which questions. This information is vital to your health and maybe even your family and friends.
Use the following links to research and answer your questions:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/fitness/in-depth/exercise/art-…
www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10074
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/235710.php
http://www.topendsports.com/testing/heart-rate-resting-chart.htm
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/scni25a4.htm
http://www.livestrong.com/article/282538-heart-rate-respiration-in-chil…
Well done team. Now you can sort through the information and put together a quality oral presentation with your group. Team work is vital to this assignment because if you do not communicate well you may end up not covering all the questions or you may even double up on questions. This information will benefit you, your class and with your help could even assist your family and friends.
Teacher: Ensure each student is contributing to the assignment. Students will need access to laptops.
Evaluation
Teacher: Mr Younger
Student:
Please circle the grade for each section:
| A | B | C | N |
| Appropriate and Accurate Information |
Information is accurate and up to date |
Information is mostly accurate and most of it is up to date |
Some information is accurate and some of the information is up to date |
Information is inaccurate and out of date. |
| Grammar |
Grammar is sound, all punctuation and spelling is done to a high level |
Most of the grammar is correct and is done to a high level. | Some of the grammar is to a high standard. | Poor grammar throughout assignment |
| Presentation Skills | Clear and succint voice. Engaging and easy to listen to. | Mostly clear and succinct. Mostly engaging and easy to listen to. |
Sometimes clear and succinct. Sometimes engaging easy to listen to. |
Unclear voice. Hard to understand and listen to. |
| Writing - Sentence structure | Paragraphs, headings and sentences are at a high level throughout assignment. |
Sentences, paragraphs and headings are placed in appropriate places | Some sentences, paragraphs and headings are put in appropriate places | Poor sentence structure, paragraphs and headings throughout assignment. |
| Understanding Shown | Very good understanding of topic shown in assignment |
Good understanding of fitness throughout assignment |
Some understanding of fitness in assignment |
Very little to no understanding of fitness throughout assignment. |
| Team Work | Showed exceptional teamwork. Always looking to help out. | Displayed good teamwork. Mostly helped out. | Sometimes showed good team work. Helped out sometimes. | Very poor team work. Did not look out for team mates. |
Teacher comments:
Conclusion
students: Well done students. Now you have the opportunity to keep yourself physically fit while potentially being able to pass on your knowledge to help your family and friends. You have learnt what a healthy heart rate is, what the benefit of fitness is and how to improve your fitness. To learn more on fitness you could study professional athletes and their training regimes, and the benefits of a healthy diet.
Teacher: Ensure students have a reminder of their work to keep them motivated about living a healthy lifestyle. Posting the students exercise regime around the class would be very beneficial.
Credits
References:
ACARA. (2013). Health and Physical Education. Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/healthandphysicaleducation/Curri…
Rubric:
Rubistar, 2008. Retrieved June 3rd, 2014. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php.