Introduction
Have you ever been SO mad that you want to throw something? Do you find yourself becoming over-stimulated in school or at home, and want to find a way to help calm your emotions? Then this WebQuest is for you! We will do some thinking on and listening to our minds and bodies when we get upset: do I feel like crying, do I feel like hitting someone, do I feel like throwing something. Really think about the most upset you have been, and what you felt like doing when you felt that way. Then we will do some research on the internet about different relaxation and/or exercise techniques to do that are positive ways to get out our emotions. Remember—it is OKAY to feel our emotions, but we must react to them in a positive rather than negative way. We will then create a PowerPoint presentation describing how we feel, and the results of our research. The last part of the WebQuest will be to make a short video showing the technique that best helps you calm down when you are upset.
Ready?? Here we go!
Task
We will begin our journey to safe and healthy behavior regulation by doing some thinking. You will create a Word Document, each page of the document answering one question. Each page will address a different emotion that we may feel throughout the day, and will include either a clip art picture of a face showing that emotion or the activity that makes you feel that emotion.
- What makes me feel sad?
- What makes me feel frustrated?
- What makes me feel angry?
- What makes me feel happy?
You will notice these colored faces. Sometimes, instead of saying that you are mad, frustrated, or sad, you can categorize your feelings into colors. I am feeling blue, yellow, red, and green (all is great).
Now you will start the process of bringing yourself back to a happier state of mind! Please research five exercises people can do to help release stress and relax. I want you to answer the following questions when you look up the exercises.
- What is the exercise?
- Where can you do the exercise?
- Do you need any special equipment to do the exercise?
- Find a picture or a video of the exercise, if you do not know how it is done
Please continue to work in your Word Document to answer these questions. You may use the internet to answer these questions.
We will now start turning your Word Document into a PowerPoint! You will transfer what you wrote about feelings, and the pictures you found, into different pages on PowerPoint. Each emotion, with its picture, will be a different page. Once you are done, add what you find out about the different exercises into the PowerPoint. Make each exercise one page, and don’t forget to include your picture!
Last step! Out of the five exercises, which one do you like doing the best, or do you feel is best for you to help you calm down? You will make one last page answering this question. But wait, it gets better!
You will also make a video of you doing this activity; have a classmate or teacher take a short video (30 seconds) of you doing the activity, demonstrating for others. Add this video to your last page of the PowerPoint.