Kid-Fit+Challenge+-+Teacher+Page

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**Teacher Page**

 Learning about health and fitness at a young age is very important. By promoting healthy eating and physical activity we can give children a great start in life, and give them the knowledge to take back to their families which may help to create a healthier community.

Recent studies (Abadie & Brown, 2010; Tompkins, Soros, Sothern, & Vargas, 2009) have shown a connection between unfit children who lead a sedentary lifestyle and the early development of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular and respiratory problems. The suggestions to prevent these issues include introducing students to a healthy eating lifestyle and increasing physical activity at a young age. The Department of Health and Aging recommend at least 60 minutes vigorous activity for children between 5 – 12 years of age.

__**Key Learning Objectives Year 5/Year 6 **__

(Dept. Of Education. 2012)

__**Lesson Focus **__

Using Authentic Learning tasks you can facilitate a lesson and allow the students to design their own physical activities. By introducing your students to new technologies that can allow them to research, plan and document their own progress. See how they can change things at home and challenge them create their own games and activities.

__Preparations __
You will need to set up the class as User on Edublogs, then add individual students as authors Teacher tube group set up Warm ups - It is important to warm up, warm down and stretch when doing any physical exercise. These FMS games are a good warm up and can give your students ideas to incorporate in their own routines. (Hunter New England Area Health Service. 2009)

If you have any issues regarding teaching with technology the National Digital Learning Resource Network is a comprehensive resource that matched software and hardware to individual state curriculum

You may wish to create a video on how to use edublogs and how to upload onto teachertube we suggest a program like Jing. With Jing you are able to record your own computer screen as you type, you can also record your voice and relay instructions as you type.

__**Required Resources: **__
 * Internet Connection
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Computers/Laptops
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Camera or Video recording Facilities (iPad, Tablets, Camera Phones etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Sports equipment
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Exercise area


 * __<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Internet Resources: __**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Edublogs
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">@Teacher Tube - To upload videos onto in an educational restricted website
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">You Tube - Videos and podcasts to show exercises and fitness demonstrations
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The Learning Federation - Games and activities to relate health to fitness

__**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Suggested Teaching Plan **__

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Introduction to the project and the process of blogging <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Create rules and guidelines with regards to the blog content <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Divide students into groups of 3-4 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Students to come up with a team name <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Start the project of with a brief overview of the entire subject of health and fitness <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Blog usernames and passwords to be allocated <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Relate exercise to cardiovascular and respiratory health, using the Youtube videos and Learning Federation Resources interactive game (Please see below)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Day 1 (60 Minutes) **
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 9px;">(N.D.L.R.N,2011) || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 9px;">(envisionSTEVe, 2011) ||
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">10 minutes physical warm up – FMS games <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Students follow warm up by researching, planning and rehearsing routine <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">First entry in blog to be entered today <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Processes, feelings, goals and thoughts to be recorded
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Day 2 (60 minutes) **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">30 minutes daily sessions for students to practise their routines <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Encourage student to make modifications if the routine is too easy, too difficult etc. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">30 minutes daily to record individual blogs, reflecting on the day's routine, how they feel, whether they reached a target, whether they have modified and why?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Day 3 - 8 (60 minutes) **

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Start planning video presentation <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Presentations (3-5 Minutes) should include:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Day 9 (60 minutes) **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Thoughts on the importance of daily physical activity
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Interesting experiences with their routines (Modifications, Aims, Targets etc.)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Any changes they might make in the future to improve

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Students to complete video presentations <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">These are to be uploaded to teachertube into the album created by teacher <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Videos must then be embed into each group's blogs = =
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Day 10 (60 Minutes) **

=__<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Extension Ideas __=


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Join a National Program: **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">10,000 Steps - Pedometers are used in this challenge and are provided at registration
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Walking with Attitude - Pedometers are used in this challenge and are provided on registration. Excellent goal setting initiatives, the ability to set your goal to walk the distance of the Great Ocean Road
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Adidas School Fun Run - Keep students fit and raise money for the school at the same time


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Include further elements to the challenge: **
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Add a healthy eating plan to the challenge, to explain about how food is energy, that fuels the body. The Learning Federation provides excellent Interactive Whiteboard Resources for games and fun information. The Energy Calculator is a fun interactive exercise that calculates the energy needed for daily activity

=__<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">References: __=

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Abadie, B. R., & Brown, S. P. (2010). Physical Activity Promotes Academic Achievement and a Healthy Lifestyle when Incorporated into Early Childhood Education. Forum on Public Policy Online, 2010(5).

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Tompkins, C. L., Soros, A., Sothern, M. S., & Vargas, A. (2009). Effects of Physical Activity on Diabetes Management and Lowering Risk for Type 2 Diabetes. American Journal of Health Education, 40(5), 286-290.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Dept, of Health and Aging. (2007). Physical Activity Retrieved May 13, 2012, from http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-active-recommend.htm#who

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Dept, of Education. (2012). k10syllabus Retrieved May 13, 2012, from http://det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport/k10syllabus/detcms/navigation/health---physical-education/?page=2&tab=Main#toc5

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">Hunter New England Area Health Service. (2009). I Move We Move Retrieved April 30, 2012, From http://www.goodforkids.nsw.gov.au/sitefiles/GoodForKids/documents/Children's%20Services/Final%20vesion_I%20Move%20We%20Move_PA%20FMS%20Games%20cards.pdf

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">yauekro999. (2009, May 14). Kids Exercise Game. Retrieved May 17, 2012, from @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHpje3MuwPE&feature=player_embedded

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">National Digital Learning Resources Network. (2011) Take a Deep Breath. Retrieved May 17, 2012, from @http://econtent.thelearningfederation.edu.au/ec/viewing/L21/index.html

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">cjtheworkoutkid. (2011, May 10). Kids Exercise Video/Kids Fitness Training. Retrieved May 17, 2012, from @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihyZQ6eiLaQ&feature=player_embedded

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">envisionSTEVe. (2011, May 8). The Benefits and Effects Of Exercise. Retrieved May 17, 2012, from @http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aE8HyN0zJcw