Lesson 6.3: Preparing for Physical Activity

Overview

This lesson focuses on the importance of including physical activity in your daily life. Physical activity should include a warm-up, the activity itself, and a cool-down. This lesson explains the important aspects of participating safely in various physical activities and identifying the benefits of participating in lifelong fitness activities.

Learning Targets

  • LO13: Describe the three parts of a workout.
  • LO14: Identify three benefits of being physically active throughout your life.
  • LO15: Explain two things an individual, dual, or team sport can teach you.
  • LO16: Analyze the importance of three pieces of protective equipment you should wear when being physically active.
  • LO17: List three strategies you think are important for preventing an injury.

Preparation

For the Warm-Up Activity: Write the Journal Question on the board or identify (and copy as needed) the worksheets you plan to use:

For the Content Focus: Open the Lesson 6.3 PowerPoint slides or make copies of the Lesson 6.3 Note-Taking Guide.

For the Lesson Focus: Copy the Lesson 6.3 Skill-Building Challenge Worksheet: Analyzing Influences.

Warm-Up Activity

Select a warm-up activity to help get your class focused and on task.

  • Journal Question: What is your favorite physical activity and why? Is it something you can do throughout your life? Can you do it anywhere? Do you need special equipment for it?
    • Option: Write or project the question and have students respond in their journal or on their “bell ringer” sheet as they enter class.
    • Option: Have students discuss the question with a partner or in a small group.
  • Vocabulary Review: Have students work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to complete the Lesson 6.3 Vocabulary Review Worksheet
  • Quiz: Have students complete the Lesson 6.3 Quiz to assess their prior knowledge.
    • Option: Collect the quiz and use it alongside a posttest to demonstrate student learning.
    • Option: Have students share their answers with a partner and then go over the answers together as a class.

Lesson Content

Review the content from the textbook lesson.

Lesson Focus: Analyzing Influences

  1. Provide each student with a copy of the Lesson 6.3 Skill-Building Challenge Worksheet: Analyzing Influences.
  2. Review the directions for the worksheet with students.
  3. Provide students with one example of an influence (either a personal example or a hypothetical example) to demonstrate the way in which students will complete their worksheets.
  4. When students are finished, make two columns on the whiteboard, one titled “Positive” and one titled “Negative.” Provide each student with two sticky notes and ask them to write a positive and a negative influence from their list on the appropriate sticky note. Have students stick their notes on the whiteboard in the appropriate columns.
  5. Quickly review the sticky notes as students place them on the board, including duplications and influences that stand out with the class. Discuss what makes the influence positive or negative and how it could affect students.
  6. Have students complete the worksheet by answering the question of whether they will wear the appropriate protective gear for the activity.

Challenge Activity

Have students needing an additional challenge work on the following Thinking Critically task.

List different places you could go in your community to be physically active. Include places like local parks, fields, and facilities. Next to each item, identify the groups of people who are most likely to benefit from that facility (for example, school kids, parents, older adults, individuals with differing abilities, professionals, athletes, etc.). When identifying groups, think about who has access and what the facility offers.

Reflection and Summary

Review the critical content from today’s lesson. Review the learning targets and ask students to answer each question posed.

Can you...

  • Describe the three parts of a workout?

    A warm-up should include large-muscle movements that get your whole body moving slowly to increase your heart rate so you will be ready for your activity. The workout focus is determined by what it is you are trying to improve or what you are training for. The cool-down is used to slow your body down and give it time to adjust when ending an activity.

  • Identify three benefits of being physically active throughout your life?

    Staying physically active throughout your life helps to maintain the ability to live alone and reduces the risk of falling and fracturing bones, improves balance, muscle strength and joint mobility, and can help lower blood pressure and reduce strokes.

  • Explain two things an individual, dual, or team sport can teach you.

    Individual, dual, and team sports can teach people about self-resilience and self-motivation, the importance of being able to work well with others, ways to be a good sport, how to manage time, and the power of persistence.

  • Analyze the importance of three pieces of protective equipment you should wear when being physically active?

    When being physically active, it is important to wear the proper protective equipment specific to the activity to prevent injury. Wearing a helmet when riding a bike helps reduce a person’s risk of suffering a serious head injury in bicycle accidents. Wearing a mouth guard when playing football or other contact sports can prevent a player from getting their teeth knocked out. Wearing reflective clothing when jogging on or near the road can help people be seen and prevent being hit by a car.

  • List three strategies you think are important for preventing an injury?

    Use proper technique when participating in an activity, vary your activity to prevent overuse injuries, and stay hydrated by drinking water regularly while exercising.

Assessment

Complete one or more of the following assessment tasks for this lesson.

Take It Home

Interview three family members or friends about an injury they have had. Ask them how they got the injury and if they could have done anything to prevent it. Create a list of their injuries and possible ways you think the people you interviewed could have prevented their injury.