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Introduction
Go over the F.I.I.T. Principal with students to introduce four important concepts about exercise. You can refer to this concept throughout the month.
Watch
Choose at least one video to watch but enjoy as many as you'd like throughout the month.
This video helps students understand how the brain gets a boost from physical activity.
Ideal for grades 2nd-5th.
Help students learn more about how being active is a benefit.
Ideal for grades K-2nd.
In this video, our younger students will learn why exercise is important.
Ideal for grades K-2nd.
Older students will learn more about what exercise is doing for them.
Ideal for grades 6-8th.
Help students learn what is going on in their body when they choose to exercise regularly.
Ideal for grades 6-8th.
Students who enjoy sports will love to learn what it's doing for the brain and body.
Ideal for grades 3-8th.
Research Resources
Here are some resources students can use to to research the benefits and types of physical activities, which can be used to complete the activities included below.
Goal Setting
If we want to increase our physical activity, it can be helpful to set goals. Find or create your own goal setting worksheet or use one posted here.
Exercise Trackers
As students focus on their goals, they can use one of these to track their progress as well as document how they feel as they focus on healthy exercise this month.
Activity
Choose at least one activity to complete but enjoy as many as you'd like throughout the month.
Positive Effects
Positive Effects
Roll out a piece of butcher paper and have students trace an outline of each other while lying down. Have students label the parts of their body that are positively effected when they take part in phyiscal activities. This could include the heart and lungs as well as the various muscles. Don't let them forget the brain as it helps make decisions while playing sports or helps them power through a tough bike ride.
Outlines can also be done with painter's tape or chalk.
Make a Workout Video
Challenge students to create their own workout video! Have them come up with some aerobic actions they can teach to their viewers while describing the positive effect the move is having on the body.
Make a Commercial
Have students write a script for a commercial promoting physical activity. Then, have them get the family involved with roles in their commercial. Act the commercial out together to bring your student's vision to life while promoting the benefits of physical activity.
Design a Poster
Have students create a poster using what they've learned in one or more of the videos above about the benefits of exercise.
The Talk Test
From cdc.gov:
"As a rule of thumb, a person doing moderate-intensity aerobic activity can talk, but not sing, during the activity. A person doing vigorous-intensity activity cannot say more than a few words without pausing for a breath."
Over the course of the month, have students apply the Talk Test to 2-3 physical activities each week, noting which activities were moderate-intensity and which were vigorous-intensity.
For more information about this, including the idea of relative intensity, visit this site.
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