Let’s Get Moving
Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you should be able
to:
Identify the benefits of physical activity on
your heart.
Analyze your daily physical activity.
Create a plan to improve on the number of
minutes you spend moving each day.
Important Vocabulary
Heart
Artery
Ventricle
Vein
Atrium
Static
Engage
Name That Sound!
Can you guess what is
creating these sounds?
Sound 1
Sound 2
Name That Sound!
What might be causing the
second one to beat at a
faster rate?
Why might the heart need
to beat slowly at times and
faster at others?
Sizing It Up!
Make a fist and
hold it over your
chest.
Did you know
your heart is about the size of your fist?
Did You Know?
The heart is the
hardest working
muscle in your body.
Your heart pumps
over 2,000 gallons of
blood throughout
your body each day!
The Circulatory System
Keeping Your Heart Healthy
Your heart has many
important jobs that
keep you alive and well.
It is important to keep
your heart healthy.
Can you think of some ways to keep your
heart healthy?
Explore
Finding Your Pulse
Let’s look at 2 ways you
can find your pulse!
Wrist
Neck
Calculating Beats Per Minute
Fill in the number of
beats you feel in 15
seconds.
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This number tells you how
many times your heart
beats in one minute.
Exploring Your Heart Rate
Choose Your Fitness Activities
Choose 3 fitness activities that
can be done at your desk.
Graphing Your Data
Example: Double Bar Graph
Graphing Your Data
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Example: Double Bar Graph
Online Graphing Tool:
Create-A-Graph
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Explain
Importance of Physical Activity
The more we exercise a muscle such as the
heart, the stronger that muscle becomes.
The stronger your heart is,
the stronger the rest of
your muscles will be.
This is because a
strong healthy heart
is able to pump the
needed blood to those muscles.
The Benefits of Exercise
Study the ”How Exercise
Benefits Your Whole Body”
article.
As you read, make note of
the many reasons exercise
is so good for your body.
The Benefits of Exercise
Study the “How Exercise
Benefits Your Whole Body”
article.
As you read, make note of
all the reasons exercise is
so good for your body.
Exercise Benefits
Whole Body
Reflect on Your Daily Activity
List all the ways you get
physical activity each day.
Estimate the time you spend
on each activity listed and
then add up the total time
you spend doing physical
activity in a day.
Do you think this is enough, or should you spend
more time doing physical activity each day?
Other Ways to Get Moving
Study the following
article:
– Get Off Your Butt
What are some activities
that can be added to your
list of ways to increase
your daily physical
activity?
Other Ways to Get Moving
Study the “Get Off Your
Butt” article.
What are some activities
that can be added to your
list of ways to increase your
daily physical activity?
Get Off Your Butt
I can add physical activity to my day by...
Elaborate
Facts and Statistics
Let’s check out some facts
and statistics highlighted
on the President’s
Council on Fitness, Sports
& Nutrition website!
Think about how these
facts and statistics can
help you improve your
physical fitness.
Facts and Statistics
Let’s check out some facts and
statistics highlighted on the
President’s Council on Fitness,
Sports & Nutrition website!
Council on Fitness,
Sports and Nutrition
Think about how these facts and
statistics can help you improve
your physical fitness.
Tracking Your Activity
Tracking Your Activity
Now that you have a week’s worth of data, calculate
the totals for each day as well as the daily average.
Create and Implement Plan
Now that you know about how much physical
activity you get each day…
– Create a plan to
incorporate more
movement into
your day.
Evaluate
Show What You Know
What are the main parts of the circulatory system?
What part of the circulatory system carries blood
to the heart? What part carries blood away from
the heart?
Why is it so essential to exercise the heart?
What can we do to improve our heart health?
Explain how the heart acts as a pump and how
it gets blood to every cell in the body.
fit Takeaways
Physical activity is great for the body and the
mind.
Choose to move throughout the day. Minutes
add up and they all matter.
fit Resources:
Fitness Challenge
http://fit.webmd.com/kids/move/game/fitness-challenge-game
How Exercise Benefits Your Whole Body
http://fit.webmd.com/kids/move/article/exercise-helps-body
Get Off Your Butt
http://fit.webmd.com/kids/move/article/off-your-butt
Track Your Exercise
http://fit.webmd.com/kids/move/article/track-your-exercise
Kid Exercises: The 4 Types You Need
http://fit.webmd.com/kids/move/article/exercise-types
Other Resources:
President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition (website)
http://www.fitness.gov/resource-center/facts-and-statistics/
National Center for Education Statistics’ Create-A-Graph (online graphing tool)
http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
http://www.fit4theclassroom.com/