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This document outlines a project-based learning lesson plan for an 8th grade physical education class. The lesson involves students researching and designing personalized fitness plans for senior citizens in their community. Over three weeks, students will learn how to create a fitness schedule and healthy diet. They will present their plans to their class and the senior citizen they are assigned in a PowerPoint presentation. The goal is for students to gain knowledge on staying healthy through exercise and nutrition, while also helping members of their community. The teacher will guide students and connect them with a senior program, and parents will support students' work outside of class.
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- 1. 7th grade Physical Education Westbrook Middle School
- 2. Project-Based Learning is simple learning through projects. PBL is focus on students- centered activity to learn through experiences. Teachers are there to scaffold the students by guiding and support them. How I will use PBL in my classroom is by students-centered projects, focusing on teaching them how to learn through experiences with projects.
- 3. Essential Question: What is being healthy? Unit Question: How does exercising relate to lifelong skills? Content Question: How can staying active be fun?
- 4. Lesson Plan: 8th grade Physical Education: (16) Design a personalized fitness plan Standards: Students will design a personalize fitness schedule. Objective: Students will research and learn how to stay healthy by staying physically fit and eating right as well as how to create a physical fitness plan.
- 5. Students will be given 3 weeks to learn and research information on a physical fitness plan and will design a personalize fitness schedule for senior citizens. Students will create a PowerPoint presentation as well as provide information to the class as well as a senior citizen they are assign too. The project should include health related information on staying physically fit with a nutrient diet and physical activity exercises to do.
- 6. Students will have more knowledge of how to stay health through exercises and eating right. Also having the opportunity to get involve with their community by designing a physical fitness schedule for a senior citizen.
- 7. Role of teacher: Get students time in the library to work on their project. If needed, guide students throughout the project with answering questions and helping them design a PowerPoint. Get a community senior citizen program to help with the project and assign a student with a senior citizen. Role of student: Research information on staying healthy for a senior citizen by get information on exercises as well as diets to stay healthy. Create a personalize physical fitness schedule for a senior citizen to follow for 3 weeks. Put information on a PowerPoint and present information in front of class. Role of parent: Make sure students are working on their project outside of class as well as meeting with a senior citizen from their community. Help student with project.
- 8. Teresita Gill tbgill@crimson.ua.edu (O) 205-555-2222 (H) 251-444-5555 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 3:30p-5:00p