Its more than just moving!
- 1. ITS MORE THAN JUST MOVING ! Importance of Physical Activity 7th Grade Physical Education Ms. Flores
- 2. • Students will be able to define the importance of physical education. • Students will be able to distinguish between the five components of health-related physical fitness. • Students will be able to come up with physical activities for each of the fitness components. 4.2 Identify physical activities that are effective in improving each of the health- related physical fitness components. 4.3 Match personal preferences in physical activities with each of the five components of health-related physical fitness. 4.5 Describe the role of physical activity and nutrition in achieving physical fitness.
- 3. FREE WRITE EXERCISE You Try Think about a time you were exercising whether it be running, playing tag with friends, or even riding a bike. Describe what you think your body was going through when performing those Example When running, heart rate goes up, there is a lot of muscle contraction and body temperature was rising.
- 4. LETS THINK ABOUT IT While we are moving, what is it that our bodies are really doing? Why is it that participating in physical activity is so important that our doctors, our parents, our school and even our peers are always telling us to do it?
- 5. WHAT IS MOVEMENT? Movement is any changes in the position of any of your body parts relative to one another. In our own words: your body moving. What is physical activity? Answer: Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure. In our own words: any movement that requires energy.
- 6. SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? Lets go back and think about our free write exercise. Our example was running. For some of us, we love to run. A reason why we do it, is so we can stay healthy, right? So now ask yourself this: Do you go up the stairs to fifth period to stay healthy? No, you do it because you have to get to class. You aren’t really thinking about walking up the stairs or have an end goal for it. Therefore, physical activity is movement that is voluntary AND is directed towards a goal.
- 7. NOW YOU TRY This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND On your left you have two gifs. We have Beyoncé walking across the stage and we have three women jumping and doing Double Dutch. Who do you think is displaying movement and who is participating in physical activity? Why?
- 8. A DEEPER MEANING In order to fully understand why physical activity is important, we must know of the five components of fitness. These components are essential in telling us if we are achieving the right level of fitness in order to maintain good health. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA Cardiovascular endurance Body Composition Flexibility Muscular Strength Muscular Endurance
- 9. THE FIVE COMPONENTS OF FITNESS Definition Example Cardiovascular Endurance The ability of the heart and lungs to work together to supply oxygen rich blood to working muscles Running, walking Flexibility The ability of a joint to move throughout it's full range of motion Stretching Muscular Endurance The ability of the muscle to endure continuous movements over a long period of time Doing 10 pushups in a row Weight Lifting Muscular Strength The ability of the muscles to exert a force on a object in single movement Lifting weights, throwing a shot put Body Composition The various types of matter that your body is made up of Fat versus lean muscle mass
- 10. CHECK FOR COMPREHENSION What is Fitness: Health & Skill Fitness Components PE By QuickTeach PE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNFLIaN0dok&feature=e mb_logo
- 11. NOW YOU TRY Your own example Why you think it is important check our level of fitness? Cardiovascular Endurance Flexibility Muscular Endurance Muscular Strength Body Composition
- 12. BENEFITS Physical Activity Social Skills Working together Leadership skills Cognitive skills Problem Solving Skills Reduce cardiovascular diseases Increase motor skills Competence in variety of skills Boosts Self-Esteem Increases Self- Confidence Reduces Stress Promotes a healthy lifestyle Better nutrition and stronger body
- 13. HOW DOES P.E. HELP WITH MY ACADEMIC CLASSES? You must be wondering,” But how does it boost my academic learning?” For one, P.E. helps develop cooperative and social skills. This means that whenever you are paired or grouped up with others to do a project, you would already know how to be a team player because of P.E. For others, they might be dealing with stress and anxiety that prevents them from focusing in school, but P.E. helps reduce that for them. This way they are able to achieve their goals in their classrooms. Just how you are able to set goals up in P.E., it comes in handy when you are trying to improve in your English class by setting up a goal of reading more books a week. To really answer the question, there are just too many ways P.E. can boost academic learning.
- 14. CHECK FOR COMPREHENSION NASEM Health and Medicine Division https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rasZGZpQsy0
- 15. APPLY IT TO THE REAL WORLD By using the knowledge you have just learned you will apply it to real physical activity. Attend an afterschool (home) game and find the five components of fitness one player is participating in. Please be able to list down exactly what their activity is pertaining to the component and what you think their body is going through. Lastly list a couple of benefits this player might be receiving by participating in physical activity.