PE Course 1 · Week 12 · Heart, Breath, and Stress
Exercise as Medicine
After a brisk 6 minute walk, students privately rate their mood before and after and connect regular activity to preventing disease over a lifetime.
- Students will
- Students rate their mood before and after a brisk walk and explain how regular activity helps prevent disease and lower health care costs over a lifetime.
- SEL skill
- Connect a daily movement choice to long term health outcomes
- What it looks like
- Students practice making responsible choices by linking daily movement to long term health.
- Content focus
- Exercise as medicine
- Format
- Structured discussion
Responsible decision-making
Responsible decision-making means choosing in a caring, thoughtful way by weighing safety, fairness, and what could happen next. More responsible decision-making activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- C1.2.11: High School Course 1, Standard 2 (Physical Fitness), item 2.11
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 2.12.11 Discusses the benefits of a physically active lifestyle as it relates to young adulthood.
- SHAPE America (national): 4.12.3 Identifies and participates in physical activity that positively affects health.
More responsible decision-making activities for PE Course 1
- Pressure on the Court Responsible decision-makingDuring a partner challenge, students rehearse short scripts for responding when peers push them to skip a safety step or mock a classmate.
- Practice Plans That Work Responsible decision-makingAfter a quick skill check in an individual activity, students write a short practice plan based on their own results and test it for one round.
- Fitness Myths and Smart Choices Responsible decision-makingBetween circuit stations, students examine sample fitness product ads, judge whether the claims are honest, and name the feelings the ads try to stir up.
- My One Month Plan Responsible decision-makingStudents sample three home friendly workouts and draft a private one month activity plan that fits their schedule, space, and interests.
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