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Jackie and Tegan
Kurn Hattin 3rd grade - KEY/Flipchart
April 5/3/13
Physical Activity and Hydration
(Jackie) Introduction:
Objectives:
1. List a type of physical activity and an example.
2. List a benefit of exercise and daily requirements.
3. List a reason hydration is important to our bodies.
4. State how much water you need daily.
(Tegan) Ice Breaker: All the students will join us in a circle in the classroom. We will gently
toss around a cube that is marked with some stars. Each student will say their favorite
physical activity when they catch the cube. The whole group will then do that physical
activity. For example if the student says running we will all run in place. If the student
says soccer we will pretend to kick a soccer ball.
Content:
(Jackie) What is physical activity?
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Movements of our body that uses energy.
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Can anyone think of another example of physical activity? (walking briskly, gardening,
dancing, soccer, running, tennis, swimming, basketball, just to name a few)
(Tegan) Why is it important?
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Can anyone name a benefit from exercising?
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Feel better about ourselves
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Sleep better at night
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Have stronger muscles and bones
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Boost our energy levels
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Reduce the risk for developing diseases or health problems when we get
older
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Be with friends or meet new friends
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Have fun!
(Jackie) Different kinds of exercise benefit different parts of our body: Different exercises
can fit into more than one category.
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Aerobic exercise- make your breathing harder, and makes your heart beat
fast. Increases our need for oxygen.
■ Strengthens our lungs and our heart! When we continually do this
type of exercise, our lungs get stronger (we can breathe more
easily, our heart can pump blood to our cells and organs better.
■ Examples: running, soccer, hockey.
■ Now let’s feel our pulse, now do 10 jumping jacks. Feel it again.
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(Tegan) Muscle strengthening activities- makes our muscles stronger!
When we use our muscles, they build up stronger than they were before.
When we keep our muscles active and breaking down and repairing all the
time, we stay healthy and get stronger.
■ Like doing push ups and lifting weights. Then we can feel our biceps
as we pretend to “lift” something. Feeling the muscle moving.
■ Why is it important
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(Jackie) Bone strengthening activities- makes our bones stronger! These
include jumping rope and jumping jacks.
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(Tegan) Balancing and stretching- increases our flexibility and stability
(balance), and prevents injuries. For example stretching, dancing, yoga,
and martial arts. We will all stand up and balance on one foot.Then the other
foot. Then touch our toes. Where do you feel the stretch?
(Jackie) How much is enough?
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60 minutes a day is recommended for children ages 6-17.
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This should include a variety of the different types of physical activity listed
above.
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Most importantly-make it fun! Remember that the “little things” add up!
(Tegan) Hydration
Definition: To supply with water
Did you know 2/3rds of our bodies are water? 3 pictures on a flip chart page. An outline of a
body filled in with blue to represent water. One picture filled up â…“, â…”, all the way filled.
Kids will guess which one they think it is.
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We need it in our body for all sorts of things:
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Helps carry nutrients to our cells through our blood
Cushions our joints (important when we are running or jumping around)
Protects our organs
Helps rinse your mouth and prevent tooth decay. Most tap water contains
fluoride which helps develop strong teeth.
(Jackie) What happens when we don’t drink enough water?
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We lose water every day through sweating, breathing, urine so we need to
replace it by making sure we are drinking fluids throughout the day.
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Dehydration:
Definition: An excess loss of water.
Symptoms: headache, crankiness, poor concentration, sleepiness, dizziness, it
could even cause us to faint.
How do we know we are dehydrated?
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Dry sticky mouth, if you feel thirsty you are already dehydrated!
On hot days or when we are getting more physical activity we need MORE
water.
(Tegan) How much do we need?
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8 8oz glasses per day (show how much this looks like). 65-85 oz a day. per
eatright.org, for kids ages 9-13.
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Water and low fat milk are the best drinks for you. They quench your thirst
without giving you all the sugar and additives found in fruit drinks and juices, soft
drinks, sports drinks and flavoured mineral waters.
(Both) Evaluation: Handout definitions and students will read aloud then match with the
term on the flip chart. Make one flip chart page with terms they will match too.
1. Physical Activity: Movements of our body that use energy.
2. Aerobic Exercise: This exercise makes us breathe harder. It increases our need for oxygen.
3. Muscle Strengthening Activities: Examples of this type of exercise are push ups and lifting
weights.
4. Bone Strengthening Activities: Examples of this type of exercise are jumping and jumping
jacks.
5. Balancing and stretching: Increases our flexibility and stability and helps prevent injuries.
6. Hydration: To supply with water.
7. Dehydration: An excess loss of water.
8. At least 8, 8oz glasses a day: This is how much water we should drink a day.
(Both) Food activity: Make our own hydrating drink. Water, seltzer, fresh lime juice,
raspberry/strawberry ice cubes.
(Jackie) Call to Action: Try to get an hour of some type of physical activity every day, and
drink plenty of fluids (8 glasses of water each day) to stay strong and healthy!
Resources:http://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/kids-teens/stats-and-facts-teens/teensnutrition/drinks-for-hydration.aspx