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\nPhysical Activity and Energy\n

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\nAll physical activity requires energy. The more vigorous the physical activity, the more energy required to perform the activity. Sitting around requires energy. What? Yes, there are still physical things happening in the body, like...\n
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\nHow does Physical activity Help You?\n

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\nExamine factors that influence your choice about physical activity.  In this physical activity instructional activity, students recognize how physical activity and good health go together.  Students participate in a survey...\n
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\nIndoor Physical Activity Ideas for Kids!\n

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\nRainy day schedule doesn't mean you can't stay fit! Use a collection of indoor physical activities during periods of inclement weather, substitute teaching days, or for those afternoons when your class just wants to move around!\n
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\nNutrition and Physical Activity\n

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\nEmerging nutritionists explore what it means to be healthy. In the beginning of the unit, your class will examine the five food groups and learn how food gets from the farm to our plates. This leads into the investigation of...\n
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\nComparing Physical Activity Choices\n

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\nA physical activity log will help your elementary learners keep track of their activities. Your class will calculate the average number of physicaly active minutes per day. They compare with other students and then estimate the relative...\n
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\nKeeping a Physical Activity Log\n

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\nThis study asks learners to keep a log at home of their daily physical activities for at least one or two weeks. They bring their logs back to class. They compare the activities and discuss different levels of intensity.\n
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\nBenefits of Physical Activity\n

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\nIdentify at least five benefits of physical activity and guide students to experience fun feeling healthy. Your class will participate in the Synchronized Chair Dance. Worksheet and Evaluation are included.\n
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\nPhysical Activity Can Reduce Your Stress\n

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\nIdentify sources of stress in your students' everyday lives. They are introduced to ways in which they can relieve stress and consider the value of physical activity in overall health.\n
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\nHow Many Minutes Should I Get?\n

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\nThirty minutes of physical activity a day maintains health and keeps chronic disease away! Your class will learn and discuss the number of minutes of physical activity needed every day to maintain good health, as well as the short- and...\n
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\nGet Physically Active\n

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\nStudents discover the importance of water.  In this physical education science lesson, students consider mental and physical activities.  Students find their pulse and measure their heart rate. Students discuss the importance...\n
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\nPhysical Activity and Energy\n

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\nDoes smiling take as much energy as running a lap around the track? Everything the body does requires energy. The more vigorous the activity, the more energy the body requires to perform the activity. Compare different low-energy...\n
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\nWhy Be Active?\n

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\nAre there benefits to being physically active? Yes! There are both short-term and long-term benefits! Being physically active doesn't just have strengthen you physically, but also emotionally and socially. Learners find out how to...\n
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\nYour Energy Out\n

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\nHow much activity is appropriate for elementary school youngsters? What kind of activities do they need to do? Check out the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Look to see what are age-appropriate activities for each grade...\n
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\nPersonal Health Series: Fitness\n

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\nComplete activities to help your class appreciate the importance of physical activity. They will answer discussion questions, read articles, and create their own physically active game in order to deepen their knowledge and appreciation...\n
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\nI Can Balance. You Can Balance.\n

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\nIt's disturbing to think that one third of children born after the year 2000 will suffer from diabetes and perhaps be the first generation to live shorter lives than their parents! Too many youngsters are not eating properly and are not...\n
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\nYour Energy Balance Goal!\n

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\nThis is the culminating activity for a unit on energy balance for 3rd-5th graders created by Together Counts. Young learners make a plan to balance their energy in and their energy out for one month. They use the SMART steps in creating...\n
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\nHow Balanced Are You?\n

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\nYoung learners take a look at what they eat in one day and compare it to how much physical activity they do on that same day. Point out that this is only a one-day glimpse at balancing the energy going in and what energy being used. They...\n
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\nWhat is Physical Activity?\n

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\nStudents describe how the heart needs to work and rest. In this lesson on the heart, students feel their heart working, play a game of \"Wise Owl Says\" about physical activity and complete worksheets about physical activities.\n
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\nYoung learners can cut out physical activity words (provided) and paste them on a graphic organizer chart. They do this in order to set goals for three days of activity. Sixty minutes seems like a lot of activity in one day, but if it's...\n
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\nEnergy Balance Tracker\n

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\nUse this graphic organizer to record what food and drink is consumed in one day. Also record all activity performed on this same day. The class will need some charts regarding the calories in food items. Also needed are charts regarding...\n
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\nLet's Get Physical\n

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\nExplore the benefits of physical activity and how it will affect your students' health. Students track their physical activities for one week and then compare their results.  Collaboration with a math teacher woould be useful as it...\n
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\nWhat are some of the benefits of physical activity? Young learners take a look at not just the physical benefits, but also the emotional and social benefits of being physically active. There is a heart rate activity to count their...\n
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\nYour Energy Out\n

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\nWhat kinds of physical activity should youngsters do more of? What kind of activities should they do enough of? What kind of activities should they do less of? Studies say that children should be doing about an hour of vigorous activity...\n
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\nNutrition in Me!\n

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\nThird graders explain the basic healthy eating and physical activity concepts.  In this healthy lifestyles activity, 3rd graders describe two main components of a healthy lifestyle, demonstrate two different types of physical...\n
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