Fitness Lesson Plan: Personal Health

Grade Levels: 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Fitness, and supports students’ understanding of the importance of exercise in staying healthy. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of creative projects.

Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Ask students: What is your favorite way to exercise? 

Step 2: BUILD BACKGROUND

  • Read aloud the description on the Fitness topic page.
  • Play the Movie, pausing to check for understanding. 
  • Have students read one of the following Related Reading articles: “Did You Know” or “Quirky Stuff.” Partner them with someone who read a different article to share what they learned with each other.

Step 3: APPLY
Students synthesize their ideas and express them through one or more of the following creative projects. They can work individually or collaborate.  

  • Make-a-Movie: Create a PSA explaining why exercise is important. Share ideas for motivating people to exercise.   
  • Make-a-Map: Make a concept map identifying the impact of exercise on different body systems.  
  • Creative Coding: Code a meme encouraging people to exercise. 

Step 4: REFLECT & ASSESS 

Reflect: After sharing creative projects with each other, students reflect on what they’ve learned about fitness. Prompt them by asking questions such as: 

  • Why is exercise important to stay healthy? 
  • How can you incorporate movement into your daily life? 

Assess: Wrap up the lesson with the Fitness Challenge. 

 

Lesson Plan Common Core State Standards Alignments

Related:

    Filed as:  3-5, 6-8, 9-12, BrainPOP, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.8, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.3