Lesson+TWO

**Learning Area Outcome:** Information and Communication Technology Health and Physical Education

**Topic:** Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyles **Date:** 29th April 2011 **Time:** 2:00pm **Year/Class No:** 8

At the conclusion of this lesson each student will be able to:
 * Intended Learning Outcomes of this Session:**


 * 1) **//Identify the food pyramid and healthy food sources.//**
 * 2) **//Identify healthy exercise regimes and fitness programs.//**
 * 3) **//Construct a draft health and exercise program for year 8 students using Microsoft Publisher.//**


 * Students’ Prior Knowledge:**

· Surf the internet, gather, collect, retrieve and save information and images to files and folders. · Use search engines i.e. Google or Yahoo to search for information. · Save a document to a file or folder. · Basic word processing skills. · Use Microsoft Publisher templates.


 * Learning Experience:**

__//Introduction: 10 minutes//__ Whole Class: Students will be taken outside to a grassed area and form a circle. Using a soft "spiky" ball, students will need to pass the ball across the circle using only their feet. Students may "throw" the ball or "kick" the ball (using their feet) and the person receiving the ball must remember to "catch" it with their feet. A second or third ball may be added to the circle to make the game more interesting and challenging (5 minutes).
 * This activity will be used to motivate and settle the students, while serving as an example of a simple "exercise" activity which could be included in their pamphlets.

Students will be led back into the classroom to discuss the activity and refresh their memories on healthy foods and exercise programs (5 minutes). - What did we learn about the food pyramid yesterday? - What is the difference between the old and new food pyramids? - What are some ideas for "warm up routines"? - What muscles do you think we were using during our game? - What age group could this activity be used for?

//__Body: 10 minutes__// Whole class: Students will be provided with feedback notes on their work which can be accessed via their folders on the public drive. Students will watch a 3 minute video depicting some simple exercise routines that can be included in their pamphlets ([|Workout Day with my Teenagers]) and engage in a class discussion about some ideas for exercise routines (10 minutes).
 * Remind students that each exercise program should be no less than 30 minutes per day!

__//Activities & Tasks: 35 minutes//__ Groups of 3 or 4: Students will use Microsoft Publisher to commence their pamphlet construction, using their research information and data collected over the previous lesson. All research documents and pictures need to be saved onto their individual USB's so they may access their information the following lesson when continuing construction of their pamphlets.

Teachers will need to circulate each group to ensure all students are on task and saving their work to the public drive so the teacher can check all students have started their pamphlets.
 * Encourage students to think about other forms of exercise such as Zumba or Yoga, try and get the students to alternate the exercise routines on different days.
 * Encourage students to include catchy slogans i.e. "Find 30!"



__//Conclusion: 5 minutes//__ Whole class: Teacher will remind students to save their work to their individual USB's and that all pamphlets are saved to the public drive on My Computer. Students will be reminded to continue any online research they may wish to add to their pamphlets as homework and save any images or information they may find at home onto their USB's.


 * Proposed Assessment Strategies:**
 * Monitor classroom discussions and students individual responses to questioning and working in groups (formative)
 * View each groups pamphlets via the public drive (formative)

//__Curriculum Considerations:__//
 * Reflection/Evaluation of Children's learning experience:**
 * Have the students understood and achieved the lesson outcomes?
 * Have the students submitted their pamphlets via the public drive?
 * Were the objectives appropriate for the students? Were they too overwhelming?

//__Pedagogical Considerations:__//
 * Do students work well in groups of 3 or 4?
 * Does each student get an equal opportunity to access the software or does working in groups hinder individual learning styles?

//__Resources/Other Considerations:__//
 * Did all students understand the task?
 * Did all students participate in the introductory game? Was the game too easy or too hard?
 * Were all students able to use Microsoft Publisher without any problems?


 * Reflection/Evaluation of Teaching experience:**
 * Were the teachers instructions easy to understand?
 * Were students on task? Was classroom management appropriate?
 * How did the students react to being taken outside of the classroom?

__//Curriculum Considerations://__
 * Were the lesson objectives appropriate for the students?

__//Pedagogical Considerations://__
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Did the students contribute to class discussions?
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Were the students engaged and motivated?
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Did the introductory game seem enjoyable and settling to the class?
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Was the teacher able to access each group easily and discuss ideas and problems?

__//Resources/Other Considerations://__
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Could the introductory game have been longer? Or improved?