Designing a Parcourse 5 th Grade Collaborative Project

Design a Parcourse 5 th grade students learn about the major muscle groups and anaerobic vs. aerobic exercise. They design an outdoor fitness trail that incorporates varied activities that use all major muscle groups.

Teacher Guide This lesson is designed as a culminating project to a 5 th grade fitness unit. Students have already learned & researched about the major muscle groups, importance of warm up & cool down, and the importance of mixing up routines with aerobic and anaerobic exercises. Students will accomplish the following in this culmination project: § Design a course using their choice of software § Course stations must include all major muscle groups, warm-up & cool down stations § Course stations must have explanation signs for how to do exercise § Students may consider embedding video of exercise via QR codes on station signs § Present course using their choice of software and delivery style Suggested software: -Minecraft -Power. Point -Pixie 3 -Drawing -Prezi

Teacher Guide § The following slides have resources for students to use, but they are not limited to these sites – citations must be collected for any resource used § Each image is hyperlinked to that specific website § They are in the order that worked best for our collaborative project § An example is provided at the end

Standards & Objectives Standards: 5 HE 3 f: Develop strategies for making good physical activity choices 5 E 3 a. 5: Select a focus, organized structure, and point of view for presentation 5 E 3 a. 7: Use volume, phrasing, timing and gestures appropriately to enhance meaning ISTE – 1 a, 1 b, 2 a, 2 b, 2 d, 4 b 21 st Century Skills: Collaboration, ICT, Self Regulation, Knowledge Construction Objectives: Parcourse Design § Design Parcourse map with stations to include all major muscle groups, and warm-up, cool down § Each station must have a sign with explanation of activity (may include video) Presentation § Includes map § Reason for design – to include reason for station layout § Leads us through the course – via presentation Non-goals § Intrinsic motivation for lifelong fitness – 5 HE 3 g

Order of Events to meet Objectives: Parcourse Design § Design Parcourse map with stations to include all major muscle groups, and warm-up, cool down § Each station must have a sign with explanation of activity Presentation § Includes map § Reason for design – to include reason for station layout § Leads us through the course – via presentation Non-goals § Intrinsic motivation for lifelong fitness – 5 HE 3 g Events: Determine Exercises Determine Equipment Design Layout ------------Draw map to include stations Make station signs Create presentation -------------

Determine Exercises Each image is hyperlinked to the website – click on image to get more information

Determine Equipment Needed Each image is hyperlinked to the website – click on image to get more information

Look at Designs Each image is hyperlinked to the website – click on image to get more information

Click on the main screen to start student example.

Appendix § Image References from page 2: "Map. " UCI Worldcup Cyclocross Koksijde. Koninklijke Veloclub De Verenigde Vrienden Koksijde Vzw, n. d. Web. 28 Jan. 2016. <http: //www. veloclubkoksijde. be/worldcup/en/plan/>. "ITrack Fitness Equipment | Parcourse | Outdoor Exercise Trail. " ITrack Fitness Equipment | Parcourse | Outdoor Exercise Trail. David Williams & Associates, Inc. , n. d. Web. 28 Jan. 2016. <http: //www. davidwilliamsassociates. com/node/61>. "The Physiological Effects of Outdoor Fitness. " INFOFIT Educators. INFOFIT, 20 Oct. 2014. Web. 28 Jan. 2016. <http: //www. infofit. ca/outdoor-fitness/>.