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16 March 2010


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Fitness tests for pupils

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Secondary activity

Fitness activity

Your class has taken the Bleep test and the scores are not good.

So today, you have to come up with a fitness regime, that will suit everyone, that can be done every day for at least one hour.

Think about the kinds of exercises you need to do to improve fitness - what kind of things will you include?

You will also need to test everyone's fitness levels on a daily basis so you can record how they are improving.

Try to think broadly about what kind of exercises you are going to include. You could have some training on the Wii, plus other more standard fitness training such as skipping.

Or you could include fun activities such as roller-blading, dancing games or even something like archery.

Write a plan detailing your activities - make sure you say how each activity will benefit the person doing it (for example will it improve their lung capacity etc)

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rollerblading

Could you rollerblade to school?

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Find out more

Fitness tips

www.netfit.co.uk

Teachers' notes

Secondary lesson objectives

  • about ways in which exercise affects health
  • to relate fitness to the systems of the human body
  • to find out how scientists work today

Secondary curriculum links

Science at key stage 3    (Year 9)
Unit 9B: Fit and healthy

Glossary

Calculate work out

Compulsory something that has to be done because of a rule or law

Declining going down

Diabetes a disease which affects the body's ability to produce insulin

Marker a cone or similar

Moderate intensity reasonable level, like running or skipping

Obesity levels how overweight someone is

Pilot something that is tried out to see how well it does before it being introduced to everyone

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