This week, our eighth grade is debuting their musical, Aladdin. It's been an exciting and crazy week. Aladdin means there is no gym space! Instead of canceling class, I took my 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 8th graders to the computer lab to check out a lot of cool websites about health. Favorite moment: when one of my students asked if they still needed to change into their gym clothes. :)
Here are some of the websites we checked out:
1. www.choosemyplate.gov
Click on--> 'MyPlate'
Students pretended they were on a scavenger hunt to find answers about the five different food groups.
-What colors are represented for each food group?
-What phrase should we remember about each food group?
-List three foods from each group that you like.
-Create a MyPlate of your own, dividing it into the five different food groups/colors.
2. www.teamnutrition.usda.gov
Click on--> Serving My Plate: A Yummy Curriculum
Scroll to bottom and Click on--> Blast Off Game or Track and Field Fuel Up Challenge
These interactive computer games created a fun way to learn about nutrition.
Students had to answer questions about food groups in order to get their track runner to move or their rocket to shoot into space!
3. www.kidshealth.org
Search: The Heart & Circulatory System
Students had to read an article about the heart and find one fact from each page of the article.
In the future, we will also visit different sites to learn about Heart Rates.
4. www.bethebeat.heart.org
This is an AWESOME site for learning about the heart.
Students watched a video and completed a worksheet about Hands Only CPR.
Students discovered "HeartTrek" and could watch as well as learn about a beating heart's different parts.
5. www.fueluptoplay60.com
Our FAVORITE website to track your physical activity and eating, participate in online challenges, and work to become healthier each day.
All of these websites are fun tools to use at home, too!
Happy Friday :)
