Introduction
Continuing with our unit on Fitness Basics, this lesson will provide you with information on stretching activities that can be used for cooldown at the end of your workouts.
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Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...
- Identify appropriate and inappropriate cooldown activities.
- Identify the risks of the inappropriate flexibility activities.
- Participate in physical activity daily to demonstrate how long you can jump rope and how far you can jog in 45 minutes.
- Perform a workout with activities such a warm-up and cooldown activities, using correct stretching techniques.
Essential Questions
- What are fitness terms and what do they mean?
- How can we safely participate in physical fitness activities using proper fitness techniques?
- What specialized skills can we learn to help with lifelong fitness (walking, jogging, stretching, dancing, etc.)?
Enduring Understandings
- An active lifestyle benefits your life into adulthood.
- Ability to participate in fitness activities that model respect for self and others.
- Understanding fitness terms and concepts links to developing a lifetime fitness plan.
- Competency in activity movement demonstrates your ability to learn new fitness moves to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Kinesiology standards: 1.1, 1.3, 2.2, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9.