3.10 You’re It Get Fit
This is Lesson 3.10 (“You’re it. Get fit!”) from the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide, focused on exercise. The large-group lesson teaches students about cardiovascular exercise and its benefits, has them design a weekly cardiovascular fitness program (with warm up, cardiovascular exercise, and cool down), and introduces two programs—the President’s Challenge and Project ACES—that encourage students to stay active. It includes an inspirational story about ultra-marathon runner Cliff Young, activity sheets, and a writing assessment.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Discuss cardiovascular exercise and its importance.
- Design a cardiovascular fitness program that could be implemented in daily life.
- Describe two programs that encourage students to make being active part of their everyday lives.
- Time required
- 50 minutes
- Materials
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- PALS3.10.LG.AS.A
- PALS3.10.LG.AS.B – cut up
- PALS3.10.LG.AS.C – one per student
- Paper – one per student
- Marker or pencil – one per student
- PALS3.10.LG.AS.D. – one per student
- PALS3.10.LG.AS.E. – one per student
- PALS3.10.LG.ASSESS.A
- Unit
- Exercise
- Lesson Type
- Large Group
- Precepts
- G Physical Growth — G3. Participate in a fitness program
- Key Terms
- Cardiovascular exercise; Fitness program
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.02.01.02.b.Implement a plan for respecting one's body.
- NL-ENG.K-12.1Reading for perspective
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills
- NS.5-8.6Science in Personal and Social Perspectives