Animoto- 3rd Grade Physical Education

COMPONENTS OF HEALTH-RELATED FITNESS

Here are a few videos teaching about the health-related fitness components of cardiovascular fitness, a general a list of fitness-related activities, the balance of good nutrition and physical activity, and the importance of hydration during physical activity.

Physical Education Standard #3:
- Standard 3.3.6: Demonstrate, with teacher direction, the health-related fitness components of cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility. (Body composition should not be assessed at this grade level and is not recommended.
- Standard 3.3.7: Generate a list of fitness-related activities in which students participates outside of school hours
- Standard 3.3.8: Compare the balance of good nutrition and physical activity.
- Standard 3.3.9: Understand the importance of hydration during physical activity.

Education Technology Standard #5: Use technology tools (e.g. Multimedia authorizing, presentation, web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom.

I used Animoto to teach about physical education. It was fun to create slides and put them all together to create a video that teaches a certain topic. I included information about the health-related fitness components of cardiovascular fitness, a general a list of fitness-related activities, the balance of good nutrition and physical activity, and the importance of hydration during physical activity. Short informative videos are a great way to prepare students for the lesson, and they also can go back and watch these videos for a reference. I like that I can put information that I want to provide in these videos. Some of the cons that I experienced was that I had to adjust the pictures because in some video formats it cut off some of the pictures, also it doesn't give me very much word room on the slides.
Students, we will watch these videos periodically as we go through our physical education unit. I ask that you watch these videos at home as well and implement them as you do physical exercise outside of class. Tomorrow we will start tracking daily physical exercise and water intake, and at the end of the unit you will turn those in and we will discuss your experience!