MEASURING PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENT

TITLE: NOTE OF LESSON ON PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION

SUBJECT: PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION

TERM: SECOND TERM

THEME: PHYSICAL FITNESS AND BODY CONDITIONING PROGRAM

WEEK: WEEK 6

CLASS: PRIMARY 5/6

DURATION: 40 MINUTES

TOPIC:  MEASURING PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENT

UNITS:

• Identify physical fitness component.

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES

At the end of this discussion in this unit, students should be able to know about:

• Identify activities for measuring endurance, strength and speed.
• Explain how endurance, strength and speed are measured
• Measure their endurance, strength and speed levels in various activities.

TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS

• Whiteboard/Chalkboard
• Explanatory posters/pictures
• Explanatory videos

TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS

• Explanation
• Discussion
• Questions and answers

REFERENCE MATERIALS

• NERDC Basic Education Curriculum.
• Universal Basic Education Curriculum (UBE)
• Unified Schemes of Work for Lagos State Primary Schools (MIDDLE BASIC)
• Lagos State Scheme of Work for Physical and Health Education.
• Internet.
• Edudelight Physical and Health Education for Primary Schools.

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR/ PREVIOUS LESSON: The students are familiar with.

WORD FILE:  endurance,continuously,distance.                 

                              CONTENT

MEASURING PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENTS

To Measure ones physical fitness the following activities are used:

1. endurance activities
2. Strength activities
3. Speed activities

 ENDURANCE

Endurance is the power to withstand hardship or stress.

Endurance activities includes:

1.  Minute  run
2. Bench step
3. Press ups
4. Push ups
5. Squat thrust

Type of endurance

• Cardiovascular endurance: it is the endurance when you exercise for a long period of time. I.e. jogging 3 kilometers daily.
• Muscular endurance: it is the power to exercise continuously for some time without been tired. Exercises like push-ups, press ups, squat thrust.

CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE ACTIVITIES

The following exercise are used to measure cardiovascular endurance

1. Nine (9) minute run or walk
2. 1.6 km run or walk
3. Bench stepping

NINE (9) MINUTE RUN OR WALK ACTIVITIES

The activities can be done on the school track or a particular measured area.

Steps for 9 minutes’ walk or runs activities

1. A command is given using a whistle or mouth to the students to start running or walking
2. Once it is up to nine minute a command is given to stop
3. And all students will remain where they are without movement
4. We use the distance covered by each student in metres to know his or her cardiovascular endurance.

BENCH STEP

These can be done indoor or outdoor using a bench. The following are steps to carry out Bench step cardiovascular endurance activity.

1. The students should stand upright in front of the bench.
2. They raise their left foot and place it on the bench while the right foot remain on the ground and bring down their left foot again. They do it over and over again.
3. The number of times a student is able to carry out this exercise shows his/her endurance level.

STRENGTH ACTIVITIES

Strength activities is the power to resist stress or force.

The activities used for measuring stress are Pull ups and sit ups.

SPEED ACTIVITIES

Speed the rate at which something move or happen.

The activity used for measuring speed is the fifty (50) meters dash or race.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURE

• The Teacher revises the previous lesson (Table – Tenis).
• The Teacher introduces the topic (MEASURING PHYSICAL FITNESS COMPONENT).
• The Teacher explains the lessons.

LEARNERS ACTIVITIES

• Learners participate in the class discussion
• Learners practice  different physical fitness activities

EVALUATIVE ACTIVITIES

Teacher ask the learners to:

• Mention three physical fitness component
• Mention three physical fitness activities

CONCLUSION: the teacher summarize the lesson.

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