Treasure Hunt. Theme: “Fitness and physical activity for school-aged kids”

Introduction:

Children need plenty of large motor activity to redirect excess energy.
Does every child run, play, and move for at least 60 minutes a day? That's how much time school-aged kids need to spend on moderateto vigorous physical activities to stay fit and healthy. The time should be divided among aerobic, muscle-strengthening, and bone-strengthening activities.
Short bursts of 15, 10, or even 5 minutes count toward this daily tally, so make sure your child has lots of opportunities for physical activities before, during, and after school.

Physical Activities at School

Academics are important, but so is finding time for fitness. When kids have the chance to run and play at recess, they focus more (and fidget less) during class. Physical education (PE) provides another opportunity to move during the school day. It also exposes kids to new sports and games, and introduces important health habits.




1) Do you remember when you were a pupil did your school provide daily physical education?

2) Read the article about Physical education in America's public schools. How do you think is it needed to increase physical education time at schools and reduce time devoted to academic subjects?
“20 percent of all elementary schools in the U.S. have abolished recess in favor of increased classroom time under pressure to improve student achievement”. What do you think about such method of improving achievement of pupils?

Internet resource:
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/356.speregen/physical_education_and_school_performance

3) Read about physical education and sport at schools in different countries. “System” of which country do you prefer mostly? Was physical in our country more efficient and more developed in the Soviet Union’s time than at present time? Your opinion.

Internet resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_schoolhttp://sitemaker.umich.edu/356.speregen/physical_education_and_school_performance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_education
http://www.euractiv.com/sports/france-offer-sport-school/article-166454

4) What are the benefits of daily physical activity? Why sport is so important? Can sport stop one of the world's problems such as obesity?What’s also important for children health besides daily physical exercises?

Internet resources:
http://www.healthunit.org/physact/school/school.htm
http://helpguide.org/mental/childhood_obesity.htmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IApvPofJfY

5) What you need to do to your child interested in sport?

Internet resource:
http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_center/staying_fit/hate_sports.html
6) How much physical activity is enough? How can we promote physical activity among children?

Internet resource:
http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content4/promote.phyed.html

7) One secret to human longevity is regular exercise, physical activities. Are you agree? Is the age important for sport or people can do the sport exercises in either age?

Internet resources:
http://www.naturalnews.com/025923_physical_activity_health_natural.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL4mqKxi-qY