Transcript Pumping Up - Sikeston R-6

Pumping Up
By
Cheryl Beckmann
Jamestown Elementary
Teacher Page
This cooperative learning activity is
called on the line. The students will
rank the items from least important
to most important. The students will
write the task individually and then
discuss their answer with the group.
The group will rank the items again
as a team.
Pumping Up for Summer
It is mid May. Summer is just around
the corner and the Sports Illustrated
swim suit issue has just hit the news
stands. You go to the mirror and to
your horror discover you have been
watching to much television and
munching chips. It is time to firm up
and lose ten pounds of that winter
insulation.
The Problem
Rank these items in order of
least helpful to most helpful
as far as getting in shape.Use
the key words that are
underlined to place on the
line.
1
2
3
4
5
Least
• Drink 8 8oz glasses of water
a day
6
Most
1
2
3
4
Least
• Eat 4-6 small meals a day
5
6
Most
1
2
3
4
Least
• Do weight lifting or
strengthening exercises
5
6
Most
1
2
3
4
5
Least
• Skipping meals or throwing
up(bingeing)
6
Most
1
2
3
Least
• Walk every day
4
5
6
Most
1
2
Least
• Take diet pills
3
4
5
6
Most
Answer
bingeing
1
Least
pills
2
weight lifting 4-6 meals drink
3
4
5
walk
6
Most
Scoring
• For each item find the difference between
your ranking and the experts.
• Add these scores together
• The smaller the difference the closer you
are to the experts.
Example
Example
Your ranking
Drink water
3
Diet pills
6
Added together
Experts
Difference
5
2
2+5=7 your score is 7
1
5
Experts Reasoning for the
Ranking
Pills-taking pills does speed
up your metabolism, but it is
a quick fix. There can be side
effects. Pills are addictive.
When you stop taking pills
you gain the weight back.
Bingeing
When a person skips meals the body
shuts down and slows its digestive
speed to conserve energy because the
body thinks it is starving. Bingeing
causes heart problems and the acid in
your stomach starts eating at the
stomach lining and teeth.
Weight Lifting
Weight lifting is good. It will speed
up the digestive process and burn
calories. It will firm the body up. At
first a person may gain weight
because muscle weighs more than fat
which is good in the long run.
Drinking Water
By drinking more water
the bodies system can
eliminate excess fat and
unused sugars cleansing
the body system.
Eating 4-6 Meals
By eating more often the body system
constantly burns energy. This keeps
the bodies waste moving.
Walking
By walking or doing your favorite
activity two to three times a week the
body system speeds up, builds strong
muscle, and burns more calories.