Basketball Benefits in Motion!
By: Jonny Erdman
6th and 7th Grade
Physcial Education
This is a unit on basketball and incorporating technology into
exercise
so the students will be able to see the benefits of the workout they
are
getting in the physical education class. This is a three week unit, and
we are near the end of the first week
of the unit for this particular lesson. This unit starts by introducing
the students to
the different basketball skills and having different games and drills
where the
students work on these skills. There will be more modified games to
work on the
skills, and then the last week is team tournaments and real basketball
games.
This is the first lesson in the unit where the students are actually
using technology while exercising. The students use
heart rate monitors and pedometers in this lesson after being shown how
to use
them the day before. They were also shown how to create a website the
day
before, and they were shown how to download their heart rate monitor
numbers
into their PDAs at the end of this lesson. Basically, the students will
have a
target number of steps and a target heart rate zone each day for the
rest of the unit that they need to
meet on their heart rate monitors and pedometers. They will log their
numbers
on a website they create and will update the website each day after
class by inserting their numbers into the website and talking about the
relevance of their numbers and how good of a workout they think they
got.
Instructional Materials
Lesson Objective (Learning Target)
The students will be able to improve their basketball skills
while
working on their dribbling, passing, and shooting skills. Specifically,
the
students will be able to perform basketball dribbling correctly using
the
correct form without losing control of the ball very often. The
students will
be able to explain the cues for dribbling a basketball (fingertips,
etc). Also,
the students will be able to know all of the buttons for the PDAs, the
buttons
for the heart rate monitors, and the buttons for the pedometers. Also,
the students
will know how to use all three of these pieces of technology
proficiently and they will know the importance of the information that
is given by these three pieces of technology. The
students will also be able to create a website and will know how to
update the website and how to make the website visually cool and
interesting. The students will know key health terms related to the
technology they are using. The students will be good sports and
respectful to everyone and to the equipment. Basically, the biggest
objective is that the students will gain the knowledge to successfully
use the technology we use in class and know how to operate and know the
importance of the information it will give.
Content Standards
Physical Education Standards
1) Demonstrates competency in motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
2) Demonstrates understanding of movement concepts, principles, strategies and tactics as they apply to the learning and performance of physical activities.
5) Exhibits responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
6) Values physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self expression and/or social interaction.
EARLS
1.1) Our PE students will develop fundamental skills and progress to complex movement activities as physically able.
1.3) Our Students will understand the concepts of fitness and develop and monior progress on persoanl fitness goals.
NETS Standards Addressed
1) Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop
innovative products and processes using technology.
a) Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
b) Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
2) Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work
collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and
contribute to the learning of others.
b) Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
3) Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools, to gather, evaluate, and use information.
d) Process data and report results.
4) Critical Thinking Problem Solving, and Decision Making
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage
products, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital
tools and resources.
c) Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed
decisions.
NETS Standards Rationale
1a) This standard is met because the students take existing
information
(the numbers they have earned for the day on their heart rate monitors
and pedometers)
and use them to generate new products and ideas by downloading the
information
into a PDA so it is saved. Then, the students really make the
information into original works by creating a website based on the
heart rate monitor and pedometor numbers where the students will talk
about their numbers and the workout they
got and then generate new ideas by saying what the numbers mean to them
and how
they are important. The students also create new ideas within the new
product by showing what the numbers they got mean. The students will
talk about how good of a workout they got
and how important the numbers are to the exercise the students are
trying to
get.
1b) This standard is met because the students create a website based on their pedometer and heart rate monitor numbers and then express their feelings about the numbers and what kind of workout they got as well as if they enjoyed the activities and the day and understand everything that is being gone over. The students express their feelings on if their heart rate monitor and pedometor numbers are consistent with how good of a workout they felt they got that day.
2b) This standard is met because the students are communicating information and their ideas about their workout and numbers because they are creating a website to communicate their numbers and their thoughts about them to different audiences and allow people through technology to see how their workouts and physical education classes are going and how the technology being used in the class is effective.
3d) This standard is obviously met because the students use heart rate monitors and pedometers to see their heart rate during their exercise and then they process these results based on what their numbers were when using the technology and what they were based on the goals set by the teacher for the day, as well as based on how good of a workout they got based on what the numbers say. The numbers are then reported through a PDA and then reported to anyone who wants to know because the results will posted on a website the students create.
4c) This standard is met because the students collect the data from the heart
rate monitors and pedometers, analyze it by comparing these numbers to the
numbers they were supposed to get and seeing how the workout made the students
feel. Based on this information, the students will be able to make informed
decisions about how hard they need to exercise in the next class, as well as the
exercise they should get outside of class to ensure they are getting a good
workout.
Task Rotation Lesson
Anticipatory Set (5 minutes)
For Physical Education, this is an instant activity that gets the
students
warmed up right when the class starts. Since we will have worked on
shooting
the previous day, we will start this class with a drill where there
will be
poly spots on the ground in many different spots by each hoop where the
students can practice their shots from. Each spot will be
marked with
a point total, and we will see how many points the students can get in
two
minutes when they are in teams of two. We will do this activity twice.
This activity is meant to get the students warmed up and active
immediately before going into the technology so they can cool down
while learning about the technology.
Task 1 (10 minutes)
The students will
come sit down next to me and I will show them the
heart rate monitors and pedometers and demonstrate again briefly how to
use those machines. I will review what buttons do what and also
start both pieces of equipment and how to use them. I will then hand
them out
to the students so each student has one heart rate monitor and one
pedometor. I will
set a goal for the students for both devices. I will decide on a
certain amount
of steps (500) for the days activities, and I will decide on a target
heart
rate zone and how long the students need to stay in that zone (75%- 85%
of the
max heart rate 80% of the time. Max heart rate is 220- your age). I
will review heart rate terms like max heart
rate and target heart rate as well. Then the students will put the
equipment
on, turn both of them on and start them, and the pedometers and heart
rate monitors will be
used throughout the rest of the activities. The students will be
allowed to pause the heart
rate monitors during times when I am explaining something so their
numbers don't get distorted.
Task 2 (15 minutes)
I will now show the
students the correct form for dribbling a basketball (fingertips, knees bent, eyes forward, etc.). First, the students will
simply dribble the ball back and forth the court a few times. Then, there will
be cones set up in a formation that will make the students weave in and out of
them and make the dribbling more challenging for the students. I will be making
sure the students are using the right form for dribbling. Then, inside a coned
area I have made, the students will play dribble mania. This is where the
students all dribble their basketball around in a designated area. The students
all try to knock the basketballs of other students away from them while
protecting their own basketball and not losing control of it. If a student's ball is knocked out of the
coned area, they must get it and do a lap around the coned area as fast as they
can before entering the game again.
Task 3 (15 minutes)
The students will now be put into teams and games will be played going
full court five on five. There will be two games be played and five teams, so
one team will be doing an aerobic workout while waiting to sub into the game.
The aerobic activity will have jogging, jumping jacks, and sit-ups. Each game will last about five minutes.
Assessment Strategy
There will be a paper with two different rubrics. One of them
will be a
teacher assessment rubric with the different cues for dribbling a
basketball,
including finger tips, lightly push the ball down, keep your eyes
forward, have
your knees slightly bent, and keep the ball level while dribbling. I
will
go around the class and watch each student dribble the ball and check
off yes or no on the rubric for each cue depending were correctly
performing that cue while I was assessing them. There will also be
a log where the students will write down their heart rate monitor and
pedometer
numbers next to the numbers I set as goals so the students can compare.
I will look at these and make sure the students performed well. There
will also be a short quiz the next day on how to use the heart rate
monitors and pedometors and how to create a website.
Checking for Understanding (3 minutes)
I will ask the
students some questions to make sure they understand what
they need to know for dribbling. I will ask them to list the cues for
dribbling, and then will ask some of them to demonstrate by dribbling a
basketball. I will ask the students some questions about heart rate
monitors
and pedometers and how they are used. Then, I will ask students to
demonstrate
how to start and stop the heart rate monitor and pedometer. I will ask
the
students why heart rate monitors and pedometers and important and what
they
accomplish. I will also help the students see how exercise is helping
them. I will have the students point to each button on the devices and
tell me which button does what.
Closure (2 minutes)
The students will be asked to put away all of the equipment and download
their heart rate monitor numbers into their PDAs and then reminded to start on
their website. I will thank the students for their participation.