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Through research we have been able to recognize the benefits of being physical active and the positive factors of living a healthy lifestyle and what it can do for ones self. Unfortunately, in the last twenty years, the proportion of overweight children between the ages of 6-19 has tripled. This number is greatly related to a lack of physical activity along with a lack of knowledge for healthy choices. Research has founded that those who are physical active and chose to live a healthier lifestyle are at lesser risk of dying from heart disease, developing diabetes, colon cancer and high blood pressure. As a physical educator it is my job to improve the health of children through physical activity and give them the essential tools to continue a healthy lifestyle.

For this project students will be asked to take a longevity quiz that predicts how long they will live. Then according to their findings they will chose two current behaviors that they would like to change. They will document their positive behavioral change every day in a journal or any type of document of their choice. After two weeks of recoding their behaviors, they will partner up with a student of their choice and go over how they may or may not be changing their behavior in a positive manner. They will then go over ways in which to improve their current behavior or stay on track with the current behavioral change. The students will then retake the longevity quiz and see how their behavioral change has affected the new outcome. Lastly, the students will retake the longevity quiz. Then they will write an entire report based on their behavioral changes. They will compare the scores of their first longevity quiz to their last longevity quiz and document how they feel their behavioral changes have influenced their scores.

There will be grade mark checks throughout the process to make sure students are staying on task and documenting their findings. Their final grade will be based on their entire paper that is a rite up of all of their findings combined with the grade mark checks.

Provided below are questions that may probe the students to fufil the requirement of both the journal entries as well as the final reflection paper. The students are not obligated to answer each questions and may produce reflection questions of their own. You may use these questions as a guide to help you come up with questions of your own as well.

3. What current behaviors have shown negative effects from the longevity quiz taken.

4. How exactly are those negative behaviors listed decreases the amount of years in ones life.

8. Either continue your positive behavioral change or make more goals toward your positive behavioral changes.

10. Record your new longevity score and list in detail the changes or lack of changes that you have made.

The Longevity game is a game that can answer the question, "How long can you expect to live?" This game gives you a peek into your future by identifying the factors that can lead to a healthier, more productive life.

My Pyramid offers personalized eating plans, interactive tools to help you plan and access your food choices, and advice to help you; make smart choices from every food group, find your balance between food and physical activity, get the most nutrition out of your calories and stay within your daily calorie needs.
http://www.mypyramid.gov/

This site is a full library that gives an array of topics pertaining to PE and Health. Viewers will be able to lookup certain topics of their choice and in turn get information and research.

This site allows viewers to put in keywords that include any food or they are able to select a food group already stored, in which they will be able to access nutritional data on the food of their choice.

Located below is a rubric of what each student is expected to complete as their project. Each section will be graded separately and in order to gain the maximum points students must complete in detail every section of the rubric.

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Organization	Information is very organized with well-constructed paragraphs and subheadings.	Information is organized with well-constructed paragraphs.	Information is organized, but paragraphs are not well-constructed.	The information appears to be disorganized. 8)
Content	Student has included both longevity quiz scores and the recording from each, their journal entries, two behavioral changes and their outcomes in their final paper.	Students has included all parts of the assignment but findings are not detailed enough.	Student has included all parts of the assignment, but findings are very vague in each section.	Student did not include all parts of the assignment.
Grade checks	Students work was completed in detail at each grade check point.	Students work was complete at all grade check points but not in detail.	Students work was incomplete at some of the grade check points.	Students work was incomplete at all grade check points.
Resources	Students documented all resources used in the completion of this project.	Students documented most of the resources used in the completion of this project.	Students documented some of the resources used in the completion of this project.	Students did not document resources used in the completion of this project.
Partner check	Student was present at the partner check point and discussed and recorded ways to better their behaviors.	Student was present at the partner check point and discussed was to better their behaviors but failed to record.	Student was present at the partner check point but did not participate.	Student was not present at the partner check point.

In the completion of this project I hope you have gained a new perspective on healthy behaviors and how they can either negatively or positively affect your life. Through this project each student should have learned not only about healthy behavioral changes but something about their self as well. Each student had the opportunity to make a positive behavioral change and hopefully through this process that was made.