Our health and fitness unit has been a blast!  We are each challenging ourselves to add or improve healthy habits such as drinking more water, filling half our plates with fruit and vegetable choices, or getting at least sixty minutes of exercise each day.  We have learned a great deal about the ear, eye, nose, and tongue.

To synthesize our learning, each student chose an area of interest to research in order to create a health commercial.  We watched educational “commercials” on BrainPop and KidsHealth as examples, and we put our persuasive writing techniques into action once again.  The commercials included information that would help us all make good health choices, a sampler of a snack that shows their nutrition knowledge, and a personally created JAM (Just A Minute for fitness brain break).

Here are a few pictures of the first commercials.  Check out each student’s blog to find out more.

Autumn taught us about drinking more water.

 

Bike Safety with Jaelyn!

Did you know horseback riding is an excellent fitness choice?

Martha highlighted some of the ways riders are very strong.

Abigail has been loving the “Girls on the Run” program,

and she passed on some excellent running information.

Karis demonstrated the USDA’s “Choose my Plate.”

 

Ryleigh conducted some personal research on the grams of sugar and protein

in various brands of yogurt to help us be able to choose more wisely.