Process
1. You need to develop a home group of four students. Each of you will need to choose one of the following jobs:
body shape expert
nutritionist
stress manager
fitness expert
2. Now get with your other classmates that have choosen the same job as you. Look at your job below to find out what you need to do to complete your task.
3. Now that you are all experts in your area. Share your information you have discovered. Put all your information in a brochure in Publisher.
4. Go to my eDesk and click on Camp Brochure to put all your information into the brochure.
5. Double check all your work with the scoring guide found on the evaluation page. When you are satisfied with your work, let your teacher check your brochure. Only your teacher can tell you if you can print your brochure. (Each brochure needs to be printed a page a time, to make sure it is printed double sided.)
Nutritionists
1. You will need to research nutritional guidelines for 9 to 12 year old children. Use the following websites to help you with this research:
Nutrition Explorations
Kids Health
Sports and Nutrition
Cool Food for Kids
Dole 5 A Day
2. Now you need to develop three meals and two snacks for each day of the camp. Each day's menu must follow the food guide pyramid. You need to have a menu for 3 days.
3. You will need to develop a visual presentation of each day's menu on your brochure so make sure you have pictures to go with your menu.
1. In order to plan the recreational activities, the developers wanted you to know about the area the camp will be located.
There will be a two-mile hiking trail, a swimming pool, basketball court, and a creek. You need to plan at least four activities a day, but you can only use the trail, pool, and basketball court two times each during the week.
2. The rest of the activities will need to be described. You may use a digital camera to take a picture of children playing the activities you have chosen.
3. You must have at least three activities a day for 5 days. One of the activities must be created by you. You may ask members of your group to assist you, if necessary. The other activities can be researched on the Internet, or you may use games you have learned during school.
Remember that competition is not the focus, but healthy exercise is the main focus of this camp.
The following websites may be helpful in finding activities:
PE Central
Kids Health
Kidnetic -- Go to Wet Head Games
Well Town
Game Kids
Body Shape Experts
1. You will need to research body types. Use the following websites to help you with this research:
2. You need to have a picture of a real person for each body type and a brief discription of each body type. The following web sites will help you find people with the different body types:
Stress Managers
1. You will need to research what stress is, the different things that will stress a person and ways to manage stress. Use the following websites to help you with this research: 2. You will need to make a page on the brochure about stress. Work with the fitness expert to come up with activites to help reduce stress. You should have one activity a day to reduce stress.