Smart Activities Lesson - Calorie Countdown printable pdf download

Healthy Weights

for Healthy Kids

PUBLICATION 348-999

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Age

oChildren

xChildren

oMixed Ages

Virginia Standards of Learning

7-10

11-14

English 3.1, 3.2, 3.8, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.6

Setting

xClassroom

oCamp

oEither

Health 3.1, 3.2, 4.4, 5.1, 5.2, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.3

Location

oOutside

xIndoors

oEither

Math 3.8, 4.7, 5.3, 7.3, 7.4, 7.8

Project Skill: Learning about calories used in

2. A sk each child to read the handout and consider

different activities.

the questions shown on the handout. Why do some

people burn more calories than others?

Success Indicators: As a result of this activity,

students will be able to:

3. T hen, as a class, examine the calorie charts and

discuss the different types of activities and the

• U nderstand that different activities burn different

different number of calories that can be burned

amounts of calories

doing each. Talk about why one activity burns

• E xplain why different activities burn different

more calories than another and why some physical

amounts of calories

activities may be better than others.

Life Skills: Record-keeping, Marketable skills,

4. S how the Kids Activity Plate poster or Move It!

Healthy lifestyle choices

5. A lone, or in small groups, have the children

Preparation time: gather supplies

compare the calories burned for each Activity with

the location of the activity in the activity Plate.

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Where are the activities that burn fewer calories

• A dd It Up (VCE publication 348-240)

found? What about more?

• C alorie Chemistry (VCE publication 348-241)

6. G ive the students the Add It Up publication for

• K ids Activity Plate poster or Move It!

them to take home and share with their families.

• K ids Activity Plate (VCE publication 348-097)

7. D iscuss the questions, reinforcing the concept

of a calorie, the types of physical activities that

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burn calories, and why some activities burn more

• M ove It! Diary

calories than others. Then talk about how they

• P ossible: Action Kid’s Activity Analysis (VCE

should get at least 60 minutes a day of physical

publication 348-885)

activity.

• W arm up Activities (VCE publication 348-886)

8. P lay a physical game! (See Game Ideas)

• P ower up Activities (VCE publication 348-894)

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• O lder children may be able to record their own

1. Give Calorie Chemistry handouts to the students.

activities for a day, using Move It! Diary or the

Before they read them, ask them to tell you what

Action Kid’s Activity Analysis.

they consider a calorie.

*18 U.S.C. 707

Produced by Communications and Marketing, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences,

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2011

Virginia Cooperative Extension programs and employment are open to all, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion,

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Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia State University,

and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Edwin J. Jones, Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech,

Blacksburg; Jewel E. Hairston, Interim Administrator, 1890 Extension Program, Virginia State, Petersburg.

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