From the Middle: PBL in PE

Project Based Learning in the Content Area:

This week in Physical Education, Mr. Bolt and Mr. Schmitt began a PBL project that involves individual student fitness and life-long goals.  Students began working on this project and it will be going on throughout the entire year.  Students will be able to see if the programs they have made will make a difference in their spring fitness scores.  Students are spending a lot of time making long term and short term goals and reflecting on the progress.  Below is a description of the project and some pictures from the beginning:

Topic:  To Get Fit You Can't Sit!

Driving Question: How can knowledge of core muscle groups affect fitness test scores and improvement?

Project Summary: Students use their own data from the fitness tests to figure out how create an exercise program that will give them positive results. Students will be learning about nutrition also throughout the year and how combined with exercise they can see positive results. Students also learn about lifestyle habits and how physical fit they will need to be to live a healthy lifestyle. Students will be learning about how different exercise programs can help them reach goals. These goals will be shared with others to provide inspiration and the setting of long term goals.