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Lesson Title, Brief Summary, and Rationale

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Title

The Body

Summary

The human body consists of several parts that work together to support life. The body is made up of the head, hands, trunk, and legs. The head contains the brain that controls all body activities. The hands are used for touching and holding objects while the legs are used for locomotion. The trunk contains organs such as the heart, liver, and lungs. People need food, water, and air to survive.

Rationale

Fitness

Fitness refers to the state in which the body operates in ideal ways. Physical fitness involves taking good care of the body by eating a healthy and balanced diet consisting of proteins, vitamins, and carbohydrates. It is unhealthy to take excess fats and carbohydrates because they can make the body fat. Eating excess fats and sugars causes obesity and diabetes. People need to engage in physical exercises to stay healthy.

Motor Skills

Motor skills refer to the activities in which people use their muscles for motion in order to accomplish specific tasks. All activities that people engage in involve motor skills (van der Fels et al., 2015) Examples of motor skills include: writing, walking, and jumping. People need to exercise in order to improve the efficiency of their motor skills.

Hygiene

Hygiene refers to the general body cleanliness. People should take a bath at least once in a day in order to keep the skin clean. People should also brush their teeth after every meal to protect the mouth from disease-causing microorganisms. It is important to wash clothes and keep them in a clean environment. People must wash their hands before eating, and after visiting the toilet to avoid infections.

Taking Care of the Environment

The environment refers to things that surround us. It is important to take care of the environment. We should water plants and take care of animals. All wastes and dirt should be thrown in the dust bin. Throwing wastes in the environment is called pollution. Air pollution causes respiratory diseases such as asthma.

State-Specific Standards

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You have both science and health standards here

Students are expected to know different parts of the human body and their functions

Students should be able to competently classify different types of foods and their uses. Students should also be able to understand healthy eating habits and explain different ways of keeping fit (Florida Department of Education, 2019).

Students should be able to demonstrate their understanding of motor skills and explain factors that improve or deteriorate motor skills (FDE, 2019).

Students should competently demonstrate their understanding of hygiene, and how it applies in the day-to-day activities (FDE, 2019).

Students should competently demonstrate their understanding of how to care for the environment including plants and animals, and understand the implications of pollution (FDE, 2019).

Learning Objectives

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You have both science and health obj

-To learn different parts of the body and name them

-To general functions of different body parts

-To learn different types of foods and their uses in the body.

-To understand the harm of eating excess fats and sugars.

-To understand different ways of keeping the body physically fit.

-To define and demonstrate motor skills

-To understand the relationship between physical fitness and motor skills

-To describe factors that hinder and boost motor skills

-To define the meaning of hygiene and how to maintain cleanliness

-To learn the consequences of poor hygiene

-To learn different ways of taking care of the environment

-To understand the meaning and effects of pollution

Vocabulary

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Head, Trunk, hands, limbs, legs, organs

Physical fitness, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, obesity, diabetes

Motor skills, muscles, movement, physical activity

Hygiene, dirt, microorganisms

Environment, plants, animals, pollution, diseases

Instructional Strategy

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Summary of Instruction and Activities for the Lesson

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Differentiation and Accommodations

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Materials, Resources, and Technology

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Formative Assessment

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Summative Assessment

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Reflection Topic 1: You met the min requirement in this section

While preparing the unit plan, I had ensured that I introduce different concepts within each lesson so that students can have a broad understanding of the topic covered in each lesson, and to relate the concepts with their environment. The ability to relate what is taught in class with the environment is not only important for students to succeed in developing a strong foundation for their future professions but also to empower them with the ability to apply their knowledge in their day-to-day activities. During the early development stages, children need to develop strong cognitive abilities by relating the stimuli that they pick from the environment using different senses with what they are taught (Akfirat & Kezer, 2016). In view of these reasons, the objective of integrating the concepts of life science with the environment, and to be able to understand why conservation of the environment is important is meant to set foundation for future lessons in which the concepts are discussed in detail.

The most important key concepts in the plan are essential life skills, and relationship between people and the environment. Essential life skills discussed has been supported by discussions about motor skills in which people make coordinated movements. The skills can be applied when engaging in physical fitness exercises to ensure that exercises are done in safe and beneficial ways. After understanding the concepts of essential life skills, students will be endowed with the ability to perform important activities such as washing their hands after visiting the toilet and engage in environment conservation exercises such as planting trees. These concepts are important because they enhance students’ understanding of how human health is affected or influenced by the environment, and enabling students develop basic skills for good health (Akfirat & Kezer, 2016). Furthermore, students will be able to have foundational knowledge of the activities that they will engage in upon completion of their studies. With an elaborate knowledge of life skills, students can live lives in which they take precaution that reduce diseases, conserve the environment, and relate their knowledge with environmental ecosystems. The unit plan can be used in future professional practice to demonstrate to students the importance of physical fitness in the dimension of disease prevention, and long-term sustainability of environmental resources. Students will then be able to understand the importance of physical fitness and a healthy diet regarding disease prevention. The theme will be applied to endow students with basic life skills for a healthy life and safe environment.

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