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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Body Movement
I recently did a short unit on muscular system. I wanted to cover the material quickly but allow the students to have fun with it as well. Students were divided into groups and given a topic for body movement (abduction, adduction, etc.). This is sometimes a hard concept to get, especially when using correct "medical terms". The groups were given a day to research their topic and design a script. The second day they had to demonstrate the movement as well as give verbal meaning while being videoed. We watched the video and laughed a lot, but they also learned in the process. The remaining part of the class period was set aside for a pilates video. All students, and myself, exercised our muscles. This is an easy, but effective way to introduce the muscular system. One thing that I would change is I did not grade either of these activities. I would like to try having the students come up with a rubric for the video since this was a new type of activity for them. I also believe this would have made them think more critically of their work. It was definately fun, but if I were to put it on school TV they would have died!
This sounds like lots of fun. You should have given maybe some participation points since all the students were willing to be apart of the activity. Maybe next time you could create a rubric to follow along with the activity so that the students will undertand how you are going to grade and give them points. Overall sounds like so much fun. It amazing at the things we can do with our students being apart of career tech which allows them to have so much fun learning.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea Teresa and a fun filled activity. I agree with Keio. I probably would have given a grade for the research and oral presentations. I don't know about your kids but my kids are always asking "what grade will I get for doing this assignment"?
ReplyDeleteGreat idea Teresa and a fun filled activity. I agree with Keio. I probably would have given a grade for the research and oral presentations. I don't know about your kids but my kids are always asking "what grade will I get for doing this assignment"?
ReplyDeleteGreat activity! I also like the idea of having your students help create a rubric - with your guidance that would be a good tool and, if thorough, should be motivating for your students since they created it.
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