Physical Education Homework
Fourth and fifth graders have been working on take home health assignments. Their assignment was to research and find answers on various health topics that we later discuss in class. Our first assignment was to answer the question: Why should we eat vegetables? Answers like, "because they are good for you," were not acceptable. Students were asked to find strong and meaningful answers. Students discovered that one of the reasons to eat vegetables was that vegetables are a important source of nutrients. In our second assignment students listed the six basic nutrients and we also talked about the calories that are in different foods. Lately students discovered that health experts recommend less than 1 sugar drink per day. We talked about the negative effects of sugar drinks and we looked at healthy alternates to sugar drinks.