Students use percentages to show relationships between data items. Students analyze data, generalizing observations and theories about their results. Students work in teams to prepare posterboard presentations about their findings. Name the types of physical activity that you engage in each week. Name the types of sedentary activities you spend most of your time doing.
Students take notes on the main data findings as each group presents.
They take home their notes and data in order to complete a reflective essay for homework. The essay should examine relationships observed among different survey data and possible explanations for the relationships. Students should explore how it felt to participate in the activity as well as discuss what they learned by participating in this activity. Students will be evaluated based on written journal responses, participation in class discussions and group data synthesis, group presentations, and reflective essays. Calculate calories burned during different activities and at different activity levels.