Project 1: Healthy Walking
Physical Education Project
Quarter 1, 2013 (Maher PE)
Standards 3 and 4
75 points total
This project will consist of three sections.
Part 1 is due Tuesday, September 17
Parts 2 and 3 are due Thursday, October 17
Quarter 1, 2013 (Maher PE)
Standards 3 and 4
75 points total
This project will consist of three sections.
Part 1 is due Tuesday, September 17
Parts 2 and 3 are due Thursday, October 17
Assignment
PART 1: Interviews (25 points)
For this assignment, you are to interview five adults of different ages—suggested are parents, grandparents, older adult
sibling, aunts, uncles, neighbors, church members, fitness clubs trainers, sport coaches, etc. The topic is “Walking for Health”.
You are to interview each person regarding the topic of walking.
Suggested questions are:
You are to summarize each of your interviews (use first names only and approximate age and relationship).
After you complete the summary, write a statement of what you conclude ‘Walking for Health’ is.
At the end of your paper, you are to have a parent signature.
PART 2: Log (25 points)
Create a three-week log for yourself of all walking done outside of the school day. The log should show the amount of time walked and where you walked. This must be done daily. As an alternative, you may download an app for walking steps, which is free. From this, you also are to create a three-week log but use the data from the app instead of time.
At the end of the log, look at your data and summarize how this relates to your interviews previously completed.
You must have a parent signature at the completion of this section.
PART 3: Research (25 points)
For this third part, you are to complete a research project on the development of walking in a human. You must include how a baby goes from birth to walking independently. What physical changes take place? What is the motor development?
What are the benefits of walking for humans throughout their life? These are a few questions for which you may use as a foundation of your research.
You will need to note where any charts, diagrams, or pictures are from. Also, you must include all research sites used, and any articles or books used. You will have an opportunity to work initially on this at the library.
This part must also have a parent signature at the completion of your research
PART 1: Interviews (25 points)
For this assignment, you are to interview five adults of different ages—suggested are parents, grandparents, older adult
sibling, aunts, uncles, neighbors, church members, fitness clubs trainers, sport coaches, etc. The topic is “Walking for Health”.
You are to interview each person regarding the topic of walking.
Suggested questions are:
- What does the term ‘Walking for Health’ mean to you?
- Do you walk beyond daily needs? Why or why not?
- If you ‘walk for health’, how far do you walk daily/weekly?
- If you do not have a regular walking schedule, do you see yourself participating in the future?
- What do you see as benefits of‘walking for health’?
- Do you use a pedometer or any app for walking recording?
You are to summarize each of your interviews (use first names only and approximate age and relationship).
After you complete the summary, write a statement of what you conclude ‘Walking for Health’ is.
At the end of your paper, you are to have a parent signature.
PART 2: Log (25 points)
Create a three-week log for yourself of all walking done outside of the school day. The log should show the amount of time walked and where you walked. This must be done daily. As an alternative, you may download an app for walking steps, which is free. From this, you also are to create a three-week log but use the data from the app instead of time.
At the end of the log, look at your data and summarize how this relates to your interviews previously completed.
You must have a parent signature at the completion of this section.
PART 3: Research (25 points)
For this third part, you are to complete a research project on the development of walking in a human. You must include how a baby goes from birth to walking independently. What physical changes take place? What is the motor development?
What are the benefits of walking for humans throughout their life? These are a few questions for which you may use as a foundation of your research.
You will need to note where any charts, diagrams, or pictures are from. Also, you must include all research sites used, and any articles or books used. You will have an opportunity to work initially on this at the library.
This part must also have a parent signature at the completion of your research
Links to get you started
Web MD
Includes a timeline of developmental
milestones.
http://children.webmd.com/features/is-your-baby-on-track
Parents
Magazine
Has
lots of links to various aspects of children learning to
walk.
http://www.parents.com/baby/development/walking/
Baylor College of Medicine:
Learning to walk takes time, strength, motor skill
development
Another very understandable description of the developmental
stages a child goes through while learning to
walk.
http://www.bcm.edu/news/item.cfm?newsID=1804
Brooks Rehabilitation:
A guide to
your child's gross & fine motor development
A detailed yet understandable description of a child's
developmental stages
http://www.brookshealth.org/motor-skills.pdf
American Heart
Association:
The benefits of
walking
Provides a short list of the most commonly cited benefits of
walking.
http://www.startwalkingnow.org/whystart_benefits_walking.jsp
Mayo Clinic Walking:
Trim your waistline, improve your health. Lists the benefits of walking, shows the proper
way to walk, and tips for being a successful
walker
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/walking/HQ01612
Citation and Resource Lists
No Plagiarism, Please
When you use information created by another person,
including text, photographs, diagrams, and charts, you must give them credit for
their work. When you quote them exactly by copying what they say from their
text, you must include a citation within your paper. If you don't do this, the
assumption is that everything in the paper is your original work. If this is
not true, then you are essentially stealing ideas from the original author.
This is called plagiarism, and is unethical and even illegal in some settings.
If you plagiarize another person's work in a college assignment, you will often
receive an automatic failing grade. Teachers and college professors have very
tricky ways to find out if you are plagiarizing, so DON'T DO IT!
Two of the most common formats for citation
and referencing another author's works are the Modern Language Association (MLA)
style and the American Psychological Association (APA) style. The Purdue Online
Writing Lab, or OWL, has everything you will ever need to cite the works you use
in your writing assignments. You can link to the OWL at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Check with your teacher to find out which format you should
use.
Web MD
Includes a timeline of developmental
milestones.
http://children.webmd.com/features/is-your-baby-on-track
Parents
Magazine
Has
lots of links to various aspects of children learning to
walk.
http://www.parents.com/baby/development/walking/
Baylor College of Medicine:
Learning to walk takes time, strength, motor skill
development
Another very understandable description of the developmental
stages a child goes through while learning to
walk.
http://www.bcm.edu/news/item.cfm?newsID=1804
Brooks Rehabilitation:
A guide to
your child's gross & fine motor development
A detailed yet understandable description of a child's
developmental stages
http://www.brookshealth.org/motor-skills.pdf
American Heart
Association:
The benefits of
walking
Provides a short list of the most commonly cited benefits of
walking.
http://www.startwalkingnow.org/whystart_benefits_walking.jsp
Mayo Clinic Walking:
Trim your waistline, improve your health. Lists the benefits of walking, shows the proper
way to walk, and tips for being a successful
walker
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/walking/HQ01612
Citation and Resource Lists
No Plagiarism, Please
When you use information created by another person,
including text, photographs, diagrams, and charts, you must give them credit for
their work. When you quote them exactly by copying what they say from their
text, you must include a citation within your paper. If you don't do this, the
assumption is that everything in the paper is your original work. If this is
not true, then you are essentially stealing ideas from the original author.
This is called plagiarism, and is unethical and even illegal in some settings.
If you plagiarize another person's work in a college assignment, you will often
receive an automatic failing grade. Teachers and college professors have very
tricky ways to find out if you are plagiarizing, so DON'T DO IT!
Two of the most common formats for citation
and referencing another author's works are the Modern Language Association (MLA)
style and the American Psychological Association (APA) style. The Purdue Online
Writing Lab, or OWL, has everything you will ever need to cite the works you use
in your writing assignments. You can link to the OWL at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Check with your teacher to find out which format you should
use.
For the purpose of this assignment, we will use MLA format for citations, and assume that you will be using primarily electronic sources in your research. Here are some examples, formatted using the Purdue OWL and using the resources on the previous page.
An in-text citation points your reader toward the reference in your bibliography where you found the information. It should be as clear to the reader as possible, so may include author's last name, the year of publication, and the page. Here are a couple of examples:
The Mayo Clinic (1) lists five health benefits of walking:
In this case you only need to give the page number, because there is only one Mayo Clinic resource and you have said where it is from.
The five health benefits of walking are (Mayo Clinic Staff, 1):
In this case you need to give the author of the source as well as the page number, because your text did not point to the resource.
Both of these point to the entry on your Works Cited page for the Mayo Clinic page on the benefits of walking.
The Mayo Clinic (1) lists five health benefits of walking:
In this case you only need to give the page number, because there is only one Mayo Clinic resource and you have said where it is from.
The five health benefits of walking are (Mayo Clinic Staff, 1):
In this case you need to give the author of the source as well as the page number, because your text did not point to the resource.
Both of these point to the entry on your Works Cited page for the Mayo Clinic page on the benefits of walking.
This is what your Works Cited page would look like for three of the references on the previous page:
Works Cited
"The Benefits of Walking." 2013. American Heart Association. 9 Sep. 2013.
<http://www.startwalkingnow.org/whystart_benefits_walking.jsp>.
Mayo Clinic Staff. "Walking: Trim Your Waistline, Improve Your Health." 2013. Mayo Clinic. 9
Sep. 2012. <http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/walking/HQ01612/NSECTIONGROUP=2>.
Rauh, Sherry. "Is Your Baby On Track?" 2006. Web MD. 9 Sep. 2013<http://children.webmd.com/features/is-your-baby-on-
track?page=3>.
Works Cited
"The Benefits of Walking." 2013. American Heart Association. 9 Sep. 2013.
<http://www.startwalkingnow.org/whystart_benefits_walking.jsp>.
Mayo Clinic Staff. "Walking: Trim Your Waistline, Improve Your Health." 2013. Mayo Clinic. 9
Sep. 2012. <http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/walking/HQ01612/NSECTIONGROUP=2>.
Rauh, Sherry. "Is Your Baby On Track?" 2006. Web MD. 9 Sep. 2013<http://children.webmd.com/features/is-your-baby-on-
track?page=3>.
Your Works Cited page is the last one in your report. Here's what you need to include for websites and web
articles:
articles:
- Author's name if one is listed; last name comma first name middle initial (ln, fn mi.).
- Title of the article on the webpage.
Note that the title has standard title capitalization and is in quotations. - Year the webpage is published. If you can't find one, drop this field.
- Publisher of the website. Note that this is in italics (slanted print).
- Date you accessed the article.
Note that this is in day mon. year format: 9 Sep. 2013 - URL