Class: Year 10

Time: Period 4&5

Topic: Barriers to Physical Activity
Date: 15/9/15
Setting: Classroom
Essential What are the barriers, which influence an individual’s participation in
Question physical activity?
Focus Students are able to describe barriers, which influence an individual’s
Questions/ participation in physical activity?
Success
Criteria
Assessment Homework Checklist
Suggestions for Overcoming Barriers to Physical Activity Handout
Barriers to Physical Activity Group Poster
Resources PowerPoint- Chapter 14 Factors influencing Physical Activity
/Sources Homework Checklist
/Materials Laptop
/Equipment Whiteboard + Markers
Suggestions for Overcoming Barriers to Physical Activity Handout
Barriers to being Active Quiz (page 294) + WEBPAGE below
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/hhp/fahey7e/wellness_worksheets/w
ellness_worksheet_073.html
Barriers to Physical Activity/PA Intervention YouTube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dBVR1htfoQ
Student Evaluation Form
A3 & A4 Paper
Textas
Textbook
Key Vocabulary Chapter 14 Glossary Words

Special EAL Students

Considerations

Teaching Focus Gradual release of information

Topic and activities
Materials Time
Time MAIN BODY
required Allocation

1:20- INTRODUCTION Whiteboar 10mins

1:30 Mark Roll d
Complete any administrative issues
Marker
Explain LI and SC, plus plan of the lesson
Hand back student work which has been marked Pens
1:30- Homework Check Homework 90mins
3:00 Teacher calls up students to check off their work Checklist
based on their checklist given out last class.
Students must hand work in or be at risk of a Five
Weekly Check
1:30- Brainstorm- Barriers of Physical Activity A4 Paper 15mins
1:45 Each table receives an A4 piece of colored paper.
Pencils
They are to write the title ‘Barriers of Physical Activity’
in the middle. Whiteboar
They then as a table to write down as many reasons d

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 why people do not exercise and barriers which prevent
them from being physically active.
When finished, all the posters are put onto the
whiteboard to form a circle, and then as a class, they
discuss the answers of each group.
1:45- Barriers to Being Active Quiz Barriers to 15mins
2:00 Teacher gets up Being Active Quiz Being
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/hhp/fahey7e/wellne Active Quiz
ss_worksheets/wellness_worksheet_073.html
(It is the same quiz which students will turn to in their
textbook on page 294)
Teacher reads out each question for students to read
through and answer.
Then Teacher goes through how to calculate the
answers in regards to barriers for them to overcome.
The higher the score, the more important the barrier is
for them to overcome.
Discussion around which areas students scored high
on
2:00- Video- Barriers to Physical Activity/PA Barriers to 15mins
2:15 Intervention Physical
Students watch YouTube video Activity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dBVR1htfoQ Questions
Students write down the questions to be answered
YouTube
throughout the video.
Video:
Barriers to
Teacher stops the video at the end of each question
Physical
so that students can write down their answers.
Activity/PA
QUESTIONS
Interventio
1. What is a perceived barrier?
n
2. What are some examples of these?
3. What is a genuine barrier?
4. What are some examples of these?
5. What are some examples of Physical Activity
Interventions?
2:15- Suggestions for Overcoming Physical Activity Suggestion 15mins
2:30 Barriers s for
Students are given a handout for Suggestions for Overcomin
Overcoming Physical Activity Barriers. g Physical
There are 10 different categories for which they are to Activity
come up with a minimum of 3 different suggestions for Barriers
overcoming the physical activity barrier. Handout
Class Discussion of the Answers with students
randomly chosen to reveal their answers.
2:30- Barriers to Physical Activity Group Poster A3 Poster 20mins
2:55 The following categories of Barriers to physical activity Paper
are written on the board.
Textas
- Males & Females
- Indigenous Australians
- People with Disabilities
- Geographic Location
- Elderly People
- Children/Adolescents
- Ethnic Minorities
- Overweight/Obese People
In groups of 3 students choose a category (and write
their names on the board to show which group they are
doing)
They then design a poster, which highlights why these
categories have a higher risk of being physically
inactive.
They are then to list 4 different suggestions as to what
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 each group can do to improve the chances of being
physically active.
They are to make them as colorful as possible.
Posters are displayed around the room and each
group has the opportunity to discuss their poster to the
rest of the class.
CONCLUSION Laptop 5mins
Summarise LI and SC. Explain how we reached our
2:55- Homework
SC.
3:00 Checklist
Explanation of Prac class being on SOPLAY.
Remind students to arrive on time for class in correct
uniform