Middle School PE Lesson Ideas

For one week, each student must keep a log of his/her daily physical activity. The student must engage in at least 15 minutes of physical activity for a minimum of five days. Some of the activities the students may engage in are listed on the back of this sheet. Also listed on the back of this sheet are the average calories used per hour for a variety of activities. After engaging in physical activity, the student must determine the number of calories expended during the activity chosen.

For example, if a student who weighed 100 pounds surfed for 15 minutes, then he/she would look on the back of this sheet and determine that he/she expended approximately 416 calories in one hour while surfing. Since the student only engaged in the activity for 15 minutes, the student would need to divide the amount of calories used in an hour (416) by four because there are four 15 minute intervals in one hour. Therefore, 416 divided by 4 = 104 calories expended in 15 minutes.

Each daily log should include the following:

1. Date, time, and length of the activity.
2. A brief description of the daily activity.
3. The amount of calories expended (according to the back of this sheet).
4. A parent signature.

Physical Activity Daily Journal (PDF)

Calorie Conversions (PDF)

Calories Converted Part 2 (PDF)