Physical Education + Math Homework

WORKSHEETS

Physical Education + Math Homework

Grades 5/6th

Objective - The students will be able to predict outcomes and compare them to actual scores of the top 25 teams in college basketball.

Prediction: March Madness Basketball

After reading the following information

on each of the top 25 college teams and

researching on your own (internet/newspaper)

– you will need to make a prediction about what

team will win the NCAA tournament. Your

prediction must be accompanied by

three-paragraph essay describing the

reasons behind your choice. You must use

at least 3 mathematical terms as well as

3 basketball terms in your essay.

If your team makes it to the:

Championship – 5 lottery tickets

Finals Four – 4 lottery tickets

Big Eight – 3 lottery tickets

Sweet Sixteen – 2 lottery tickets

Doing homework assignment – 1 lottery ticket

Winning ticket will win a Human-I-tee of choice

This is a physical education and math grade!!!!!

Internet site: college.espn.go.com

Physical Education

Written Assignment #1

Name____________________________Class_________________Date______________

Teacher__________________________Unit____________________________________

Answer each of the following questions in COMPLETE SENTENCES

1. What is Physical Fitness?

2. What are warm-up activities and why do you do them?

3. Name and explain or describe five of the Fitness tests you completed.

4. What physical benefits do you get from running a mile?

5. Why do you think that there is an increase in the number of children with

juvenile diabetes, high blood pressure, and who are overweight in the United

States today? What do you think can be done to help prevent the increase of

these conditions in our children?

Volleyball Class Assignment

Use outside references or websites if you need help answering these questions.

Name_______________ Class__________ Date________

1. List the three skills we worked on in class and tell

when you would use each one.

2. Who founded the game of Volleyball? Give the

person’s name, where it was founded, and the date.

3. How many people are on an official volleyball team?

Name the positions on the court.

4. List five rules for Volleyball.

5. Name three benefits of playing Volleyball.

Heart Rate Activity

Cross-Curricular Assignments

Art

Draw a picture illustrating the heart rate activity

you just completed.

Health

Explain how your body adapts when you exercise.

Language Arts

Write an explanatory prompt about the heart rate

activity you just completed.

Math

Create three different types of graphs to illustrate

the results of your heart rate readings. Be sure to

label the activity, the heart rate for the activity, and

the type of graph.

Music

Explain how you would use music with this activity.

Science

Explain how exercise affects your cells.

Social Studies

You are organizing a Marathon and you must map

the route and describe its topography and climate.

Measuring Your Heart Rate

Heart rate is an excellent indicator of how the body is reacting to exercise. We want to measure your resting, active and recovery time of heart rate.

Resting Heart Rate: 60 – 85 beats per minute

Active Heart Rate: 160 – 190 beats per minute

Resting Heart Rate _________ beats per minutes.

Active/Recovery Heart Rate

After 3 minutes ____________ of exercise

After 2 minutes ____________ of rest

After 4 minutes ____________ of rest

After 6 minutes ____________ of rest

After 8 minutes ____________ of rest

Now refer to your homework sheet for your calculated Target Heart Rate which is the number of times your heart should beat in one minute to get the maximum benefit from your exercising time.

Target Heart Rate ____________ beats per minute

Let’s see how long it could take to reach your Target heart rate? Hold onto the insta-pulse monitor and jog around the gym?

While I time the run, you need to call out to me when you reach your target heart rate.

Time ______________

Now you will be able to know how long to exercise to reach your maximum level to improve your heart.

PERSONAL BASKETBALL

JOURNAL

for

Name

How many can you do in one minute?

Challenge Date Date

A. B. Cross-over dribble

C. Chest pass to target 10’ away

D. Shots made from close range

E. Dominate side lay-ins

Fitness Challenge:

Number of jump rope

turns in a minute:

Physical Education - Basketball Writing Prompt Rubric

- Write 10 - 15 sentences about the type of

players you want for the team. 10 pts. ____

- Explain what skills you are looking for

in a player. 10 pts. ____

- Describe the process needed for your

athletes to be successful:

Training 10 pts. ____

Tryouts 10 pts. ____

Personal Qualities 10 pts. ____

- Explain the physical benefits of this activity

and its value to you later in life. 10 pts. ____

- Capitalization 10 pts. ____

- Language Usage 10 pts. ____

- Punctuation 10 pts. ____

- Correct spelling 10 pts. ____

Total points = 100

Grading:

90 - 100 = A

80 - 89 = B

70 - 79 = C

60 - 69 = D

59 below = E

Total Points = _____

Grade letter = _____

Name __________________

Date __________________

Underhand Serve

1. Predict how many points you may score over the net? _________

Tally you points:

Front Court (2 points) _________________________

Known as the attack area.

Middle Court (1 point) _________________________

Most likely area for others to return on serve.

Back Court (3 points) _________________________

Decisional area whether the ball will be out-of- bounds, best choice to send a serve.

2. Add up your point made on serves? ____________

3. By knowing the best area to try to score a point, add up your points again and total them. ________________