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Preparation time: 0 min
Teaching time: 30 min

Reading a scientific article for youth on sports and health

Students will read and independently analyse a scientific paper for young people that focuses on the connection between health and sports.

Format

  • Individual work

Age

  • 10-12

What

The possible connections with your curriculum

  • Healthy Lifestyle
  • Science

Who

The people who take up the teacher role

  • Parent
  • Teacher

Where

The locations where learning takes place

  • Home

With

The community stakeholders to collaborate with

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Ready for action?

Resources

Downloadable Resources

Goals, messages & concepts

Specific goals

  • Gather academic research on the importance of exercise
  • Learn how to read and analyse a scientific text

Specific messages

  • Researchers try to determine the connection between physical training and health (physical and mental)
  • Exercise causes the release of chemicals in the body which affect our mood, reduce stress, improve brain function, and promote a general sense of well-being

Main terms

  • Exercise
  • Mental health
  • Physical activity

Practices & skills

STEM practices

  • Constructing explanations and designing solutions
  • Engaging in argument from evidence
  • Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
  • Asking questions and defining problems

Soft skills

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Management skills

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Course of activity

step 1

Students will read a popular science article for teens (see resources) and answer the guiding questions (see resources).