5th GRADE HEALTH PROJECT: FIT FOR NOW AND THE FUTURE YOUR CHALLENGE You are a cartoonist for Kids Health Magazine. Your job is to make a comic strip to persuade readers to keep active and live a healthy lifestyle. Use what you have learned about keeping fit and information you find to persuade your peers to adopt habits that will promote physical fitness. DESIGN AND DELIVER Using digital media design and deliver a message to educate and motivate you peers to be physically fit. PROJECT STEPS Step #1

a. Go to the toondo link or go to toondo.com. b. Sign in – we will go over how to sign in during class. c. Explore and have some fun with site.

Step #2 Brainstorm a list of the kinds of information that your peers would need to help them keep fit. Go to edmodo and click on the links to help fine information or go to the web sites below to help find information.

Links and Sites Kids Health- http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/index.html Lets Move- http://www.letsmove.gov/ Teen health- http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/take_care/exercise_wise.html

Step #3 Design at least 3 appropriate messages that you could use. Step #4 Create your project- be creative and colorful Step #5 Share with peers. Step #6

Print for display on Wellness Bulletin Board