Pumping Up

By

Cheryl Beckmann

Jamestown Elementary

Teacher Page

This cooperative learning activity iscalled on the line. The students willrank the items from least importantto most important. The students willwrite the task individually and thendiscuss their answer with the group.The group will rank the items againas a team.

Pumping Up for Summer

It is mid May. Summer is just around the corner and the Sports Illustrated swim suit issue has just hit the news stands. You go to the mirror and to your horror discover you have been watching to much television and munching chips. It is time to firm up and lose ten pounds of that winter insulation.

The Problem

Rank these items in order of least helpful to most helpful as far as getting in shape.Use

the key words that are underlined to place on the

line.

• Drink 8 8oz glasses of water a day

Least Most1 2 3 4 5 6

• Eat 4-6 small meals a day

Least Most1 2 3 4 5 6

• Do weight lifting or strengthening exercises

Least Most1 2 3 4 5 6

• Skipping meals or throwing up(bingeing)

Least Most1 2 3 4 5 6

• Walk every day

Least Most1 2 3 4 5 6

• Take diet pills

Least Most1 2 3 4 5 6

Answer

bingeing pills weight lifting 4-6 meals drink walk

1 2 3 4 5 6

Least Most

Scoring

• For each item find the difference between your ranking and the experts.

• Add these scores together

• The smaller the difference the closer you are to the experts.

Example

Example Your ranking Experts Difference

Drink water 3 5 2

Diet pills 6 1 5

Added together 2+5=7 your score is 7

Experts Reasoning for the Ranking

Pills-taking pills does speed up your metabolism, but it is a quick fix. There can be side effects. Pills are addictive. When you stop taking pills you gain the weight back.

BingeingWhen a person skips meals the body shuts down and slows its digestive

speed to conserve energy because the body thinks it is starving. Bingeing

causes heart problems and the acid in your stomach starts eating at the

stomach lining and teeth.

Weight LiftingWeight lifting is good. It will speed

up the digestive process and burn calories. It will firm the body up. At

first a person may gain weight because muscle weighs more than fat

which is good in the long run.

Drinking Water

By drinking more water the bodies system can

eliminate excess fat and unused sugars cleansing

the body system.

Eating 4-6 Meals

By eating more often the body system constantly burns energy. This keeps

the bodies waste moving.

Walking

By walking or doing your favorite activity two to three times a week the body system speeds up, builds strong

muscle, and burns more calories.