Social Studies Learning Center

Ryan Larsen
Social Studies
Dr. Murry
February 16th, 2017

Guide for Learning Center (Healthy Habits)

Goal and Objective: The goal of this learning center is to extend students
understanding of global connection and to introduce them to different celebrations
around the world. This learning center meets the NB curriculum requirements for
You and Your World, Unit 3, Outcome 1.3.1.- Students will be expected to
understand, develop, and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

Procedure for Centre Management: The centre will be set up with the backdrop
behind the material for the activities.

Next students will enter the activity space and they may choose from any of these
activities. Typically, it is best to start with at least one must activity and the
assessment sheet because this section is the content learning section. The activities
are as follows:

Teachers Notes:

Must Activities Assessment Strategy

Super Stretch + Exercise Dice Game Participation

Pt. 1 Super Stretch The students will be graded based on

their participation during the super
Students will: stretch activity and during the exercise
Stretch their bodies in a variety dice game.
of ways
Learn that stretching helps wake
their bodies up
Mirror movements they see in
pictures
Do some warm-up exercises (run
or jump in place)?
Introduce different stretching
moves:
o Stretch UP! (reach up to the
ceiling)
 o Stretch DOWN! (reach down
to your toes)
Stretch all AROUND! (hold your arms
out to the sides and move them around
slowly in BIG circles)

Pt. 2 Exercise dice game

Students will role two dice, one
with six different types of
exercise and one with numbers 1
6.
Students will perform the
exercise that they role around a
hula-hoop the amount of times
that they role on the other die.

All information is available at:

https://www.education.com/activity/article/exerdi
ce/
https://classroom.kidshealth.org/cc/GetMoving.pd
f

Pepper + Soap Hand Wash Activity Ask Question/Participation/check for

completion (work sheet)

This is an activity for teaching students Students will be assessed based on

about personal hygene, especially their participation during the
surrounding hand washing. This activity demonstration and their participation I
answering questions. Students will also
illustrates the importance of using soap.
be assessed on their demonstration of
understanding through the completion
Teacher will: of the hand wash worksheet.
Fill the pie tin most of the way full
with water and then sprinkle
ground pepper on the surface of
the water, make sure that the
pepper fully covers the water
surface. Next, put a drop of liquid
soap in the center of the plate
and watch as the soap pushes all
of the pepper to the edges. In
this activity the pepper
represents germs and the water
represents our hands. We want to
teach students that we use soap
when we wash our hands
because it gets rid of all the
 germs on our hands.
Students will:
Observe this happen and answer
questions about what is
happening.
Draw a hand washing poster.
Next have students draw a picture for
each stage of the hand washing
process.

Should Activity Assessment Strategy

Healthy teeth activity Participation

Students will be assessed on their

Students will learn about and discuss participation during the healthy teeth
what types of foods are good for their activity. Observations will be taken as
teeth and what types of food are bad for students attempt to match health foods
with healthy teeth and unhealthy foods
their teeth. Using these images,
with sad teeth.
students will sort between healthy and
unhealthy foods for your teeth.

All Information is available at:

http://www.kiwicrate.com/projects/Happy-Tooth-
Sad-Tooth-Collage/388

Could Activity Assessment Strategy

Draw A healthy activity (worksheet) Checking for Completion

Students will be assessed on the

Have students take time to draw a completion of the Draw a Healthy
picture of a healthy activity that they Activity worksheet. Teacher will also
look at drawings to ensure that the
can do at home and that they can do at
lesson has been understood.
school. Discuss some of the ideas that
they come up with and try to brainstorm
other ideas of healthy activities that
students can do at school and at home.
Super Stretch + Exercise Dice
Directions:
Pt. 1 Super Stretch
Ask Students:
Can you pretend you are waking up in the morning? How does your body feel? Now
pretend you are sitting in the car for a long time. How do you feel? How does your
body feel right now?

Activity:
1. Do some warm-up exercises (run or jump in place).
2. Introduce different stretching moves:
o Stretch UP! (reach up to the ceiling)
o Stretch DOWN! (reach down to your toes)
o Stretch all AROUND! (hold your arms out to the sides and move them
around slowly in BIG circles)
3. Have children take turns tossing the block onto the Stretch Chart to see which
stretch it lands on. All children then stretch the way their Sesame Street
friend is stretching on the chart.
4. Ask, What does it feel like after you stretch your muscles? Check your body
are there any spots you want to stretch more so you can move more
easily?

Pt. 2 Exercise dice game

Students will role two dice, one with six different types of exercise and one
with numbers 1 6.
Students will perform the exercise that they role around a hula-hoop the
amount of times that they role on the other die.
Pepper and Soap Hand washing activity
Directions:
Fill pie tin most of the way full with water and then sprinkle ground pepper on the
surface of the water, make sure that the pepper fully covers the water surface.
Next, put a drop of liquid soap in the center of the plate and watch as the soap
pushes all of the pepper to the edges. In this activity the pepper represents germs
and the water represents our hands. We want to teach students that we use soap
when we wash our hands because it gets rid of all the germs on our hands.

Hand Washing Poster Creation

Directions:
Have students draw a picture for each stage of the hand washing process.

Healthy Teeth Activity

Directions:
Students will learn about and discuss what types of foods are good for their teeth
and what types of food are bad for their teeth. Using these images, students will
sort between healthy and unhealthy foods for your teeth.

Draw a Healthy Activity Work Sheet

Directions:
Have students take time to draw a picture of a healthy activity that they can do at
home and that they can do at school. Discuss some of the ideas that they come up
with and try to brainstorm other ideas of healthy activities that students can do at
school and at home.
Process for Designing Center:

First teachers will want to collect a white, three panel backdrop, that can be

easily found at the dollar store. Decoration is up for the teachers interpretation,

however, I set up my backdrop by first putting a whiteboard in the center of my

display right below the title. The whiteboard will be used for making lists of types of

exercises that the students do. Directly below the whiteboard is where I put the

teeth brushing activity, items were placed on with Velcro so that students would be
able to interact. On the left hand side, just below a couple of pictures I put our

sesame street physical activity poem so that students would be able to read that

aloud with me. On the right hand side, I put our super stretch activity which

describes the different stretches that students can do. Just below that I have the

steps for washing hands.

Just in front of my backdrop I will have my container for completed work as

well as all of my handouts (hand washing activity and exercise drawing activity). To

the side I will have my exercise dice activity set up with the hula-hoop out-front on

the floor, this will need lots of room so that students will be able to do activities

around it. I will also have my handwashing simulation that will include a pie tin filled

with water, ground pepper, and soap.

When the students would walk into my learning center I would first start with

my must do activity which will be our super stretch activity. We will all spread out

and start by talking about the different types of exercise that we like to do (I will

write some on the whiteboard). Next we will talk about how it is important that we

stretch to warm up our bodies for exercise. We will do the super stretch activity and

then move to the exercise dice activity where students will be set up near the hula-

hoop. If there is time following this activity, we will move into the should do activity

which is our hand washing steps activity.

Materials Needed for Each Activity and Backdrop:

Backdrop
Tri Board
Velcro
Tooth Fairy Book
Activity poem print out
Super Stretch Pictures
 Steps for washing hands print out
Healthy Teeth activity (Velcro to the backdrop)
Whiteboard (for making a list of Exercises)
Healthy habit pictures

Super Stretch +Physical Activity Dice Game

Super Stretch Directions sheet
Activity Dice
Hula Hoop

Soap + Pepper Handwashing Activity

Directions Sheet
Tin Pie Plates
Water
Ground Pepper
Dish Soap

How to wash my hands Worksheet

How to Wash my Hands activity sheet
Pencil crayons
Crayons
Markers

Healthy Teeth Activity

Happy/Sad Teeth
Happy/Sad foods for teeth

Draw A Healthy Activity

Activity Work Sheet
Pencil crayons, crayons, markers