• Week 1 will include teacher demonstrations followed by 2 days of student participation. The teacher will first hand out a sheet that outlines the rules and regulations for using the weight training and fitness equipment throughout the fitness center. The teacher will then read this rule sheet aloud to verify that all of the students have heard and fully understand the rules they must follow in order to participate in the fitness center. The teacher will discuss in-depth using the internet, overheads, and handouts as resources, the importance of proper nutrition in order to maintain high levels of energy, to complete a proper workout designed to build muscle or increase cardiovascular endurance.
  Following the verbal instructions, the teacher will demonstrate the proper way to use the weight training and cardiovascular endurance equipment in the fitness center as the students follow along and ask questions as needed. The students will then be allowed the remainder of the class period (20-30 minutes) and the following 2 days in the fitness center to work on their lifting technique and learn through charts and other various technologies available to them (heart rate monitors, pedometers, electronic treadmills, bikes, step machines, Ipod and Nike running equipment, dynamometers, Health Quest interactive DVD, interactive videos and DVD’s, muscle charts, and lifting charts posted on the walls of the fitness center) how to design the proper fitness program to meet their individual goals.
  Transition: after the third day in the fitness center, the students will be instructed to meet in the library for the remainder of the lessons.

Week 2-3:

• The students will enter the library and be directed by the teacher to sit at the tables designated for their class. The teacher will then assign the students into groups of four or five, giving them a specific muscle group to focus their internet project around (students will move and sit with their designated group). The muscle groups will be legs, abs, shoulders, arms, back, chest, and one group will develop a project related to proper nutrition to stay physically fit. The students will then watch as the teacher demonstrates how to use and navigate through the various technology tools that the students will be using to complete the technology portion of the course. These technologies include: computers , internet access (Microsoft Internet Explorer), burnable DVD’s, PowerPoint technology, printer, and the copy machine. The students will also be encouraged to use hard copy books related to fitness-weight training and nutrition.
   
• The student will go to the library every class (5 classes in total) and work with their group to create an interactive and educational presentation of the proper lifting techniques (body positioning in the flexed and relaxed positions) and nutritional needs of students in 9th grade to prevent injury, build muscle, endurance, and maintain a good level of energy through out the work out process.

  On day one in the library, the teacher presentation will take about 60 minutes. After the presentation is complete, the students will be given the remainder of the class (30 minutes) to brainstorm with their group and delegate responsibilities so they can quickly begin work on their project at the beginning of the next class.
  Any information or research that the students do not complete in class will be considered homework to be completed by the group.

• The teacher and technology specialist will be available during all class periods to help students navigate or better understand how to use the technology available to them.
• Transition: at the end of the fifth day in the library, the students will be instructed to meet back in the fitness center with their finished presentations. The teacher will make sure the students are aware that all of their technological needs to complete their DVD or Power-Point presentation. The students are aware they must notify the teacher of any copies or other needs their group may have prior to class presentation so these resources can be properly prepared.

Week 4:

• After 2 weeks (5 classes) of research and project development, the student will have created an overall weight training/fitness or nutrition program using the internet resources available to them to create an interactive and educational PowerPoint or DVD presentation. Created by the students to educate the other students in the class of helpful hints and proper lifting techniques, focusing on specific muscle groups in the body. The student will be expected to know the names of the exercises and muscles demonstrated and used in the educational presentation. This presentation must use at least three different types of technology or informative tools as well as educate the students about the project topic. The students must know how to use all of the technologies they have incorporated into their project properly.