Classifying (1 lesson)

This section gets students to explore and identify a variety of foods and physical activities. Students classify foods into the 5 Fun Ways categories using an online interactive tool and also a classroom exercise. Students and or teacher may need to bring in a range of food items and develop a class physical activity list to do this task.

Students can also explore ways to achieve a greater variety of physical activity. See the Various Physical Activity Ideas link.

Influences (2 lessons)

In this section of the Learning Quest students investigate influences on eating, meal patterns and physical activity.

Not everyone follows the same eating, meal and physical activity patterns. There are many factors that influence how, when and what people eat and do physically.

Students need to explore who and what have strong influences on their eating and physical activity patterns. Here are some influences to get you started. However you should encourage your students to come up with their own influences.

		Time
		Energy levels
		Weather
		Culture
		Celebrations
		Sports stars
		Celebrities
		Peers
		Parents
		Activity levels and patterns

What Makes Me Me! (4 lessons)

Students will be working on a Great Things About Me Record individually in this section of the Learning Quest but will need to share some parts to a larger group and maybe at times with the class. You should let the students know before they start this task that they will need to share their Great Things About Me Record. We also encourage students to share their Great Things About Me Record with their family.

In the Great Things About Me Record students will be researching their own body features and information about them by recording all the interesting facts and information. Such as:

		About me
		About my body
		Foods I like
		Physical Activity I enjoy
		Important firsts
		Sports/Teams I am a member of
		Hobbies
		Things I enjoy

Physical Activity Plan (3 lessons)

This part of the Learning Quest helps teach students about the importance of variety regarding physical activity. To encourage people to be active everyday it is important to consider the many different ways to be active. After all, "Variety is the spice of life"! Click here to learn more about the benefits of participating in a variety of activities.

Students will be looking at the importance and role of physical education in developing health through a variety of physical activities. To assist in planning for variety for their own physical education classes, students will work in groups of 4 or 5 to design and present a flyer highlighting a physical activity focusing on one or more of the following areas:

		Dance
		Games
		Fitness
		Movement skills

Help your students to consider the following:

		What is the activity?
		How is it performed or played?
		Where it is to be conducted - eg: on the oval, on a tennis court, can it be played outside of the school such as at the beach or park?
		Equipment needed
		Are there any safety rules?
		Does it allow all students to participate?

The relevance of this particular task is for students to look at physical education through the variety of physical activities it can offer, and to begin to consider planning for variety. The activities students develop are suggested ideas, and if they are chosen to be included as part of the PE lesson it is still important for students to be involved in warm up, skill development and cool down sections.

Click here for information on the Radical Revolving Circuit - a fun class activity with a bit of variety (see attached information on radical revolving circuit).

Expert for a Day (4 lessons)(1 lesson for the presentation)

This part of the Learning Quest is where students take on a role through a scenario. Scenarios may be a new word / activity for the students. You may need to explain what a scenario is or act out a scenario using a familiar concept. How students work in this task is up to you. However it is suggested to use the method 1, 2, 4. This means start the task individually (1), then share the research, findings and recommendations with one other person (2). Finish with sharing further and look into the task with a different perspective (as themselves) and share with another pair thus (4).

Through the scenarios, students will investigate healthy body image. Your role in this is very important. However it is also important that students reflect on themselves and their own body image and how important variety is in food and physical activities. The main message is that we are all different and we should be proud of what we have.

What have I discovered? (1 lesson)

The Evaluation is an opportunity for both the teacher and student to reflect on the learning from the You, Me, Variety Learning Quest. If only part of the Learning Quest was completed then the Assessment rubric will need to be altered to suit your class. Teachers need to decide if they will use symbols or words to reflect the categories of the Rubrics. Teachers also need to decide if the rubric or part of the rubric is self, peer or teacher assessed.

Teacher's Notes

The teaching notes targets information for the teacher.