A 5th grade health project challenges students to create a comic strip as a cartoonist for Kids Health Magazine, with the goal of persuading readers to adopt an active lifestyle and healthy habits for physical fitness now and in the future. Students are instructed to design and deliver an educational message using digital media that will motivate peers to stay physically fit. The project outlines steps for exploring media types, brainstorming relevant health information from provided sites, designing 3 fitness messages, creating the comic strip digitally, sharing it with peers, and printing it for display.
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5th grade health project[2]
1. 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 your 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
1. From the list below explore which type of media you’re going to use to get
your message across.
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2. Brainstorm a list of the kinds of information that your peers would need
to help them keep fit. Use the sites below to help fine information:
Sites
Kids Health
Lets Move
Teens Health
3. Design at least 3 appropriate messages that you could use.
4. Using your choice of digital media create your project.
5. Share with peers.
6. Print for display.
