Learning Expedition: Strategy #1
Health and Physical Activity Assessment

       Learning is something the learner does rather than something that is
           done for the learner. Learning is a change in behavior as a result of
           experience. By combining doing with thinking and expression, the
           learner is motivated to make change.

           The teacher's role in the learning expedition is to organize the expedition
            by creating this first application; guide the discovery by directing the
            student(s) to possible web sites; guide shared discovery by involving the
            student(s) in on-line reflection and review of other students expression;
            and assess the learners' progress through monitoring behavior change.

            Health Example: The teacher directs the high school student(s)
                             to http://www.youfirst.com/hra.htm to complete
                             a general health risk assessment. Upon receiving
                             his/her individual results, the student is asked to
                             identify his/her positive health behavior. The
                             student is then asked to identify one negative
                             health behavior he/she is willing to change.
                             Students selecting similar behaviors to change
                             agree to communicate by e-mail with one another
                             to share their progress and support one another.

  Physical Activity Example: The teacher directs the middle/high
                              school student(s) to:
                              http://k2.kirtland.cc.mi.us/~balbachl/exprog.htm
                                  to review various steps to meet a personal
                              exercise goal. Upon selecting the goal, the student
                              is asked to review the suggested strategies for
                              the goal and develop a plan of action. Students are
                              asked to team with a peer and communicate by
                              e-mail celebrating successes and supporting each
                              other during the difficult "behavior back slides." 
           
Assignment

Now you are to create either a health or a physical activity Learning
Expedition application. You may incorporate any of the resources from
http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwche (health websites) or from those listed below.
The first strategy assignment is to be posted no later than 12 midnight,
Sunday, October 1,2000.Be sure that your students participating in this
first strategy also post their reflections. Check for the second strategy
on Monday evening, October 2,2000.

Resources:
            http://www.americanheart.org/risk/quiz.html (Heart Disease Risk)

                   http://www.intox.com/ (Blood Alcohol Content)

                   http://www.psychtests.com/lc.html (Locus of Control)

                    http://www.discoverfitness.com/Maintaining_a_program.html (Maintain Fitness)

                      http://www.shapeup.org/fitness/assess/fset2.htm (Fitness Assessment)
    
                   http://www.shapeup.org/fitness/nutrition/fset3.htm(Fitness and Nutrition)

                   http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/soc/phys/par-q.html(Physical Activity)

                   http://www.caloriecontrol.org/(Calorie and other Health Calculators)

                   http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9707/htm/q.htm(Alcohol Assessment)