Saturday Academy for Middle Schoolers
Theme: Fitness and Sports Injuries
Exercise, Sleep, and Presentation Skills
- Go over whether students stuck to their healthy meal plan
- Lecture on presentation skills given by Pipeline volunteers - 10 minutes
- Sample presentation on the mechanics and benefits of exercise given by a Pipeline volunteer - 10-15 minutes
- Sample presentation on the mechanics and benefits of sleep given by a Pipeline volunteer - 10-15 minutes
- 7th graders will take notes
- Go over what worked well with each presentation - 5 minutes
- Divide students into 4 groups and present the material back to the volunteers using the presentation skills learned in the previous workshop - 60 minutes
Project: Divide into 3 new groups
- Students will be presenting topics to the 6th graders and their own parents.
- Each group will have a different topic: eating healthy, exercise, sleep
- Divide into 3 new groups according to interest
- Ask them to research their topic a little for next workshop
8 volunteers needed