There are many projects that students can choose from the area of physical education. The details of the projects that can be adopted by students are given in detail below.

Physical Education Project # 1

Colored drawing of your body’s circulatory system

• Students will have to include in their drawing:
• A labeled drawing of the human heart.
• Arrows showing the circulation of blood through out the body.
• A minimum of 10 parts of the heart must be labeled.
• Make use of the color red to signify oxygenated blood and blue for deoxygenated blood.
• Mention 2 main functions of the human circulatory system.
• Mention 2 methods to keep the circulatory system healthy.
• Students are recommended to utilize an anatomy reference book or the internet for more information on the aforementioned topics.

Physical Education Project # 2

How Many Calories do you need?

Candidates need to do this on a spare piece of paper.

Part A:

• In this part, one will discover how many calories they need to maintain their present weight. The following steps need to be followed to make calculations.
• Convert weight from pounds to kilograms. This can be done by dividing weight by 2.2.

E.g.: 150 lbs / 2.2 lbs per kg = 68 kg

• Multiply weight in kg by using the Base Metabolism Rate (males need to use BMR factor 1 and females BMR factor 9).

E.g.: Males: 68 kg x 1 kg/kg/hr = 68 cal/hr

• Multiply the calories used by a person in 1 hour by the total number of hours in a day.

E.g.: 68 cal/hour x 24 hour/day = 1632 cal/day.

Thus you can confirm that the base metabolic rate for a normal 150 lb male is approximately 1632 calories/day

Part B

Now calculate the activity a person does each day.

Given below are the approximations of calories that are burned each day as per as the amount of muscular work done by a person each day.

• For sedentary activity: 40-50% of BMR
• For light activity: 55-65% of BMR
• For moderate activity: 65-70% of BMR
• For heavy work: 75 to 100% of BMR

If we take the case of a clerk, we can estimate the energy needed by him a day. We can multiply the BMR calories of a day by 50%.

e.g. 1632 cal/day x 50% = 816 cal/ day used for activities

We can conclude that the man we used as the example above uses

If the man we used as an example above were a clerk we could deduct his energy needs by multiplying per day by 1632 cal/day + 816 cal/day = 2448 cal/day. As the calculations are done on base of estimates, the total energy used by our man is about 2400-2500 calories a day.

Now, students can calculate the number of calories they use every day on base of the calculation steps given above.

Physical Education Project # 3

Food Pyramid Web Menu Planner

• Students need to Log on to the site www.mypyramid.gov/index.html
• Select the “My Pyramid Menu Planner” option.
• Register your name and your vital body stats.
• Plan the menu for a single day by making use of the “Start Menu Planning” option.
• Take a print out of the daily menu and submit it.

Physical Education Project # 4

The Facts on Fast Foods:  Web Quest

Students need to open the 3 given web windows and leave all three of them open.

• www.mcdonalds.com

Select USA food, nutrition and fitness on the McDonald’s USA banner

Select nutrition information option

Select nutrition facts

• www.bk.com

Type in the collected information of nutritional facts.

Select the nutritional information link given on the top side of the page.

• www.tacobell.com

Select nutrition guide link given on top page.

Select the printable nutrition guide.

Now answer these questions:

1.How much calories do each of the following food types have?

• Beef burrito supreme
• Whopper
• Big Mac

2.Which has the most number of calories?

3.What is the percentage of calories this food item have in your daily diet?

4.Calories in food item

=  ____________ x 100   = _____% of daily allowance 2500 calories/day

5.Choose any type of food from the restaurant and calculate the total calorie intake.

6.Plan a meal from any of the restaurants that encompasses ¼ your daily calorie intake. Make a listing of this and the calorie count.

7.When people have their food from fast food restaurants, do you think it is possible for them stay within the permitted allowance of 2000 calories/day?  Explain in detail.

These Are The Other Projects That Can Be Selected By The Students:

• Research a Disease/Illness/Syndrome
• The Benefits of Exercise!
• EXERCISE THIS! Making a plan to get more exercise.
• Vaccinations…….just another shot in the arm?

Choose the Industry for Doing Your Project

Individuals can select a project as per their requirements of the needs of the firm that takes them on. They will have the opportunity to select any project they like. A few industries where students can take up projects include educational institutes, health institutes etc.