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Benefits Of Incorporating Health And Wellness Education Into The Fifth Grade Curriculum, Allison Brown
Benefits Of Incorporating Health And Wellness Education Into The Fifth Grade Curriculum, Allison Brown
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
This senior capstone examines the benefits of incorporating health and wellness education for 100 fifth graders from three different classrooms in a local Monterey County elementary school to gain their perspectives about the different aspects of health and wellness. Through the use of literature review, anonymous surveys with students and three fifth grader teachers, the result findings indicate that incorporating health and wellness education into fifth grade curriculum would benefit students to have a better health and wellness.
Effects Of Obesity In Elementary School Children After No Child Left Behind (Nclb), Victoria L. Moore
Effects Of Obesity In Elementary School Children After No Child Left Behind (Nclb), Victoria L. Moore
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Ever since No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation became adopted into our school system, students’ physical health has suffered. Recently, the number of unhealthy children has grown. One in three children are classified as overweight or obese. This senior capstone project demonstrates the causes and effects of such an issue in regards to both physical education and nutritional education in elementary schools in the tri-county areas of Monterey, Salinas, and Santa Clara counties. The results from twenty-seven survey results and one interview suggest that most teachers feel that there is a need for daily physical education and nutritional education should …
Using Minecraft To Integrate Common Core Activities Across Elementary School Curriculum, William A J Couling
Using Minecraft To Integrate Common Core Activities Across Elementary School Curriculum, William A J Couling
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Minecraft, an open world sandbox game rich with educational possibility, has been a growing sensation among elementary age children across the US. Though there has been some experimentation in a number of schools across the United States, there has been no mass movement to embracing Minecraft as a virtual learning environment. With advances in the fields of Virtual Learning Environments and the new wave of educational thinking known as the “Maker Movement,” the modern educational field has an opportunity for radical new ways of teaching. Using an elementary school as a model in the Monterey Bay area, I surveyed a …
Benefits Of Implementing Journaling Activities In Physical Education At The Elementary School Level, Ivy Ottmar
Benefits Of Implementing Journaling Activities In Physical Education At The Elementary School Level, Ivy Ottmar
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Physical Education (P.E.) is at a risk of becoming obsolete at the elementary school level. This is an important problem that needs to be addressed because children need a daily physical outlet. But, it goes beyond just getting outside and moving. If journaling is integrated into the physical education curriculum, students can use this tool to reinforce what they are learning when they are exercising as well as communicate their feelings about physical education. After conducting literature reviews, interviewing elementary school staff, and implementing a journaling activity, the researcher found that journaling about P.E. was positive and beneficial for the …
Addressing The Impact Of Deportation On Citizen Children And Their Undocumented Parents, Ismael Mondragon
Addressing The Impact Of Deportation On Citizen Children And Their Undocumented Parents, Ismael Mondragon
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
A vast number of parents/children are been affected with high levels of anxiety, depression, and stress when their families are been separated due to deportation. Therefore, I conducted two sets of interviews, a parent component that consisted of eight questions and a child component that consisted of eleven questions. The interviews took approximately 10 minutes each. I interview a small group of six participants, three adults and three children who have gone through the devastated experience of having a family member deported. Hearing the participants experiences I learned that there are not enough programs in the community to help families …
Bringing Curriculum Outdoors: Implementing Gardening Outdoors, Nicole Aboujaoude
Bringing Curriculum Outdoors: Implementing Gardening Outdoors, Nicole Aboujaoude
Capstone Projects and Master's Theses
Traditional public schools are not always giving students access to opportunities to experience innovative approaches to learning like garden-based education. Garden-based education uses the garden in everyday curriculum as well as giving students the opportunity to experience hands-on learning. An outdoor garden can be a tool in promoting outdoor education and positive peer relationships. Through interviews with teachers from the garden program and surveys with students who participate in this program, this Capstone examines the benefits of taking the curriculum outdoors and implementing garden-based education. Students and teachers showed high remarks when taking the curriculum outside in the garden. Having …