Choose the age-specific reference correctly
Choose the age-specific reference correctly
About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice
Supplied materials
- Paper or a text document; all cases below are original fictional learning inputs.
- An adult may read aloud; drawing or spoken answers are valid. No personal health information or physical performance is required.
- The fictional participants are sixteen and nineteen. The sixteen-year-old’s planning reference is daily youth guidance; the nineteen-year-old uses the adult weekly reference. A grade label cannot decide which applies. If the sixteen-year-old has a large Sunday total, that alone does not establish the other six daily totals. The table should show age, time basis and the observations still missing.
- The fictional participant is 15. Which reference fits?
- The participant is 20. Which fits?
- The participant is 4. Which fits?
- The card says only “grade 12,” with no age. What fits?
- The fictional participant is 17. Which fits?
- The fictional participant just turned 18. Which activity reference fits?
Learn the idea
Physical activity guidance uses age groups rather than school grade alone. Ages six through seventeen have a daily sixty-minute moderate-to-vigorous reference. Adults eighteen and older have a weekly aerobic reference plus muscle-strengthening days. Preschool ages three to five are encouraged to be active throughout the day.
Select the stated age first, then the appropriate time basis. Do not replace youth daily guidance with an adult weekly total. A learner’s grade can include different ages, so the cases state age explicitly. Individual ability and appropriate support remain relevant.
Use fictional plans without exercising or recording personal data. The reference is general information, not a diagnosis or individualized prescription. Paper participation is valid, and a schedule is not proof that activity happened.
- Mark the facts or constraints in the supplied case.
- Apply the method explained above; draw a sequence, table or decision map.
- Compare your result with the worked solution and explain the difference.
- Complete the new cases, then check the changed-case extension.
See the method in action
The fictional participants are sixteen and nineteen. The sixteen-year-old’s planning reference is daily youth guidance; the nineteen-year-old uses the adult weekly reference. A grade label cannot decide which applies. If the sixteen-year-old has a large Sunday total, that alone does not establish the other six daily totals. The table should show age, time basis and the observations still missing.
Check your reasoning
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Helpful tips
- Select guidance by stated age, not school grade.
- Daily youth and weekly adult references are not interchangeable.
See the answer and explanation
Use youth daily guidance because the stated age is 6–17.
Fifteen lies in the 6–17 youth age group.
Take it further
Create a table for ages 5,16 and 19. Expected: preschool active-through-day, youth daily, adult weekly; no actual participation or individual-care claim.
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More practice: try new cases
Choose an answer for each problem. Explain your method on paper, then use the feedback to decide what to revisit.
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Check the subject sources
- SHAPE America 2024 physical education framework reference
- CDC child physical activity guidance
- CDC adult physical activity guidance
These LifeStarter passages, scenarios and exercises are authored for this Academy with AI assistance and review. External resources keep their publishers’ terms. A grade label suggests a starting level; it does not establish alignment with your school’s complete requirements.