Assignment #3.3 Life Expectancy and Quality of Life
Assignment 3.3 Life Expectancy and Quality of Life
Objective
Standards: Minnesota State Physical Education Benchmarks
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of expectancy and quality of life by completing an interactive life expectancy calculator and game and answering related questions.
Resources
How long will you live?
Life expectancy is the average number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age. Life expectancy may be determined by race, sex, or other characteristics using age-specific death rates for the population with that characteristic. The chart listed below the life expectancy for both males and females since 1900.
U.S. Life Expectancy Year/ Male/ Female 1900 48.2 51.1 1940 60.8 65.2 1950 65.6 71.1 1960 66.6 73.3 1970 67.1 74.7 1980 70.0 77.4 1990 71.8 78.8 1996 73.0 79.0 Source: Dept of Health and Human Services
Assignment
Begin this assignment by answering questions 1-3. 1. How long do you think you will live? 2. What are two positive behaviors that you do that might extend you life expectancy? 3. List two behaviors that you do that might be shorting your life expectancy?
Now click on the two websites to calculate your life expectancy.
Finally answer questions 4 & 5. 4. What were the results for both websites listed? 5. Were you surprised by your results? Explain why. 6. Were there any risk factors that you were surprised to see on this calculator? Explain why.
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