Course Description
Unified Physical Education is a unique opportunity for students of varying ability levels and backgrounds to come together on equal terms through ongoing fitness, sports, leadership and wellness activities. This course is designed to provide students with and without disabilities the opportunity to experience all forms of sports activities in a modified, recreational, and less competitive environment.
Core Curriculum Content Standards
PA Common Core: Science and Technical Subjects (2012)
Reading Informational Text: Students read, understand, and respond to informational text – with emphasis on comprehension, making connections among ideas and between texts with focus on textual evidence.
GRADES 6-8
- Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.(3.5.6-8.C)
Writing: Students write for different purposes and audiences. Students write clear and focused text to convey a well-defined perspective and appropriate content.
GRADES 6-8
- Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.(3.6.6-8.C)
Health, Safety, and Physical Education (2002)
Safety and Injury Prevention
GRADE 9
- Analyze the role of individual responsibility for safe practices and injury prevention in the home, school and community. -modes of transportation (e.g., pedestrian, bicycle, vehicular, passenger, farm vehicle, all-terrain vehicle) -violence prevention in school -self-protection in the home -self-protection in public places(10.3.9.A)
Physical Activity
GRADE 9
- Analyze and engage in physical activities that are developmentally/ individually appropriate and support achievement of personal fitness and activity goals.(10.4.9.A)
- Analyze the effects of regular participation in moderate to vigorous physical activities in relation to adolescent health improvement. -stress management -disease prevention -weight management(10.4.9.B)
- Analyze factors that affect the responses of body systems during moderate to vigorous physical activities. -exercise (e.g., climate, altitude, location, temperature) -healthy fitness zone -individual fitness status (e.g., cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility) -drug/substance use/abuse(10.4.9.C)
- Analyze factors that affect physical activity preferences of adolescents. -skill competence -social benefits -previous experience -activity confidence(10.4.9.D)
- Analyze factors that impact on the relationship between regular participation in physical activity and motor skill improvement. -personal choice -developmental differences -amount of physical activity -authentic practice(10.4.9.E)
Concepts, Principles and Strategies of Movement
GRADE 9
- Describe and apply the components of skill-related fitness to movement performance. -agility -balance -coordination -power -reaction time -speed(10.5.9.A)
- Identify and apply practice strategies for skill improvement.(10.5.9.C)
- Identify and describe the principles of training using appropriate vocabulary. -specificity -overload -progression -aerobic/anaerobic -circuit/interval -repetition/set(10.5.9.D)
- Analyze and apply scientific and biomechanical principles to complex movements. -centripetal/centrifugal force -linear motion -rotary motion -friction/resistance -equilibrium -number of moving segments(10.5.9.E)
- Describe and apply game strategies to complex games and physical activities. -offensive strategies -defensive strategies -time management(10.5.9.F)
Units
Unit #1 - Introduction
Unit #2 - Team Building/Cooperative Activities
Unit #3 - Elements of Fitness
Unit #4 - Movement and Rhythm
Unit #5 - Games and Sports
Unit #6 - Lifetime Activities
