Warwick School District

Course Description

This is a course required by all students. This course will include a variety of activities which are both team and individual performance oriented. Some examples of team oriented activities are (but not limited to): Flag Football,  Softball, Volleyball, Basketball, Ultimate Frisbee, Lacrosse, Floor Hockey.

Some examples of individual performance activities are (but not limited to): Physical Fitness Testing, Tennis, Track and Field, Dance, Badminton, Fitness Center

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

• Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.-Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories as appropriate to achieving purpos(3.6.6-8.B)
• 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)
• Describe and apply concepts of motor skill development that impact the quality of increasingly complex movement. -response selection -stages of learning a motor skill (i.e. verbal cognitive, motor, automatic) -types of skill (i.e. discrete, serial, continuous)(10.5.9.B)
• 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 - Fitness Center Review

Unit #3 - Floor Hockey

Unit #4 - Football

Unit #5 - Basketball

Unit #6 - Volleyball

Unit #7 - Badminton

Unit #8 - Track and Field

Unit #9 - Softball

Unit #10 - Fitness Center

Unit #11 - Fitness