Dover-Sherborn Middle
School
Curriculum Road Maps
Course Title: Physical Education Grade: 6-7-8
Unit: Outdoor/Fitness/Personal Performance
Month Presented: January/February Unit Length
(in weeks): 4 Weeks
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Essential Question (s):
- “Fit
or Unfit”- What is the relevance of training and/or exercising?
- “No
pain, no gain” – Do you agree or disagree and why?
- Competition
vs Cooperation – What do you think?
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Learning Objectives:
- To
gain an understanding of health related physical fitness
- To
get students involved in designing a personal fitness program
specifically targeted to their own individual fitness preferences and
levels
- To
develop a working knowledge of what the cardiovascular and respiratory
functions do during exercise
- To
motivate students to practice fitness while encouraging others
- To
make fitness fun
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Skills:
- Eye-hand
coordination
- Balance
- Cardiovascular
endurance
- Bilateral
coordination
- Gross/fine
motor skills
- Flexibility
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Instructional Strategies & Activities:
- Cooperative
learning activities to keep students on task and also to keep their
interest levels high
- Introduction
of weight training and cardiovascular training from instructor
- Keep
a log of their day- to-day progress in a journal
- Allow
students to design and create a personal fitness program that meets
their needs
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Materials Utilized
- Fitness
center/weight training facility
- Outdoor
track
- Computer
labs
- VCR,
TV monitors and overhead projector
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Assessment Strategies:
- Teacher
observation
- Peer
observation
- Verbal
and/or written test
- Rubrics
- Self
assessment
- Participation
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