Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.5C Grade 12 CPI 1

 

Standard: 2.5 - Motor Skills

 

Strand: C -   Strategy 

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 1 -   The student will demonstrate and assess tactical understanding by using appropriate and effective offensive, defensive, and cooperative strategies in applied settings.

 

Grade: 12

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        OBSTACLE COURSE - Using available equipment, students design an obstacle course, and then navigate the course.

 

      Variation: Students design an obstacle course for younger students, build the course, and instruct the younger students on the safe use of the equipment.

Variation: Students navigate the course while wearing a blindfold. Divide the class into pairs, and have the “sighted” partner lead the blindfolded partner through the course. The partner may assist using only verbal instructions. Students develop a short essay reflecting on the experience.

 

     Variation: Students participate in a rock wall or ropes climbing session. Students work together to plan the climb and assist each other to complete the activity. After the session, discuss ways students worked together to achieve their goal.

 

·        ATTACK POINT ORIENTEERING - Preset a course with 7 to 8 control points. Use numbered cones to show the control points and use other objects such as hoops, hurdles, or ropes to represent ponds, streams, buildings, or other obstacles that block a straight-line approach to control points. Divide the class into pairs, and give each pair a map that shows the control points and the obstacles. Using the map, each team determines the shortest route to the control point, to sight an attack point, to move to it, and to sight another control or attack point. Each team keeps a log of the bearings between control points and must complete the entire circuit.

Variation: Design a course with a buried or hidden treasure. Provide the bearing but give only a clue to the distance (e.g., number of days in the month, number of students in the class).

Variation: Students plan and participate in an extended hike at a state park. Students plan the trip, examine maps and descriptions of hiking trails, and select the best one for the group. Students develop a list of items needed for the trip. Upon return, students make recommendations for future trips and develop a short reaction to the actual hike.