District 11 Curriculum & Instruction Department
Health & Physical Education
 

 

 

 

 

 

Grade 9 -12, Floor Hockey
Course Number: PE.FLRHCKY


Overview                                                                              

Have you ever put on a pair of ice skates?  It was hard enough just to slide around in a pair of skates; can you imagine playing a game of hockey in a pair?  Well, by participating in the game of Floor Hockey you can enjoy a fun and strenuous activity like ice hockey without sliding around an ice rink…and the skates.  In class you will learn and practice proper stick handling and goal play while utilizing proper rules and terminology of the game of hockey.  Safety, as always, will be stressed as the highest priority.

Prerequisite: None
Course Length: 2   Period Length: 0   Grade Level:  9-12  Credit per Semester: 1
Additional Credit Information: Credit per Semester: 1.0 (Physical Education or Elective)

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No Prerequisite
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Enduring Understandings
- important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.
  • A complete fitness program promotes participation in grade level skills and activities that build health and wellness including cardiovascular, flexibility, body composition, muscular strength and endurance, and lifetime activity.

  • Good sportsmanship includes following rules of play and being responsible for yourself and the safety of others.

  • We can increase our health and wellness by participating in the physical activities we lead or participate in by ourselves and with others.

  • Rules help keep games and activities safe and fair.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.

  • How does movement, muscle stretching, doing sit ups, push ups and pull ups increase body strength and overall health?

  • How can people protect themselves sore muscles or injury from over exercising? 

  • Why do we have to be responsible for our own behavior?

  • What is the purpose for rules of play in athletic or competitive sports?

  • How do class rules and team rules help make competitive sports and individual sports more enjoyable?

  • Why is cooperation important in games and in life?

  • How does cooperation in games impact the final outcome?

  • What does good sportsmanship look like?

Standards

Standard 1: Demonstrates skills in a variety of activities
Benchmark: Loco motor, non-loco motor, manipulative skill development and movement
District Indicator: Repeatedly performs loco motor, non-loco motor, and manipulative skills in isolation and combination

Standard 2: Exhibits components of physical fitness
District Indicator: Demonstrates cardiovascular endurance
District Indicator: Demonstrates flexibility
District Indicator: Demonstrates muscular strength and endurance

Essential Skills

Demonstrates loco motor, non-loco motor, and manipulative skills in isolation and combination
Demonstrates cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and flexibility.
Participates in a standardized fitness test.

Cardiovascular - Participated in games that increase breathing, heart rate, sustains activity for increasingly longer periods of time.

Lessons