District 11 Educational Support Services
Health & Physical Education


 Grade 9 -12, Gymnastics Level 1

Course Number: PE.GYMNAS


Overview                                                                              

In this unit students will be expected to strive for further attainment of more advanced skills in tumbling and on the apparatus provided. Gymnastics will also provide opportunities for aesthetic appreciations of bodily grace and controlled movement. Safety precautions must be stressed.
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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Standards

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.

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

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

  • What is the purpose for instruction and rules of play in physical education class

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

  • Why is cooperation important in games and in life?

  • How does cooperation in activities/games impact the final outcome?

  • What does good sportsmanship look like?

Standards

Standard 1: Demonstrates skills in a variety of activities
Benchmark: skill development and movement patterns
District Indicator: Repeatedly performs skills in isolation and combination

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

Lessons