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Grade 9 -12, Orienteering |
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Course Number: PE.ORIENT
Overview
In the beautiful state of Colorado,
activities that can be done in the mountains are not only popular but
enjoyable and beneficial to your health and possible survival. One such
activity is orienteering. Orienteering incorporates cardiovascular fitness
development with topical map and compass reading skills. Orienteering
competitions challenge teams to locate specific locations designated on a
map by reading a map and using a compass in the least amount of time.
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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Standards
Enduring Understandings
- important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the
instruction received this year.
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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.
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Good
sportsmanship includes following rules of play and being responsible for
yourself and the safety of others.
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We
can increase our health and wellness by participating in the physical
activities we lead or participate in by ourselves and with others.
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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.
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How does movement, muscle stretching, doing sit ups, push ups and
pull ups increase body strength and overall health?
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How can people protect themselves sore muscles or injury from over
exercising?
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Why do we have to be responsible for our own behavior?
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What is the purpose for rules of play in athletic or competitive
sports?
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How do class rules and team rules help make competitive sports and
individual sports more enjoyable?
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Why is cooperation important in games and in life?
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How does cooperation in games impact the final outcome?
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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.
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Lessons
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