This course enables students to further develop the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices now and lead healthy, active lives in the future. Through participation in a wide range of physical activities, students develop knowledge and skills related to movement competence and personal fitness that provide a foundation for active living. Students also acquire an understanding of the factors and skills that contribute to healthy development and learn how their own well-being is affected by, and affects, the world around them. Students build their sense of self, learn to interact positively with others, and develop their ability to think critically and creatively.
By the end of this course, students develop the following skills in these different areas:
| 1. Living Skills | |
| 1.1 | Demonstrate personal and interpersonal skills and the use of critical and creative thinking processes as they acquire knowledge and skills in connection with the expectations in the Active Living, Movement Competence, and Healthy Living strands for this grade. |
| 2. Active Living | |
| 2.1 | Active Participation. Participate actively and regularly in a wide variety of physical activities, and demonstrate an understanding of factors that can influence and support their participation in physical activity now and throughout their lives; |
| 2.2 | Physical Fitness. Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of being physically active, and apply physical fitness concepts and practices that contribute to healthy, active living; |
| 2.3 | Safety. Demonstrate responsibility for their own safety and the safety of others as they participate in physical activities. |
| 3. MOVEMENT COMPETENCE: SKILLS, CONCEPTS, AND STRATEGIES | |
| 3.1 | Movement Skills and Concepts. Perform movement skills, demonstrating an understanding of the basic requirements of the skills and applying movement concepts as appropriate, as they engage in a variety of physical activities; |
| 3.2 | Movement Strategies. Apply movement strategies appropriately, demonstrating an understanding of the components of a variety of physical activities, in order to enhance their ability to participate successfully in those activities. |
| 4. HEALTHY LIVING | |
| 4.1 | Understanding Health Concepts: Demonstrate an understanding of factors that contribute to healthy development; |
| 4.2 | Making Healthy Choices: Demonstrate the ability to apply health knowledge and living skills to make reasoned decisions and take appropriate actions relating to their personal health and well-being; |
| 4.3 | Making Connections for Healthy Living: Demonstrate the ability to make connections that relate to health and well-being – how their choices and behaviours affect both themselves and others, and how factors in the world around them affect their own and others’ health and well-being. |
| Time Allocated | Online/Offline Component | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Unit 1: Fitness and Nutrition | ||
In this unit, students will develop an understanding of the importance of being physically active. They will evaluate the effectiveness of various fitness programs and create a plan specific to their own personal physical activity and fitness goals. Students will also examine the factors that influence food and drink choices and how those factors play a role in their personal nutritional choices. | 24 hours | Online |
| 2. Unit 2: Fitness and Safety | ||
In this unit,students will develop skills to help them respond to the various challenges they encounter as they participate in physical activities. Students will evaluate and apply procedures that maximize their safety, and that of others when performing different activities. Students will also identify resources that can be of assistance in emergency situations related to physical activity. | 24 hours | Online |
| 3. Unit 3: Personal Safety and Wellness | ||
In this unit, students will develop their understanding of factors that enhance mental health, and emotional and spiritual well-being. They will analyze situations that can arise, and strategies that can be used to reduce risks involving conflict, and health and safety risks in their personal environment. | 22 hours | Online |
| 4. Unit 4: Substance Use and Addictions | ||
This unit will provide students with the opportunity to understand the impact of substance use and addictive behaviours on a person’s health and well-being. They will investigate the impact of these issues locally, nationally, and internationally. | 10 hours | Online |
| 5. Unit 5: Human Development and Sexual Health | ||
This unit will develop students’ understanding of healthy relationships. They will focus on communication, decision making and healthy sexuality. | 10 hours | Online |
| 6. Final | ||
Culminating Project | 20 hours | Online |
| Total | 110 Hours | |
This course is organized into a semester format. Lessons and activities will be presented to students via the internet. Synchronous lessons will be provided through live online teaching and lessons, and student-to-student discussion forums.
A variety of strategies will be used in the online delivery of this course. Instructional strategies will include but are not limited to:
Learning goals will be discussed at the beginning of each assignment and success criteria be provided to students. The success criteria are used to develop the assessment tools in this course, including rubrics and checklists.
A variety of assessment and evaluation methods, strategies and tools are required as appropriate to the expectation being assessed. These include diagnostic, formative and summative within the course and within each unit. We strictly follow the Ministry of Education’s Growing Success document.
Assessment FOR Learning and Assessment AS Learning is obtained through a variety of means, including the following:
Evidence of student achievement (assessment OF learning) is collected through ongoing observations of most consistent work, with consideration given to most recent work from various sources.
Assessment and evaluation in this course will be based on the provincial Ontario Curriculum expectations. Students will be provided with numerous and varied opportunities to demonstrate the full extent of their achievement. Categories of assessment and breakdowns are as follows:
A final grade will be determined as follows:
Students with special needs and English Language Learners will be provided with accommodation, including additional time, assistive technology and scribe where available. Teachers who are planning a program in this subject make an effort to take into account considerations for program planning that align with the Ontario Ministry of Education policy and initiatives in a number of important areas.
Learning Skills listed below are key to student success. Learning Skills are assessed independently of achievement and are determined through observation and participation. A checklist and student conference will be used to determine the level in each category.
This course will be entirely administered online, no materials are necessary.
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