Students select a movement goal and write a practice plan to meet that goal. Students identify both an open skill and a closed skill and write a practice plan to accomplish each. Students design a practice plan for each stage of learning a motor skill. Students design a practice plan for learning a skill they have never done before. Students place above evidence in their portfolio with a reflection piece describing how motor skills are practiced and learned, and what that means to them as a lifelong learner.
Students demonstrate the stages that individuals pass through to become proficient at a motor skill.
Identify what stage you are in at the beginning and end of each activity taken at I-Poly High School. Demonstrate movement proficiency in at least two activities of choice. Students study internal and external force and resistance principles and use them to analyze movement performance. Students study the three classes of levers and apply concepts when learning and practicing movement skills. Students will identify the biomechanical concepts needed for safe participation in everyday activities.