The Olympic Games are an exciting time for the world to celebrate sports and camaraderie. These events also present an opportunity to explore sports from various academic angles. Physical education can partner with other content areas, such as science and mathematics, to engage students in lessons that are rigorous and relevant. Educators might find the below resource from NBC helpful for lesson development. Good luck to all the world's Olympians - especially our Vermont stars!
http://www.nbclearn.com/olympics
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I understand the importance of involving the students in lessons that are relevant, but what type of activites could be incorporated into a lesson plan that partners Physical Education with science and mathematics?
ReplyDeletePhysical education and physics might partner on lessons about the overhand throw or hockey wrist shot. Consider the value of videotaping students practicing various sport skill techniques during physical education. Then, this video could be used during a physics lesson on trajectory or velocity. I can think of many examples of engaging cross-content lessons around heart rate analysis or data collection for learning about mean, median and mode. What are some other suggestions?
ReplyDeleteI agree physical educators should include relevant activities within the students'daily activites but i still don't understand how they can be mixed with science? Please explain further if you could... Also, science is always there in physical education. The science of shooting a basketball through a net is the same as learning the hockey wrist shot. It's basically experimental science until you get a feel for the right pattern.
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