Year 7 - Physical education
Problem solving
Outdoor adventurous activities: teamwork, fitness and movement skills
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Unit Summary
This unit explores skillful movement and physical fitness through teamwork challenges. Pupils will develop teamwork skills and understand both why and how to warm up for different types of physical activity.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to tackle intellectual challenges in a small group by thinking creatively and ensuring everyone is included.
Key Notes
- Move: maintaining balance on the bench requires the centre of mass to stay over the base of support.
- Think: problem solving requires you to find creative solutions to complex tasks.
- Feel: working together to ensure everyone in the team is supported and included shows empathy.
- Connect: working with your peers to achieve a common goal requires effective teamwork.
Vocabulary To Learn
- Teamwork: working together with others to achieve a common goal- it involves listening, sharing ideas, helping each other and making sure everyone is included and doing their best
- Empathy: understanding and sharing the feelings of another
- Communication: sharing ideas, feelings or information between two or more people
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Letting the more vocal students take the lead improves team outcomes.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Move: maintaining balance on the bench requires the centre of mass to stay over the base of support. Think: problem solving requires you to find creative solutions to complex tasks.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'Teamwork'
working together with others to achieve a common goal- it involves listening, sharing ideas, helping each other and making sure everyone is included and doing their best.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Letting the more vocal students take the lead improves team outcomes. Correction: Outcomes are better if the voices of the whole group are listened to and considered.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Build a successful team to cross the river Study Guide
- Explore your school site Study Guide
- Fitness challenges as a team Study Guide
- Orienteering Study Guide
- Playground games and fundamental movement skills Study Guide
- Problem solving challenges as a team Study Guide
- Sheep pen communication challenge as a team Study Guide
- Social skill challenges Study Guide
- Trust exercises Study Guide
- Understand how your body responds to exercise Study Guide
- Working as a team to raise your heart rate Study Guide
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