High School

Physical Wellness 1

.5 Credits
Estimated time to complete the full Projects or Experiences offering is 18 weeks.
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Projects allow students to demonstrate their understanding of concepts and skills by completing a job-related task. The assignment might be to create a mural, a package design, a speech, a film review, or a movie set – you name it! These creative projects are about applying your learning acquired through in-depth research to real-world career tasks.

Competencies

Movement Concepts

Students will demonstrate an understanding of movement concepts by connecting movement concepts to tactics for improved performance during a physical activity.

Movement Skills

Students will demonstrate an understanding of movement skills by connecting movement skills to movement patterns and the physical and cognitive benefits of movement.

Application of Movement

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the application of movement by explaining proper movement techniques associated with exercises addressing the health and performance elements of fitness.

Fitness Responsibility

Students will demonstrate an understanding of fitness responsibility by incorporating personal and social behaviors into their fitness goals and plans.

Projects

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Experiences allow you to explore a career field you’re curious about while mastering competencies for school credit. Through experiential learning, you will learn skills and apply these skills to tasks you would complete as part of a career, rather than completing traditional assessments like essays or tests. During your experience, you’ll work with a professional in the field to support your learning. You’ll earn a badge for your accomplishments, which you can share on social media and higher education platforms, or with colleges, potential employers, peers, and/or colleagues to display your qualifications.

Here’s how experiences work:

  1. Each competency you work on is addressed through a separate deliverable predetermined by you and your instructor.
  2. Guided learning for each module consists of research and/or work with a professional in the field. Your instructor will coach you through this process.
  3. Each module culminates in a final demonstration of understanding, which includes a deliverable and a discussion-based assessment with your instructor.

Here’s an example:

Let’s say you’re curious about a career in healthcare. You decide you’d like to learn about this career area, make a professional connection, earn a badge and earn competencies for your 9th-grade English requirement. While enrolled in English 1 Experiences, you conduct research to better understand language and structure in writing. Then, you work with an Occupational Therapist who helps you apply this understanding to the creation of an informational video. The video aims to advise the family members of patients regarding adaptive equipment and accommodations to help them support their family members as they go about their daily tasks. You’ve earned the Language and Structure in Writing competency! (This is just one example of the many ways experiences can bridge competencies to careers.)

*A parent/guardian permission form and background check of the outside expert are required for students to work with outside experts without parental supervision.

*Please have an idea for an outside expert in mind prior to enrollment or consult with our counseling department by emailing [email protected] prior to enrollment for support identifying one.

Competencies

Movement Concepts

Students will demonstrate an understanding of movement concepts by connecting movement concepts to tactics for improved performance during a physical activity.

Movement Skills

Students will demonstrate an understanding of movement skills by connecting movement skills to movement patterns and the physical and cognitive benefits of movement.

Application of Movement

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the application of movement by explaining proper movement techniques associated with exercises addressing the health and performance elements of fitness.

Fitness Responsibility

Students will demonstrate an understanding of fitness responsibility by incorporating personal and social behaviors into their fitness goals and plans.

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