PE Course 1 · Week 32 · Safety and Lifelong Activity
Water and Weather Safety
In a dry land scenario circuit, students decide how to respond to risks in open water, extreme heat, and storms and journal one personal safety rule.
- Students will
- Students decide how to respond to risks in open water, extreme heat, and storms and write one personal safety rule (C1.2.9).
- SEL skill
- Identify a risk, weigh the options, and choose the safest one
- What it looks like
- Students practice responsible decision-making by weighing safety and consequences in risky environments.
- Content focus
- Water, heat, and storm safety decisions
- Format
- Small group problem-solving
Responsible decision-making
Responsible decision-making means choosing in a caring, thoughtful way by weighing safety, fairness, and what could happen next. More responsible decision-making activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- C1.2.9: High School Course 1, Standard 2 (Physical Fitness), item 2.9
- Student page: PE journal page
- SHAPE America (national): 3.12.6 Applies best practices for participating safely in physical activity.
More responsible decision-making activities for PE Course 1
- Pressure on the Court Responsible decision-makingDuring a partner challenge, students rehearse short scripts for responding when peers push them to skip a safety step or mock a classmate.
- Exercise as Medicine Responsible decision-makingAfter a brisk 6 minute walk, students privately rate their mood before and after and connect regular activity to preventing disease over a lifetime.
- Practice Plans That Work Responsible decision-makingAfter a quick skill check in an individual activity, students write a short practice plan based on their own results and test it for one round.
- Fitness Myths and Smart Choices Responsible decision-makingBetween circuit stations, students examine sample fitness product ads, judge whether the claims are honest, and name the feelings the ads try to stir up.
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