Unit 2

Health Benefits of Physical Activity

Victorian Curriculum
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Strands

  • Physical, Personal and Social Learning
  • Interdisciplinary Learning

Physical, Personal and Social Learning

Domain

  • Health and Physical Education

Dimension

  • Movement and physical activity

Element of Standard

  • Refine basic and complex motor skills and apply these skills in increasingly complex games and activities.
  • Describe and analyse the various roles required in competitive sports.
  • Work in a group to create a game, and establish rules and procedures for its safe conduct.
  • Maintain regular participation in moderate to vigorous physical activity and monitor exercise intensity.

Dimension

  • Health knowledge and promotion

Element of Standard

  • Describe the physical, social and emotional dimensions of health and establish health goals and plan strategies for improving their personal health.

Interdisciplinary Learning

Domain

  • Thinking Processes

Dimension

  • Reasoning, processing and inquiry

Element of Standard

  • Students develop their own questions for investigation, collect relevant information from a range of sources and make judgments about its worth.
  • They use the information they collect to develop concepts, solve problems or inform decision making.
  • They develop reasoned arguments using supporting evidence.