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Fit for Fun The Fit for Fun task allows students to demonstrate their ability to create an exercise plan. Students will complete this task working in stations. The resources required for this task are a video recording and a laptop computer. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 2002. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Food, Glorious Food! The Food, Glorious Food! task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of non-nutritional values of food and eating. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a picture montage. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 2006. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments |
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Foot Balance The Foot Balance task allows students to demonstrate their balance skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resource required for this task is a small hoop. This task is a part of the Movement Concepts & Motor Skills task series from 2006. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Forward Roll The Forward Roll task allows students to demonstrate their body control and gymnastics skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resources required for this task are a mat and four bibs. This task is a part of the Movement Concepts and Motor Skills task series from 2002. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Game Plan The Game Plan task allows students to demonstrate their personal movement skills, their physical co-ordination, and their ability to manipulate equipment. Students will complete this task in teams. The resources required for this task are two soft balls, one large ball, a padder tennis bat, four mats, a pencil, a rules sheet, a checklist, and a evaluation sheet. This task is a part of the Movement Skills task series from 1998. |
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Gone Fishing In the Gone Fishing task, students will be asked what items they would pack for a safe boating trip. Students will complete this task working in stations. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Healthy Communities & Environments task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Good Neighbors The Good Neighbors task allows students to demonstrate their caring for other people. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Healthy Communities & Environments task series from 2006. This task is classified as a trend task by NEMP. Trend tasks are used to examine trends in student performance: whether they have improved, stayed constant or declined over the four-year period since the previous assessments. |
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Happy School The Happy School task allows students to describe what they value in a good school and demonstrate their understanding of community resources. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a picture. This task is a part of the Healthy Communities & Environments task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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Harm Minimization The Harm Minimization unit includes an introduction, the learning focus, 5 teaching and learning activities, assessment criteria, and resources. Unit description from source: In Harm Minimization students focus on reducing the risks associated with alcohol. Students are tasked with differentiating between high and low risk scenarios by identifying possible harms associated with a variety of situations. Students then perform a risk analysis on these outcomes and develop a harm minimization strategy in response to this. |
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Healthy Food In the Healthy Food task, students will discuss the food pyramid and place pictures of food items on the pyramid. Students will complete this task working in teams. The resources required for this task are two answer sheets, paper, and twenty four pictures of food items. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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