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Skipping Ropes The Skipping Ropes task allows students to demonstrate their skipping skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resources required for this task are a single skipping rope and a long skipping rope. 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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Small Ball Catch The Small Ball Catch task allows students to demonstrate their catching skills. Students will complete this task working in open space. The resources required for this task are three small balls, a tray, and a floor plan. 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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Small Wall Ball Juggle The Small Wall Ball Juggle 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 open space. The resources required for this task are three small balls, a timer, and a line to place on a wall. This task is a part of the Movement Skills task series from 1998. |
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Smoke Alarm The Smoke Alarm task allows students to demonstrate their fire safety skills. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. There are no resources required for this task. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 2002 by NEMP. |
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Smoke Free In the Smoke Free task, students will discuss the affect of smoking and think about why some people might start smoking even though it is bad for their health. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. The resource required for this task is a video showing anti-smoking TV advertisement. This task is a part of the Personal Health and Physical Development task series from 1998 by NEMP. |
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Smoke Free The Smoke Free task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of the physical risks and negative lifestyle consequences associated with smoking. 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 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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Standing Long Jump The Standing Long Jump task allows students to demonstrate their strength and coordination. Students will complete this task in open space. The resources required for this task are 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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Stomp Out Second-Hand Smoke In Stomp Out Second-Hand Smoke students will use reliable sources to describe negative health effects of second-hand smoke and the regions of the body effected. This task includes:
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Stressed Out The Stressed Out task allows students to demonstrate their understanding and ability to handle stress. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. There are no resources required for this task. 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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Sun Sense The Sun Sense task allows students to demonstrate their understanding of safety in the sun. Students will complete this task working one on one with a teacher-administrator. There are no resources required for this task. 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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