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March 2, 2011

Thinking ahead to London 2012

Filed under: Physical Education — Tags: , , , — Katrina @ 5:48 pm

The next Olympic Games always come up fast and it would be good to put something in place in the PE curriculum before they actually start.

Opening day is July 27, 2012.  An athletics unit is always a good unit to highlight the games. I am presently working on an interdisciplinary unit with Humanities on Conflict (concept taught through Ancient Civilizations and the concept for our movement unit) and am thinking for next year that there is a golden opportunity for PE and Humanities to promote the spirit of the Games through Ancient Greece.

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May 8, 2010

Why I find the terminology “The big idea” a better approach to introduce teachers to what is a “significant concept”?


The significant concept is also the BIG IDEA or the CENTRAL IDEA of the unit.

It is significant because the students have reached the age where they can access the concept or they are ready to understand it.

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