2015 VCE Physical Education Course Outline
Unit 3 – Physical activity participation and physiological performance
Unit 4 – Enhancing performance
Text:Physical Education VCE Units 3 & 4 – Malpeli,Telford(Nelson, 5th Edition)
Workbook:Peak Performance - Physical Education VCE Units 3 & 4 (Nelson, 2nd edition)
Study guide:A+ Notes & A+ Exams
Term 1:28th January (teachers) to 27th March
Term 2: 13thApril to 26th June
Term 3: 13th July to 18thSeptember
Term 4: 5thOctober to 18thDecember
Week / Content (page reference) / Textref. / Coursework options & possible assessment tasks / Practical activity
Term 1
28 Jan – 30 Jan
Week 1 = STAFF only
Transition tasks set in 2013 / Assessment of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour
- Why measure physical activity? (P3)
- The National Physical Activity Guidelines (PP 4,5)
- Physical Activity measurement instruments – objective and subjective
- (PP 5,6)
- The surveillance conceptual model (P7)
- A+ Notes Questions P5
2 Feb – 6Feb
Week 2 /
- Monitoring physical activity
- Dimensions of Physical Activity – type, intensity,frequency & duration(P8)
- Individual and population physical activity monitoring methods : Subjective and Objective options and advantages/disadvantages of each. (PP 13 – 34)
- Sedentary behavior measurement (PP35 - 37)
- Thinking Things Through P13
- Active Australia Survey P 15
- Thinking Things Through P30
- A+ Notes Questions P9
- Peak Performance Chapter 1
Pedometer Challenge
Pedometers worn for one day/week at school. Record steps for a typical day/week
vs.
Pedometers worn by 3 different faculty teachers
9 Feb – 13 Feb
Week 3 / Changing Physical Activity Behaviour – the social-ecological model
- Changing physical activity behavior:
- Process of Change Questionnaire P 46-49
- Keeping a physical activity diary P 50
- Thinking Things Through P51
- Multi media presentation P 56
- A+ Notes Questions P15
Practical Activity P 54
16 Feb – 20 Feb
Week 4 /
- Social-ecological models to explain physical activity
- Multiple levels of influence on physical activity (PP 60 – 65)
- Tailoring PA promotion strategies (P66)
- Written Report P 63
- Review Questions P70,71
- A+ Notes Questions P20
- Peak Performance Chapter 2
Application of Social-ecological model
23 Feb – 27 Feb
Week 5 / Strategies and initiatives for promoting physical activity
- Government and non-government organisations promoting physical activity (PP73 -75)
- Settings based approaches:
Community (P82)
Workplace (P85) / Chapter 3 /
- Work the Web P 73 & P74
- Thinking Things Through P 81
- Lab Report P 81
- Work the Web P85
- A+ Notes Questions P24
Data to be used later in course when discussing oxygen uptake & delivery
2 Mar – 6Mar
Week 6 /
- A range of physical activity promotion initiatives and strategies across all 3 settings
- Written Report P 87
- Work the Web P93
- Review Questions P 96
- Peak Performance Chapter 3
9 Mar – 13 Mar
Week 7
Labour Day
10th / Acute responses to exercise
- Mechanisms responsible for the acute responses to exercise in the cardiovascular, respiratory and muscular systems (PP98 - 113)
- Lab Report P 103
- Thinking Things Through
- P 110
- Lab Report P 112
- Peak Performance Chapter 4
16 Mar – 20 Mar
Week 8 / Food fuels and the 3 energy systems
- Food fuels (PP 116,117)
- ATP = energy and fuels for physical activity (PP118-120)
- The food fuel “mix” required for resynthesis of ATP (PP120 – 123)
- Intro to the 3 systems working together = interplay (P124)
- Characteristics of the 3 systems (PP125 – 133)
- Thinking Things Through
- Lab Report P 131
- Thinking Things Through
- A+ Notes Questions P41
Lab Report PP 132/133
23 Mar - 27 Mar
Week 9 /
- The rate of ATP production vs. the capacity of each energy system (PP 133 – 136)
- Reinforce concept of INTERPLAY (PP136 – 138)
- Training the energy systems (forward links PP 139 – 141)
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Peak Performance Chapter 5
vs. heart rate analysis and energy system interplay
Term 1 Holidays
28 March – 12 April / Good Friday 3rd April
Easter Monday 6th April
Term 2
13 Apr – 17 Apr
Week 1 / Fatigue and recovery mechanisms
- What is fatigue? (P146)
- Levels of Fatigue (P147)
- The multi-factorial mechanisms (including fuel depletion, metabolic by-products and thermoregulation P147)
- Lactic acid myths (PP148-151)
- Oxygen uptake at rest, during exercise and recovery, including oxygen deficit, steady state, and excess post-exercise oxygen consumption
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- A+ Notes Questions P43
- A+ Notes Questions P48
- A+ Notes Questions P52
- A+ Notes Questions P58/59
20 Apr – 24 Apr
Week 2
Anzac Day
25th / Recovery Strategies (P161)
- Fuel restoration (P161 – 164)
- Removal of metabolic by-products (PP164 – 165)
- Neuromuscular events (P166)
- Thermoregulation (PP 167,168)
- passive and active recovery methods to assist in returning the body to pre-exercise levels.
- Thinking Things Through
- Peak Performance Chapter 6
Or ..
Short interval training (1:5) vs long Interval training (1:1)
Links to fatigue and recovery mechanisms
27 Apr – 1 May
Week 3 / Fitness components used in sports and activities
What is fitness? (P175)
Health related components
- Aerobic capacity (PP178,179)
- Anaerobic capacity (P 179180)
- Muscular Strength & types of contraction (PP 180-187)
- Muscular Endurance (PP 187,188)
- Flexibility( 188-190)
- Body Composition (P 190,191)
- Thinking Things Through
- Case Study P 177
4 May – 8 May
Week 4 / Skill related components
- Muscular Power (PP193)
- Speed (PP194-196)
- Agility (P196)
- Co-ordination (P197)
- Balance (P197,198)
- Reaction Time (P198,199)
- Thinking Things Through P 193
- Thinking Things Through
- P 199
- Peak Performance Chapter 7
Lab Report P 185
11 May - 15 May
Week 5 / Data collection/ activity analysis
Why games analysis? (P203,204)
Data Collection methods
- Observation (P204)
- Statistical recording (P205)
- Digital Recording (P 205209)
Data Examples (P 211 – 219) / Chapter 8 /
- Thinking Things Through
Review Questions P 220/221
- A+ Notes Questions P81\
- A+ Notes Questions P86
- Peak Performance Chapter 8
18 May – 22 May
Week 6 / Assessment of Fitness
- Aims (P223)
- Protocols (P225 -229)
- Types of Tests (P229,230)
- Fitness test selection (P230, 231)
- Examples of fitness tests & norms (P231 – 261)
- Written report P 224
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Work the Web P 261
- A+ Notes Questions P68
- A+ Notes Questions P76
- Peak Performance Chapter 9
Pre-testing / fitness profiling I
25 May – 29May
Week 7 / Fitness Training Methods & Principles
- Specificity (P 265 – 267)
- Intensity (P267-269)
- Duration (P 269 -270)
- Overload strategies (P271, 272)
- Frequency (P 272)
Methods
- Interval (P281 – 283)
- Continuous & Fartlek (P283, 284)
- Resistance (P 284-286)
- Speed & Plyometrics (P287 -289)
- Circuit( P289,290)
- Core strength (P291)
- Flexibility(P292,293)
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
Program Design & Planning / Visit to local Gym = Fitness First
Written Report P 286
Pre-testing / fitness profiling II
1 Jun – 5 June
Week 8 /
- Application of Overload
- Detraining, Individuality, diminishing returns & variety (P274 - P277)
- Individual Training Program design
- Written report P 290
- Review questions P 295
- A+ Notes Questions P95
Peer led session - Circuit
8 Jun – 12 Jun
Week 9
Queen’s B/Day 8th /
- Individual Training Program reflection / fine tuning
- Comparison of 3-4 training programs (elite vs. other students)
- Peak Performance Chapter10
Peer led session - Plyometrics
15June – 19 June
Week 10 / Chronic training adaptations
- cardiovascular system (P 297-301)
- respiratory system (P303 -305)
- muscular system(P305 – 314)
11 /
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- A+ Notes Questions P104
Peer led session - Resistance
22 June – 26 June
Week 11 /
- Review of Chronic adaptations and links to training methods
- Review of training principles and training outcomes/adaptations
- Holiday Training expectations clearly communicated and agreements signed
- Thinking Things Through
- Peak Performance
Peer led session - Flexibility
Term 2 Holiday
27 June – 12 July / Training Week 5 & 6
Term 3
13 July – 17 July
Week 1 /
- Post Testing
- Evaluation of a Training Program
- Data Analysis P 314
20 July – 24 July
Week 2 / Performance enhancement from a dietary perspective
Nutritional strategies used to enhance performance and improve recovery, including:
- carbohydrate loading (P319 -322)
- the glycemic index (P324 – 326)
- carbohydrate gels (P331-322)
- protein supplementation & caffeine supplementation
Dietary considerations in AFL & Swimming (P340 – 346) / Chapter 12 /
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- A+ Notes Questions P108
27 July – 31 July
Week 3 / Hydration techniques to enhance performance and recovery, including:
- sport drinks(P326)
- water, hypertonic, hypotonic and isotonic drinks(P327)
- avoiding dehydration (PP329,330)
- the use of intravenous drips in rehydration( P333,334)
- Weblinks P331
- A+ Notes Questions P114
- A+ Notes Questions P117
- Peak Performance
Weight calculations
3 Aug – 7 Aug
Week 4 / Physiological strategies to enhance recovery such as:
- hydrotherapy (P351 – 356) including cryotherapy/ice (P 353,354)
- heat (P355),
- compression garments (P357)
- hyperbaric chambers(P358),
- sleep & massage ( PP359,360)
- Thinking Things Through
- Written report P 358
- Thinking Things Through
- Peak Performance
10 Aug – 14 Aug
Week 5 / Performance enhancement from a psychological perspective such as:
- motivation & techniques (P364,365)
- goal setting (P 366,367)
- optimal arousal (P368-371 & PP374,375))
- meditation ( P371)
- sleep ( P371,372)
- imagery (P376-380)
- concentration (380 – 383)
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Lab Report P 379/;383
17Aug – 21 Aug
Week 6 / Performance enhancement from a psychological perspective such as:
- meditation ( P371)
- sleep ( P371,372)
- imagery (P376-380)
- concentration (380 - 383)
- A+ Notes Questions P125
- Peak Performance
24 Aug – 28 Aug
Week 7 / Perceived benefits and potential harms to the athlete of legal and illegal substances and methods that enhance performanceincluding:
- the anti-doping movement and illegal practices (PP 389- 392)
- hormones (including steroids, erythropoietin and growth hormones) = ( PP393,394)
- diuretics and masking agents (PP394,395)
- beta blockers (P394)
- stimulants (P395)
- enhancement of oxygen transfer & blood doping (P396,397)
- gene doping & manipulation (P398,399)
- altitude training (401-403)
- Class Discussion P 399
- Weblinks P 400
- Thinking Things Through
- Revision questions P 405
- Peak Performance
31 Aug – 4 Sep
Week 8 / Anti doping codes and practices
- What is doping and it’s occurrence in sport (P406,407)
- WADA roles and responsibilities (P408)
- Code acceptance, implementation and compliance (P408)
- ADAMS – how this works (P409)
- WADA Anti-doping code (P410,411)
- Doping Control (P411-413)
- ASADA and an Australian perspective (P414 -418)
- Thinking Things Through
- Weblinks P 412
- Thinking Things Through
- P 413
- Research P418
- A+ Notes Questions P129
- A+ Notes Questions 134
7 Sep – 11 Sep
Week 9 / Performance Enhancement Overview & Synopsis – Physiological, Psychological, Dietary & Other /
- Peak Performance
Prac = Student Choice
14 Sep – 18 Sep
Week 10 / EXAM PREPARATION / REVISION COMMENCES /
- PRACTICE EXAM at SCHOOL
Term 3 Holidays
29 Sep - 4 Oct / Holiday Homework / Revision /
- PRACTICE EXAM at SCHOOL – strongly recommended
Term 4
5 Oct – 9 Oct-Week 1 / EXAM PREPARATION / REVISION / Peak Phys Ed Practice Paper II
12 Oct – 16 Oct-Week 2 / EXAM PREPARATION / REVISION
19 Oct – 23 Oct-Week 3 / No Timetabled Classes @ School
26 Oct - 30 Oct-Week 4 / No Timetabled Classes @ School / VCE EXAMS Commence November
2 Nov – 6 Nov-Week 5
Melb Cup 3rd / VCAA PE EXAM / To Be Confirmed
2015 VCE Physical Education Course Outline – Variation Commencing with Acute responses, fitness components then Unit 3 AOS 1
all Training Program completed in school time
Unit 3 – Physical activity participation and physiological performance
Unit 4 – Enhancing performance
Text:Physical Education VCE Units 3 & 4 – Malpeli,Telford(Nelson, 5th Edition)
Workbook:Peak Performance - Physical Education VCE Units 3 & 4 (Nelson, 2nd edition)
Study guide:A+ Notes & A+ Exams
Term 1:28th January (teachers) to 27th March
Term 2: 13thApril to 26th June
Term 3: 13th July to 18th September
Term 4: 5th October to 18th December
Week / Content (page reference) / Textref. / Coursework options & possible assessment tasks / Practical activity
Term 1
28 Jan – 30 Jan
Week 1 = STAFF only
Transition tasks set in 2013 / Acute responses to exercise
- Mechanisms responsible for the acute responses to exercise in the cardiovascular, respiratory and muscular systems (PP98 - 113)
- Lab Report P 103
- Thinking Things Through
- P 110
- Lab Report P 112
- Peak Performance Chapter 4
2 Feb – 6 Feb
Week 2 / Fitness components used in sports and activities
What is fitness? (P175)
Health related components
- Aerobic capacity (PP178,179)
- Anaerobic capacity (P 179180)
- Muscular Strength & types of contraction (PP 180-187)
- Muscular Endurance (PP 187,188)
- Flexibility( 188-190)
- Body Composition (P 190,191)
- Thinking Things Through
- Case Study P 177
9 Feb – 13 Feb
Week 3 / Skill related components
- Muscular Power (PP193)
- Speed (PP194-196)
- Agility (P196)
- Co-ordination (P197)
- Balance (P197,198)
- Reaction Time (P198,199)
- Thinking Things Through P 193
- Thinking Things Through
- P 199
- Peak Performance Chapter 7
Lab Report P 185
16 Feb – 20 Feb
Week 4 / Assessment of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour
- Why measure physical activity? (P3)
- The National Physical Activity Guidelines (PP 4,5)
- Physical Activity measurement instruments – objective and subjective
- (PP 5,6)
- The surveillance conceptual model (P7)
- A+ Notes Questions P5
23 Feb – 27 Feb
Week 5 /
- Monitoring physical activity
- Dimensions of Physical Activity – type, intensity,frequency & duration(P8)
- Individual and population physical activity monitoring methods : Subjective and Objective options and advantages/disadvantages of each. (PP 13 – 34)
- Sedentary behavior measurement (PP35 - 37)
- Thinking Things Through P13
- Active Australia Survey P 15
- Thinking Things Through P30
- A+ Notes Questions P9
- Peak Performance Chapter 1
Pedometer Challenge
Pedometers worn for one day/week at school. Record steps for a typical day/week
vs.
Pedometers worn by 3 different faculty teachers
2 Mar – 6 Mar
Week 6 / Changing Physical Activity Behaviour – the social-ecological model
- Changing physical activity behavior:
- Process of Change Questionnaire P 46-49
- Keeping a physical activity diary P 50
- Thinking Things Through P51
- Multi media presentation P 56
Practical Activity P 54
9 Mar – 13 Mar
Week 7
Labour Day
10th /
- Social-ecological models to explain physical activity
- Multiple levels of influence on physical activity (PP 60 – 65)
- Tailoring PA promotion strategies (P66)
- Written Report P 63
- Review Questions P70,71
- A+ Notes Questions P 15 & 20
- Peak Performance Chapter 2
Application of Social-ecological model
16 Mar – 20 Mar
Week 8 / Strategies and initiatives for promoting physical activity
- Government and non-government organisations promoting physical activity (PP73 -75)
- Settings based approaches:
Community (P82)
Workplace (P85)
- A range of physical activity promotion initiatives and strategies across all 3 settings
- Work the Web P 73 & P74
- Thinking Things Through P 81
- Lab Report P 81
- Work the Web P85
- A+ Notes Questions P24
- Written Report P 87
- Work the Web P93
- Review Questions P 96
- Peak Performance Chapter 3
Data to be used later in course when discussing oxygen uptake & delivery
Personal Training / Boot Camp
23 Mar - 27 Mar
Week 9 / Food fuels and the 3 energy systems
- Food fuels (PP 116,117)
- ATP = energy and fuels for physical activity (PP118-120)
- The food fuel “mix” required for resynthesis of ATP (PP120 – 123)
- Intro to the 3 systems working together = interplay (P124)
- Characteristics of the 3 systems (PP125 – 133)
- Thinking Things Through
- Lab Report P 131
- Thinking Things Through
- A+ Notes Questions P41
Lab Report PP 132/133
Term 1 Holidays
28 March – 12 April /
- Holiday Homework = E/system application tasks & questions
Term 2
13 Apr – 17 Apr
Week 1 /
- The rate of ATP production vs. the capacity of each energy system (PP 133 – 136)
- Reinforce concept of INTERPLAY (PP136 – 138)
- Training the energy systems (forward links PP 139 – 141)
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Peak Performance Chapter 5
vs. heart rate analysis and energy system interplay
20 Apr – 24 Apr
Week 2
Anzac Day
25th / Fatigue and recovery mechanisms
- What is fatigue? (P146)
- Levels of Fatigue (P147)
- The multi-factorial mechanisms (including fuel depletion, metabolic by-products and thermoregulation P147)
- Lactic acid myths (PP148-151)
- Oxygen uptake at rest, during exercise and recovery, including oxygen deficit, steady state, and excess post-exercise oxygen consumption
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- A+ Notes Questions P43
- A+ Notes Questions P48
- A+ Notes Questions P52
- A+ Notes Questions P58/59
27 Apr – 1 May
Week 3 / Recovery Strategies (P161)
- Fuel restoration (P161 – 164)
- Removal of metabolic by-products (PP164 – 165)
- Neuromuscular events (P166)
- Thermoregulation (PP 167,168)
- passive and active recovery methods to assist in returning the body to pre-exercise levels.
- Thinking Things Through
- Peak Performance Chapter 6
Or ..
Short interval training (1:5) vs long Interval training (1:1)
Links to fatigue and recovery mechanisms
4 May – 8 May
Week 4 / Data collection/ activity analysis
Why games analysis? (P203,204)
Data Collection methods
- Observation (P204)
- Statistical recording (P205)
- Digital Recording (P 205209)
Data Examples (P 211 – 219) / Chapter 8 /
- Thinking Things Through
Review Questions P 220/221
- A+ Notes Questions P81\
- A+ Notes Questions P86
- Peak Performance Chapter 8
11 May - 15 May
Week 5 / Assessment of Fitness
- Aims (P223)
- Protocols (P225 -229)
- Types of Tests (P229,230)
- Fitness test selection (P230, 231)
- Examples of fitness tests & norms (P231 – 261)
- Written report P 224
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Work the Web P 261
- A+ Notes Questions P68
- A+ Notes Questions P76
- Peak Performance Chapter 9
Pre-testing / fitness profiling I
18 May – 22 May
Week 6 / Fitness Training Methods & Principles
- Specificity (P 265 – 267)
- Intensity (P267-269)
- Duration (P 269 -270)
- Overload strategies (P271, 272)
- Frequency (P 272)
Methods
- Interval (P281 – 283)
- Continuous & Fartlek (P283, 284)
- Resistance (P 284-286)
- Speed & Plyometrics (P287 -289)
- Circuit( P289,290)
- Core strength (P291)
- Flexibility(P292,293)
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
Program Design & Planning / Visit to local Gym = Fitness First
Written Report P 286
Pre-testing / fitness profiling II
25 May – 29May
Week 7 /
- Application of Overload
- Detraining, Individuality, diminishing returns & variety (P274 - P277)
- Individual Training Program design
- Written report P 290
- Review questions P 295
- A+ Notes Questions P95
Peer led session - Circuit
1 Jun – 5 June
Week 8 /
- Individual Training Program reflection / fine tuning
- Comparison of 3-4 training programs (elite vs. other students)
- Peak Performance Chapter10
Peer led session - Plyometrics
8 Jun – 12 Jun
Week 9
Queen’s B/Day 8th / Chronic training adaptations
- cardiovascular system (P 297-301)
- respiratory system (P303 -305)
- muscular system(P305 – 314)
11 /
- Thinking Things Through
- Thinking Things Through
- A+ Notes Questions P104
Peer led session - Resistance
15 June – 19 June
Week 10 /
- Review of Chronic adaptations and links to training methods
- Review of training principles and training outcomes/adaptations
- Thinking Things Through