Grade 7&8 Physical and 

Health education 
 

Unit one: High tech swimming

Scientific and technical innovations​ have had 

a profound influence ​developing​, ​adapting 
and r​ efining​ skills, leading to vast 
improvements in personal performances. 
  
 
Statement of Inquiry: 

Scientific and technical innovations​​ have

had a profound influence ​developing​​,
adapting​​ and ​refining​​ skills, leading to vast
improvements in personal performances.
 
 

Key Concept  Related  Global 

Concepts  Context 
Development:​ is the act or  Adaptation​ - Students will  Scientific and technical 
process of growth or  adapt their movements to  innovation - ​Students will 
progress. Students will look  refine their stroke.  utilize technology in order to 
analyze, refine, and reflect 
to develop and improve their  Refinement​ - Students will 
use technology to analyze  on their performance. 
swimming skills through  Students will also create a 
iterative improvements.  and refine their stroke. 
video summarizing what they 
  Environment -​ the  have discovered in the unit. 
 
circumstances, objects, or 
 
conditions by which an 
individual is surrounded. The 
effective performance of 
techniques, skills, strategies 
and tactics are influenced by 
environmental factors.  

 
Lines of Inquiry 
 
Factual: 
● What are the four most common swimming strokes? 
● What should we be looking for in each of the 3 stages of the stroke (catch, pull, recover) 
● What are some of the safety considerations we need to observe in the pool? 
 
Conceptual: 
● What do we mean by ​iterative improvements, and how would they help in the 
development of a skill? 
● What do we mean by refinement? 
 
Debatable: 
● It is easier to improve your performance, listening a your coach, or watching a video of 
yourself? Explain in detail. 
   

Communication Skills Organisational Skills

➔ Give and receive meaningful feedback  ➔ Create plans to prepare for 
➔ Negotiate ideas and knowledge with  summative assessments 
peers and teachers  ➔ Set goals that are realistic and 
challenging 
 
➔ Select and use technology effectively 
and productively 
 
 

 
Criterion A: Knowledge and Understanding Task: 
 
Use the links below to find definitions for each of 
swimming terms listed. Make sure to show Academic 
Integrity by writing definitions ​in your own words​.  
 
Links:  
Swim Terminology 
Glossary of Competitive Swimming Terms 
 
Catch   

Pull    

Recover   
 Flip turn   

Lap   

Flutter kick   

Dolphin kick   

Bilateral breathing   

Streamline   

Anchor   
 
 
 

 
 
Grade 7 Objectives: 
Criterion A: Knowing and understanding 
I. Outline physical health education-related factual, procedural and conceptual 
knowledge. 
II. Identify physical and health education knowledge to describe issues and solve problems 
set in familiar and unfamiliar situations. 
III. Apply physical and health terminology to communicate understanding. 
 
Criterion C: applying and performing 
i. Recall and apply a range of skills and techniques effectively. 
ii. Recall and apply a range of strategies and movement concepts. 
iii. Recall and apply information to perform effectively. 
 
Criterion D: reflecting and improving performance 
i. Identify and demonstrate strategies to enhance interpersonal skills. 
ii. Identify goals and apply strategies to enhance performance. 
iii. Describe and summarize performance. 
 
 
 
Grade 8 Objectives: 
Criterion A: Knowing and understanding 
i. Describe physical health education factual, procedural and conceptual 
knowledge. 
ii. Apply physical and health education knowledge to explain issues and solve 
problems set in familiar and unfamiliar situations. 
iii. Apply physical and health terminology effectively to communicate 
understanding. 
 
Criterion C: applying and performing 
i. Demonstrate and apply a range of skills and techniques. 
ii. Demonstrate and apply a range of strategies and movement concepts. 
iii. Outline and apply information to perform effectively. 
 
 
Criterion D: reflecting and improving performance 
i. Describe and demonstrate strategies to enhance interpersonal skills. 
ii. Outline goals and apply strategies to enhance performance. 
iii. Explain and evaluate performance. 
 
 
 

 
 
● You are going to select two swimming strokes that you would like to improve. 
● You will research from a couple of different websites important tips to help improve 
your technique. 
● These tips you will turn into your own 8 point checklist in your own words. 
● You will then analyse your own stoke and pick out 2 areas from each stroke you want to 
work on. 
● You will print out these checklists and use them in class to help achieve your goals. 
● At the end of the unit you will reflect on your achievements, creating a before and after 
video. 
 

 
 
 
Freestyle:  Backstroke: 
The catch  Stronger pull 
Effortless swimming  Improving backstroke 
Freestyle Swimming Stroke   
Catch and Pull   
Usa Swimming 

Breaststroke:  Butterfly: 
Basic technique  Butterfly for beginners 
Breastroke  Butterfly 
 
 
 
 
 
 Works Cited 
 
Backstroke Catch Point Drill | Stronger Pull. (2016, January 10). Retrieved from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxgXgsQhKiI 

E. (2015, April 23). How And Where To Start Your Catch In Freestyle. Retrieved from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7mPxoMe5hM 

Glossary Of Competitive Swimming Terms. (n.d.). Retrieved from 

http://www.swimtac.com/vatac/UserFiles/Image/Parent Survival 

Handbook/glossary_terms.htm 

H. (2013, June 18). 3 Swimming Drills to Improve Backstroke | Swimming Lessons. Retrieved 

from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B3BZUrhGGI 

Learn to Swim - Breaststroke Part 1. (2017, June 16). Retrieved from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syPEtHsI0J4 

Learn to Swim - Butterfly Part 1. (2017, June 16). Retrieved from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGOJeqyKzuw 

S. (2017, March 15). Swimming: Basic Technique | Breaststroke. Retrieved from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG4PMjrk-0g 

S. (2013, July 04). Freestyle Swimming Technique | Stroke. Retrieved from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HLW2AI1Ink 

Swim Terminology. (n.d.). Retrieved from 

http://www.lcatswimming.com/swim-terminology.html 

C. (2016, July 27). The Freestyle Catch: The Key to Swimming a Faster Freestyle. Retrieved 

from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1OY_yQBiXM 

C. (2011, March 28). Freestyle swim catch and pull. Retrieved from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cCyO7gIlIA 

V. (2011, April 06). How To Do Butterfly Stroke For Beginners. Retrieved from 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAUl4Sdg6R8