Frisbee Golf and Outdoor education block plan

 

This block plan is an outline of a progression of lessons for the unit.


1 - Introductory Activity:  beanbag/spot toss in partners 

Motor Skills/Theme:  Sending the disc: appropriate release, stance, positioning relative to target
3 tasks                                    
a)  beanbag/spot toss with hoops
b)  introduction of frisbees
c) partner work with Frisbees- working on sending technique, introduction of backhand throw
Culminating Activity: Each pair gets a hoop and two frisbees. Once person throws the hoop at least 5 feet away from them. One at a time, each person throws the frisbee, trying to get it closest to the hoop. The person who is the farthest from the hoop gets to throw the hoop wherever they want. The pair must keep track of their own scores.


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2 - Introductory Activity:  crows and cranes 

Motor Skills/Theme:  Working on sending accuracy
3 tasks                                    
a) hoop game with Frisbees
b) group review and demonstration of proper throwing stance, release, introduce focus on accuracy.
c) partner work – peer coaching in A/B partners, focusing on  accuracy – content analysis

Culminating Activity: King’s Court


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3 - Introductory Activity: follow the leader

Motor Skills/Theme:  working on force and distance, creating Frisbee golf challenges using natural obstacles, developing strategies

3 tasks                                    
a) introduction to forehand throw
b) connections between disc golf and golf – equipment and structure of game
c) develop strategies based on environmental ‘problems’

Culminating Activity:  Practice ‘problems’ are set in school yard, such as cornering, obstacles, tunnels, etc. for students to practice on, challenged to make own ‘problems’.

4 - Introductory Activity:  walking to the park                              

Motor Skills/Theme:  introduction to outdoor education – visit to the park, student-set course

3 tasks                                    
a)  demonstrate appropriate fieldtrip skills and safety
b) introduction to scoring variations
c) working in pairs, creating a hole

Culminating Activity: playing the student-set course through the park.

Active Lifestyle:

A1 relate the effects of regular participation in a variety of types of physical activities to quality of life  (e.g., stress reduction, prevents the onset of certain diseases, increased overall physical and emotional health)

Movement: 
B2 demonstrate proper technique to send and receive objects with accuracy, distance, and control in unpredictable settings (e.g., kick an object varying distances, intercept an object from an opponent, pass an object to a moving partner)

B3 perform sequences using learned non-locomotor, locomotor, and manipulative movement skills, demonstrating effective use of qualities of movement (e.g., speed, force, flow)

Personal & Social responsibility:  

C1 apply safe procedures for specific physical activities

C3 model leadership in creating a positive climate for physical activity (e.g., mentoring, organizing, coaching)

5- Introductory Activity: predator/prey tag game

Motor Skills/Theme:  preparation for camp – expectations, visit from naturalist
3 tasks                                    
a)  review appropriate fieldtrip behaviour
b) introduction to map reading skills
c) introduction to compass use

Culminating Activity:  orienteering course set on the school, using maps and compasses to decipher a riddle

6 - Introductory Activity: capture the flag

Motor Skills/Theme:  Fieldtrip – Camping - Moving in the natural environment
3 tasks                                    
a) introduction to using the natural environment responsibly
b) walk like a coyote game – introduction to ‘leave no trace’ ethics
c)  plant and animal identification booklet

Culminating Activity: group hike

7 - Introductory Activity: sit spots: noticing what’s happening around us for 5 minutes

Motor Skills/Theme:  Fieldtrip – Camping - getting acquainted with the setting, creating a disc course
3 tasks                                    
a)  debrief of sit-spots, boundaries of area and expectations
b)  exploration of area in partners, survey of plant and animal life using their field experience booklet
c)  sharing findings with another pair

Culminating Activity:  each student will create a hole in the course, giving justification for why they chose that area, things to notice about that area, and strategies to use when playing that hole. Mark hole with flagging tape.

8 - Introductory Activity: chuck the chicken

Motor Skills/Theme:  Fieldtrip – Camping – playing the disc course. Debrief of unit
3 tasks                                    
a)  focus on accuracy
b) focus on distance and appropriate force
c)  focus on strategies for specific situations

Culminating Activity: playing the course.

Entry & exit outcomes - at the beginning of the unit, students will have a basic knowledge and familiarity of a Frisbee, and many will have thrown a Frisbee before. By the end of the unit, the students will each have practiced their sending skills and will be able to demonstrate proper throwing technique. They will be knowledgeable of how to improve their accuracy. They will also have created a Frisbee golf course, and will have developed an idea of strategy. In addition, through the Frisbee golf unit, the students will be introduced to outdoor environments, and will have knowledge of ‘leave no trace’ ethics, along with safety considerations with being in an outdoor environment, as well as the challenges and benefits to being in a natural environment that is not human-manicured.