B5 Physical Education · Term 2, Week 5

Space Awareness, Dynamics, Relations, Body Management and Strategies

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B5.2.3.2.3 - Compare the difference in throwing a ball with the ‘left hand and right hand’ and kicking a ball with ‘left foot and right foot for distance’.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

  1. Demonstrate throwing a ball with both the left hand and the right hand and measure the distance achieved with each hand.
  2. Demonstrate kicking a ball with both the left foot and the right foot and measure the distance achieved with each foot.
  3. Compare the distances obtained from dominant and non-dominant limbs and state which limb is stronger for throwing and kicking.
  4. Explain in their own words why one hand or foot is usually stronger and more accurate than the other.
  5. Discuss with peers how knowing their stronger side helps them in games and sports.

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Curriculum details

Strand
Movement Concepts, Principles and Strategies (Strand 2)
Sub-strand
Space Awareness, Dynamics, Relations, Body Management and Strategies (2.3)
Content standard
B5.2.3.2 - Demonstrate knowledge of movement concepts, principles, and strategies that apply to the learning and performance of physical activities.
Indicator
B5.2.3.2.3 - Compare the difference in throwing a ball with the 'left hand and right hand' and kicking a ball with 'left foot and right foot for distance'.
Suggested placement
Term 2, Week 5 (Week 17 of the year)

Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference
Physical Education Curriculum (Basic 1-6), 2019, p. 62

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners compare and discuss the difference as; obviously one hand would be stronger than the other. It is much easier for the stronger hand to execute a task. Any of the hands that is stronger can throw faster than the other.