West DeptfordHigh School

MEDICAL MAKE UP WORK

 

Extended medical excuses (two weeks or more): 

1. Students with extended medicals shall report to the library to complete written work that will satisfy the state requirement for 150 minutes of health and/or physical education per week.  Sign in on the P.E. Medical list. 

2. Two weeks or more - Any student who has a medical excuse that lasts two weeks or more is required to complete a written assignment for each week missed.  Below you will find weekly assignments.  Your work is to be submitted to your teacher at the end of each week.

3. Full marking period - Students who will miss a full marking period must complete a project for each marking period missed.  Students must show their teacher evidence of progress toward their project at the end of each week.

4. Your grades for these assignments will appear in the class work/participation columns on Powergrade.

 

Weekly Assignments

Minimum FIVE PAGES, HANDWRITTEN 
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One Week assignments - Sports, Physical Education, Fitness, Health Careers:  Write a report on any four (4) of the following careers.  Include information such as education requirements, responsibilities, average, etc.

 

Health Educator                                                Physical Educator

Coach                                                              Dance Instructor

Personal Trainer                                               Outdoors Adventure Leader

Athletic Director                                               Athletic Trainer

Sport Scientist                                                  Sport Psychologist

Sport Nutritionist                                              Cardiac Rehabilitator

Sports Agent                                                    Strength Conditioning Trainer

Physical Therapist

 

One Week assignments - Choose one of the following sports.  Write a report about this sport that includes the history, basic rules and regulations, skills description, type of training necessary, etc.

CONTACT SPORTS   Akido Boxing Fencing Judo Karate Kick Boxing Sumo Wrestling Taekwondo Wrestling	ENDURANCE SPORTS   Cycling Decathlon In line speed skating Marathon Triathlon	EQUESTRIAN SPORTS   Dressage Polo Steeple Chase	GYMNASTICS     Artistic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics Cheerleading	RACQUET SPORTS   Jai Lai Racquetball Squash
SKATING SPORTS   Artistic roller skating Figure skating Ice Hockey Roller derby	SLED SPORTS     Bobsleigh Luge Toboggan	TARGET SPORTS   Bowling Disc golf Horse shoes	TRACK & FIELD EVENTS   All events	TEAM SPORTS     Beach volleyball Rugby Speedball Team Handball Ultimate football
WATER SPORTS   Body boarding Dragon boating Kayaking Rowing Sailing Surfing Water polo Scuba Diving	EXTREME SPORTS

 

 

One Week assignments -

Choose one of these famous athletes and write about his or her early life, athletic career, and his or her later life.  You may include any personal information that may make this assignment more interesting.

 

Babe Ruth                       Carl Lewis                    Hank Aaron                    Vince Lombardi               Muhammed Ali   

Arthur Ashe                    Paul (Bear) Bryant         Wilt Chamberlain             Ty Cobb                         Olga Korbut

Joe DiMaggio                 John. W. Heisman          Wilma Rudolf                  Bobby Jones                   Billy Jean King

James Naismith               Jesse Owens                  Cal Ripkin, Jr.                 Jackie Robinson              Wayne Gretzke

Lance Armstrong            Nancy Lopez                  Knute Rockny                Jim Thorpe                       Pat Summitt

Johnny Weismuller          John Wooden                 Cy Young                      Babe Didrikson Zaharias   Jackie Joyner-Kersee

 

 

 

 

Marking Period Projects

Minimum 16 PAGES, HANDWRITTEN 
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Marking Period Project – Compare and contrast the use of drugs, fitness products, and fads to achieve fitness.

 

Marking Period Project – The impact of nutrition on athletic performance.

 

Marking Period Project - How sports psychology/motivation can affect sports performance.

 

Marking Period Project – How genetics, gender, age, nutrition, activity level, and type of exercise affect body composition.

 

Marking Period Project – The impact on our youth of professional athletes as role models.

 

Marking Period Project –The impact of athletic participation on academic performance.

 

Marking Period Project – The impact of Title IX on high school physical education and interscholastic sports.

 

Marking Period Project –The causes and prevention of sudden cardiac arrest in sports.

 

Marking Period Project –The pros and cons of youth sports.

 

Marking Period Project – How the use of performance enhancing drugs by professional athletes impacts today's youth.

 

Marking Period Project – The pros and cons of mandatory drug testing for high school athletes.

 

Marking Period Project – Differing graduation rates of male and female Division I athletes.

 

Marking Period Project – Common female sports injuries.

 

Marking Period Project – Muscle strain: incidence, causes, prevention, and treatment.

 

Marking Period Project – Psychological consequences of athletic injuries.

 

Marking Period Project – The effects of alcohol use and smoking on fracture healing.

 

Marking Period Project – The impact of high school athletics on self esteem.

 

Marking Period Project – The Ancient Greek Olympics: a history.