Friday Afternoon PE/Sports Studies A-Level Resource Pack (+CD)

Summary:
Friday Afternoon PE/Sports Studies is packed with many fun and engaging revision activities. The activities have been chosen to allow students to apply their knowledge using a variety of learning styles, and to review and reinforce their understanding of key terms and concepts. They include a host of popular games like bingo, dominoes and a range of card games. These enjoyable activities make revision exercises fun and can be used at any point within a lesson. The pack is fully photocopiable and once the teacher has a set of cards prepared they can be used over and over with all groups, bringing variety and fun to any revision session. The free CD-ROM provides a PDF version of the pack for easy printing. Also included in the pack: a specification matching chart to allow easy integration into any course, answers, suggested timings and teaching notes.

• Provides a range of enjoyable and engaging activities to develop learning styles and reinforce knowledge and understanding of key concepts
  

• Activities can be adapted for individual, paired or group work
  

• Activities can be used flexibly in revision sessions or throughout the course
  

Table of Contents:
1 Applied exercise physiology
AS Talk about: Health, fitness and nutrition
AS Crossword: Pulmonary function
AS Matching: Transport of blood gases
AS Bingo: Cardiac function
AS Missing words: Heart rate
AS Dominoes: Movement analysis (I)
AS Dominoes: Movement analysis (II)
AS Triominoes: Joints
AS Play your cards right: Muscular contraction
AS/A2 Wordsearch: Planes, axes and levers
AS Triominoes: Fitness testing
AS/A2 Crossword: Principles of training
2 Skill acquisition
AS Bingo: Skill and ability
AS Talk about: Information processing
AS Crossword: Stages of learning
AS/A2 Missing words: Motivation and reinforcement
AS Bingo: Theories of learning
AS Wordsearch: Motor learning
AS Triominoes: Transfer of learning
AS/A2 Dominoes: Goal setting
AS Dominoes: Types of practice and teaching styles
AS Play your cards right: Forms of guidance
AS/A2 Matching: Feedback
3 Opportunities for participation
AS Triominoes: Concepts of physical activity
AS/A2 Wordsearch: Sports provision
AS/A2 Bingo: Influence of English public schools
AS/A2 Talk about: Development of PE in schools
AS/A2 Crossword: Current physical education
AS Play your cards right: Target groups
4 Applied physiology to optimise performance
A2 Matching: Energy sources
A2 Play your cards right: Energy systems
A2 Wordsearch: Oxygen deficit
AS/A2 Dominoes: Muscle structure and function
A2 Crossword: Sports supplements
A2 Triominoes: Specialised training
A2 Missing words: Sports injuries
AS/A2 Bingo: Mechanics of movement
5 Psychological aspects that optimise performance
A2 Talk about: Personality, attitudes and aggression
AS/A2 Matching: Arousal
A2 Questionnaire: Measuring anxiety
A2 Triominoes: Controlling anxiety
A2 Crossword: Confidence
A2 Play your cards right: Attribution theory
A2 Wordsearch: Group success
A2 Dominoes: Leadership
6 Evaluating contemporary influences
AS/A2 Crossword: World games
AS/A2 Matching: Sports development
AS/A2 Triominoes: Sports organisations
AS/A2 Dominoes: Rationalisation of sport
A2 Wordsearch: Amateurism and professionalism
AS/A2 Play your cards right: Sports ethics
AS Talk about: Deviancy
AS Bingo: Commercialisation
Teacher answers
Crosswords
Wordsearches
Missing words