PPL1O

Grade 9

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Healthy Active Living Education

Enroll in Healthy Active Living Education (PPL1O), a Grade 9 Open course designed for students pursuing their OSSD through our online high school. This self-paced program explores Active Living, Movement Competence, The Body, Healthy Living. This online high school course helps you earn your Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). It's ideal for students seeking an online high school experience to get their high school diploma online. You'll study Active Living, Movement Competence, The Body, Healthy Living and more, aligned with the PPL1O curriculum.

18 weeks

1 Credit

online

About This Course

Students participate actively in a variety of physical activities, demonstrate personal fitness and safety, perform movement skills and strategies, and understand factors that contribute to healthy development and personal well-being.

Learning Outcomes

Perform movement skills with proper technique and apply movement concepts and strategies while participating in a variety of physical activities.

Participate actively and regularly in diverse physical activities, understand factors that influence participation and demonstrate the importance of physical activity and personal fitness for healthy living.

Demonstrate responsibility for personal safety and the safety of others during physical activities and apply safe practices.

Demonstrate understanding of factors contributing to healthy development; apply health knowledge and living skills to make informed decisions and take appropriate actions related to personal health and well‑being.

Make connections between personal choices and behaviours and health outcomes, and analyse how environmental and social factors influence their own and others’ health and well‑being.

Demonstrate personal and interpersonal skills, including decision‑making, conflict resolution, communication, and critical and creative thinking, while participating in active living, movement competence and healthy living activities.

Course Syllabus

Unit 1: Physical Fitness

5 weeks

Cardiovascular health and strength training

Unit 2: Health and Wellness

4 weeks

Nutrition, mental health, and lifestyle choices

Unit 3: Sport and Recreation

5 weeks

Team sports, individual activities, and game strategies

Unit 4: Safety and Injury Prevention

4 weeks

First aid, injury prevention, and emergency response

Assessment & Evaluation

Practical skill demonstrations (40%)

Health and fitness assessments (25%)

Written assignments (20%)

Participation and effort (15%)

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