The Purpose of this Unit Theme is to provide students with the basic skills necessary to feel comfortable with an outdoor adventure activity such as rock climbing. Within this 8-day unit students will progress from practicing independent skills to working with a partner and/or small groups necessary for success.

To meet the standard (rubric score of 3) set by the Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) for Health and Fitness and their Grade Level Expectations a physically educated student will know and be able to do for:

3rd Grade:
- ability to traverse the first 40' without stepping down more than twice to demonstrate "static balance with control" and "fundamental forward and backward weight transfer"

4th Grade:
- ability to traverse the first 48' without stepping down more than twice to demonstrate "dynamic balance with control" with "smooth sequences"

5th Grade:

- ability to traverse the entire 59' (including doorway) without stepping down more than twice to demonstrate "static and dynamic balance incorporated within a routine"

Other EALRs associated:

1.2, 1.3, 4.1

NASPE National Standards:

Standards 1-6

Student Generated Rock Climbing Skills:
- Climbing
- Concentration
- Control / balance
- Individual Skills
- Gripping skills
- Patience / Pace
- Team work

Outcomes as a result of our Rock Climbing Unit:
- Concentration - Control Skills
- Climbing Skills - Balance
- Muscular Strength and Endurance
- Flexibility - Physical activity
- Hand-foot / Eye coordination
- Helps with other sports
- Fun new activity
- Life skills and survival skills

Student Generated Safety Rules for the Rock Climbing Unit:
- Never jump down - Stay in your level
- Don't walk behind people
- Don't touch people -Focus / control
- No loose clothes / jeweler
- Have the right PE shoes
- Know your limits
- 3 points or more are good
- Use only rocks for holds
- Use sportsmanship

Formative assessment for 3rd graders is their ability to achieve "Rangers" (from "Hikers"), and for 4th and 5th graders to achieve "Rangers" and then "Mountaineers". Summative assessment of their skills will be taken on day 8

The Shuttle-run post-testing for muscular strength will be conclude don day 3, and the pre-test for fitness assessment 60-second Curl-ups measuring either muscular strength (under 8 reps) or muscular endurance (over 8 reps). The 60-second Curl-up fitness assessment will be practiced every day during this unit, and some of the tumbling unit.

After the 1-minute Run Club warm-up students will learn how to stretch (lying down "stretching rack") and strengthen (curl-ups) the rectus abdominus muscle group while learning function, location, and number of muscles.

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