IB SEHS 2024

IB Sorts Exercise and Health Science Course Description and Aims

Sports, exercise and health science (SEHS) is an experimental science course combining academic study with practical and investigative skills. SEHS explores the science underpinning physical performance and provides the opportunity to apply these principles. The course incorporates the disciplines of anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, psychology and nutrition. Students cover a range of core and option topics, and carry out practical (experimental) investigations in both laboratory and field settings. The course offers a deeper understanding of the issues related to sports, exercise and health in the 21st century and addresses the international dimension and ethics related to both the individual and global context. Apart from being worthy of study in its own right, SEHS is good preparation for courses in higher or further education related to sports fitness and health, and serves as useful preparation for employment in sports and leisure industries. Both the SL and HL have a common core syllabus, internal assessment scheme, and overlapping elements in the options studied. While the skills and activities are common to all students, HL requires additional material and topics within the options. Through studying any of the group 4 subjects, students should become aware of how scientists work and communicate, and the variety of forms of the “scientific method” with an emphasis on a practical approach through experimental work. In this context, the aims of SEHS is for students to:

appreciate scientific study and creativity within a global context through stimulating and challenging opportunities
acquire a body of knowledge, methods and techniques that characterize science and technology
apply and use a body of knowledge, methods and techniques that characterize science and technology
develop an ability to analyze, evaluate and synthesize scientific information
develop a critical awareness of the need for, and the value of, effective collaboration and communication during scientific activities
develop experimental and investigative scientific skills including the use of current technologies
develop and apply 21st century communication skills in the study of science
become critically aware, as global citizens, of the ethical implications of using science and technology
develop an appreciation of the possibilities and limitations of science and technology
develop an understanding of the relationships between scientific disciplines and their influence on other areas of knowledge.

Course Outline

This is a 2 year course that will focus on the following topics

Topic 1: Anatomy (7 hours)

The Skeletal System
The Muscular System

Topic 2: Exercise Physiology (17 hours)

The structure and function of the ventilatory system
The structure and function of the cardiovascular system

Topic 3: Energy Systems (13 hours)

Nutrition
Carbohydrate and fat metabolism
Nutrition and energy systems

Topic 4: Movement Analysis (15 hours)

Neuromuscular function
Joint and movement type
Fundamentals of biomechanics

Topic 5: Skill in Sports (15 hours)

The characteristic and classification of skill
Information processing
Principles of skill learning

Topic 6: Measurement and Evaluation of Human Performance (13 hours)

Statistical analysis
Study design
Components of fitness

Text Book:

Sports, Exercise and Health Science, Oxford

PDF copy of book for RSU21 students

Google Classroom

Google Classroom is an essential part this class. The enrollment code for this class is 7thqkus

Google Meets

If students are attending class remotely, the Google Meets link can be found on the homepage of the Google Classroom for this class. I am not placing the link here as it will change over the course of the year.

Gizmos

We will occasionally use Gizmos as there are few related to our topics.

Gizmos Login Link:

Class Enrollment Code:

Late Work Policy

Students have ONE week after a unit summative (final) assessment to submit any work for THAT unit. Failure to do so will result in a zero for all missing assignments
If absent on the day of a unit summative you will have ONE week from this date to complete that summative. Failure to do so will result in zero for the summative.
If there is an issue in accomplishing any one of these two tasks, the student MUST meet with me within this week and not on the last day of the week.
No points will be taken off late work but for each assignment NOT completed on time two points will be deducted from a unit-specific Academic Responsibility assignment equivalent to roughly 20% of the unit summative assessment.