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 * Task ****: ** This is aimed at a year 4/5 level students in a class of roughly 20 students. Students will get in four groups of five and are then given a list of different sports by teachers, these sports will be: [|hurdles], [|long jump], [|discus] and [|high jump]. The students (in their groups) will have to research their chosen sport (e.g. what it is, how to do it, the techniques) and present the information they find to the class, in five minute PowerPoint presentation. With the rest of the hour session the students are required to take the the class outside and demonstrate the sport they have researched. The students will record their results for each student in each sport category (e.g. longest jump, highest jump, best time). This will run for two weeks in total, the first week will be them researching their sport and creating a PowerPoint presentation to show the class. Week two will be them presenting their findings and demonstrating their sport to the class. There will be five, one hour sessions a week, one per school day (Monday - Friday) for the students, each group will be allocated an hour. On Friday of week two (the last day) the students will collect all of the data that they recorded from their results. Each group will work out the best results from that sport group and present the winner and two runner-ups, of that sport, to the class. =====

**The lessons for this task will run for an hour a day. The hour block will be from 10-11am.**
=LESSON PLAN: =

outline what is to be done.The students will get in groups of five.The teacher will then give students their sports topics to research. The topics will include: hurdles, long jump, discus and high jump.
 * <  ||< ==WEEK ONE== ||< ==WEEK TWO== ||
 * < ==**MONDAY**== ||< The teacher will explain the task and

document ||< Group one (hurdles) will present their research in a 5 minute PowerPoint presentation. For the 55 minutes remaining the students will take the rest of the class out for their sport lesson.
 * Equipment needed:** Example PowerPoint

**Equipment needed:** Example record keeping document, clipboard, hurdles, running track, stopwatch. || the students are allowed an hour each day for research.
 * < ==TUESDAY== ||< Research will begin on the topics,

**Equipment needed:** Example PowerPoint document ||< Group two (long jump) will present their research in a 5 minute PowerPoint presentation. For the 55 minutes remaining the students will take the rest of the class out for their sport lesson.

**Equipment needed:** Example record keeping document, clipboard, sand pit, measuring tape. ||
 * < ==WEDNESDAY== ||< Research continued.

**Equipment needed:** Example PowerPoint document ||< Group three (discus) will present their research in a 5 minute PowerPoint presentation. For the 55 minutes remaining the students will take the rest of the class out for their sport lesson.

**Equipment needed:** Example record keeping document, clipboard, discus, measuring tape. ||
 * < ==THURSDAY== ||< Research continued.

**Equipment needed:** Example PowerPoint document ||< Group four (high jump) will present their research in a 5 minute PowerPoint presentation. For the 55 minutes remaining the students will take the rest of the class out for their sport lesson.

**Equipment needed:** Example record keeping document, clipboard, high jump bar, padded landingmat, measuring tape. ||
 * < ==FRIDAY== ||< Research continued.

**Equipment needed:** Example PowerPoint document ||< The students will present who the winners and runner ups for their sport were.

**Equipment needed:** None ||




 * References**

Brendan, C. (01/05/2010). //Hurdles// [image]. retrieved 12/05/2012 from []