Curriculum Support - Comprehensive Health and Physical Education
This page contains supports designed to assist in the development of standards based curriculum resources for comprehensive health and physical education. Supportive resources are separated in three section:
- Colorado Sample Curriculum Project [Watch closely for ongoing updates.]
- Evidence-Based Curriculum Design Tools
- Curriculum Design Tools available on our Standards Implementation Toolkit
Colorado's District Sample Curriculum Project:
The Colorado Department of Education (CDE) defines curriculum as an organized plan of instruction for engaging students in mastering the standards. Using this definition as a basis for translating standards into effective instruction, the SIS team is working with educators across the state to refine a flexible, research-based template that can be customized for a variety of district/school curriculum design models. The initial public draft of this template provides at-a-glance and unit overviews of a curricular “landscape.”
The first page of the template delineates a possible sequence of concept-based units (connected to the content and skill-based Colorado Academic Standards) across a course/school year, while the second page provides a more in-depth overview of one of these units. Designed to convey possible unit topics and sequencing, the template shows how Standards, Grade Level Expectations, and 21st Century Skills can be translated into curriculum that convey the big ideas that students should understand, the content they should know, and the skills they be able to demonstrate (do).
Please bookmark the Standard and Instructional Support Curriculum Project page for ongoing updates and opportunities to participate.
Evidence-Based Curriculum Design Tools
Characteristics of an Effective Health Education Curriculum
See the 14 essential characteristics of today’s effective, state-of-the-art health education curricula, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT)
Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT)
Use these tools from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to analyze your health and physical education curricula. Results can help districts and schools select or develop effective health and physical education curricula, and improve teaching strategies.Key strategies for improving the quality of physical education
Read this short brief about two key strategies to increase students’ time in moderate to vigorous physical activity during physical education classes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Curriculum Design Tools:
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Concept Connections (Kindergarten - 5th Grade)
For website assistance in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education, please contact Phyllis Reed.