By Susana Soares, Marta de Carvalho Taveira, Gonçalo Miguel de Morais Silva Santos, Pedro Afonso Moreira Natário, Pedro Emanuel da Silva Reis, Raquel Cruz Machado, Ricardo Jorge Passos Reis
I KNOW how to recognize safe and unsafe behaviors in aquatic environments.
The student should be able to identify the risks associated with the statements (e.g., thermal shock, drowning, slip from a rock), as well as the consequences of their choices.
The activity takes place in a deep-water swimming pool. The materials used are 4 pull buoys (2 per lane, one green and one red).
Groups of 4 students – students with similar skill levels (able to perform front crawl and backstroke techniques). The instructor remains outside the pool.
Students will swim in a straight line, one per lane, to avoid collisions and ensure safety during the exercise.
This exercise is used at the beginning of the lesson, serving as a warm-up as well. Duration: 5 minutes.
Be adapted to the aquatic environment.
Know at least one technique that allows them to swim to the pull buoys.
The teacher stands outside the water and reads the questions. One student is in each lane. At the end of the lane, there are two pull buoys: one green (truth) and one red (myth). The students must choose based on the answer they want to give to the question.
After the question is read, the teacher counts down and blows the whistle. At that moment, both students swim as fast as possible to the pull buoys and pick the one representing their answer.
Whoever gets there first and answers correctly earns 1 point. If both are wrong, no points are awarded.
At the end of each round, the statements are reviewed with brief explanations.
