Exercise Science   PSE 4U

Portfolio Assignments

(30% of Summative Evaluation)

PORTFOLIO ONE:                  Nutritional Analysis Report

Students individually record and analyze their diets, reflect on their data, and draw connections to athletic performance potential and key learnings of the course.

PORTFOLIO TWO:                  Human Performance Convention

In small groups students explore an aspect of human performance that they are passionate and interested in.  A higher level of thinking, research, and understanding of their topic is reflected in their class presentation, presentation aids, and written report. 

PORTFOLIO THREE:           Human Growth and Development / Motor Learning Video 

In pairs students create the developmental sequences for a sport skill.  The students create a video, with narration, to demonstrate the stages and validate their findings.  A report is created to match their video and results.

PORTFOLIO FOUR:            Coaching / Psychology / Sociology of Sport Magazine Article

Students write and publish an article for a "Pop Culture" magazine.  The author forms a strong opinion about appropriate coaching philosophy for minor sport in Canada today.

Interviews, research, and observation of live sport are cited in the article.