Podcast

Welcome to VCE PE Hub. This is a physical education website I found. It contains everything from a forum, a blog, online tests, and podcasts. I chose to listen to the podcast on Training adaptations.

This podcast talked about three of the body's systems: cardiovascular, respiratory, and muscular. It goes through each of the systems in detail, as well as other useful information.

For the respiratory system, it talks about how the total volume (each breathe you take), plus the respiration rate (the number of breathes), equals the ventilation. It also talks about how the oxygen follows through the lungs into the blood vessels, to the heart, and to the capillaries. It is very detailed and gives a great, in-depth description on how the entire system works, as well as each individual aspect involved.
Further into the podcast, it talks about muscular adaptations. Starting with slow twitch fibers, it looks at more aerobic activities which will increase oxygen flow,and how this is maintained. The fast twitch fibers focus more on activity that increases lactic acid (anaerobic activities).
This entire podcast would be great for an anatomy or physiology unit.

This could be a great resource to use in a physical education setting. For health, students could do a similar podcast that talks about a certain body system and how to make sure that system is working at maximum efficiency, as well as how to make that possible.
They could also talk about nutrition and include the number of servings of each food group needed per day, as well as any changes to those numbers that may result from increased physical activity.
On the activity side of the curriculum, students may choose to do a podcast on a certain activity or sport and include all rules and procedures to follow. They could also do a sports broadcast type performance where they act as announcers for a sporting event at their school. After the game is over, they can post it as a podcast for others to listen to who may not have watched the game.