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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9–12 | Health and Physical Education
fitness circuit. A series of stations, each set up for a different physical activity that targets a particular aspect of fitness; for example, a flexibility station where students work on sitting and reaching forward, or a cardiorespiratory fitness station where students work on continuous skipping. Circuits may be organized in a number of ways, including a closely structured format where each student visits every station for a specified period of time, or a less structured format where students choose stations that correspond with their fitness goals and may choose to visit some stations more than once. Music may be used as a motivator for students and as a stop/start indication to signal when it is time to change stations.
flexibility. A health-related component of physical fitness involving the ability to move a joint through its full range of motion. See also health-related fitness.
food desert. A term used to describe an urban or rural location where residents have limited access to healthy, affordable food.
follow-through. The final phase of movement, which includes the movements after the instant when force is applied. In this phase, the transfer of weight is completed, movement continues in the direction of action, the movement slows down, and stability is regained. See also execution, phases of movement, and preparation.
Gaelic football. A territory game with Irish origins that is played on an outdoor sports field called a pitch. Players work together to carry, bounce, kick, and pass a ball towards a goal. Scoring is accomplished by kicking or passing the ball over or under a crossbar into a net at one end of the field. See also hurling.
gallop. A locomotor movement in which the body moves forward or backwards. To gallop, students step forward with one foot and quickly draw the second foot up to the first foot, then repeat. Knees are bent slightly and arms stay out for balance. Galloping is a fundamental skill that can be used as students learn more complex skills. By learning to balance the body and control the motion,
students can apply this action to other, more complex skills or combine it with other actions. See also skip and slide.
gay. An individual who is emotionally/ romantically/sexually/physically attracted to and/or involved with other individuals of the same sex.
gay-straight alliance. A student-run club that provides a safe space for any and all students to meet and learn about different sexual orientations, socialize, support each other, talk about issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity, and work to end homophobia and to raise awareness and promote equality for all. (Adapted from Canadian Federation for Sexual Health, “How to Form a Gay/Straight Alliance”, www. cfsh.ca/Your_Sexual_Health/Gender-Identity- and-Sexual-Orientation/Gay-Straight-Alliance.aspx [accessed January 27, 2015].)
gender. A term that refers to those characteristics of women and men that are socially constructed. See also gender identity and sex.
gender-based violence. Any form of behaviour – including psychological, physical, and sexual behaviour – that is based on an individual’s gender and is intended to control, humiliate,
or harm the individual. This form of violence is generally directed at women and girls and is based on an attitude or prejudice, which can be conscious or unconscious and which exists on the individual and institutional level, that aims to subordinate an individual or group on the basis of sex and/or gender identity.
gender expression. The manner in which individuals express their gender identity to others. A person’s gender expression is often based on a social construct of gender, which is either stereotypically male or female. However, some individuals who do not see themselves
as being either male or female but as some combination of the two genders, or as without gender, choose to express their identity in terms of a multiple model of gender, mixing both male and female expressions.
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