Treasure Hunts
Swimming
Introduction
The San Francisco Unified School District has a requirement for graduation for swimming.
Guiding Question
What is it? Why should I be concerned about
safety in the water? What scientific applications does it have? And how can I
fulfill my requirement and become a good swimmer in the process?
Questions
- What is the swimming requirement for graduation from the San Francisco Unified School District?
- How can I take the test and the class to learn swimming at George Washington
High School?
- Where can I take a learn-to-swim class at other pools in San Francisco?
- What levels of classes does the American Red Cross offer
certification in (beginner, life-saving, instructor)?
- How does the principle of "action and reaction" relate to
swimming?
- How can physics help me float?
- Why should I breathe out through my nose when swimming?
- Where can I learn about life/death situations in swimming and how
to handle them?
- How are the frog kick and whip kick
different?
- Where can I order one of those Speedo jam suits like those worn at
the Olympics?
Internet Resources
SFUSD
swimming requirements
Swimming
at Washington High School
Public pools
Swimming at
the YMCA
Swim strokes
Speedo
suits
Learn-to-swim
program
American Red
Cross Aquatics
Lifesaving
Floating in water
Water
safety tips
How
density relates to water
The breastroke or frog kick
Pat Stein, Teacher, and Christine
Chan, AP student, collaborated to develop this web
hunt.
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