P.E. 26B P.E. 26B is the beginning swim class at De Anza.
Has it been quite awhile since you last swam, or did you forget how to swim?
Are you self-taught?
Are you comfortable in the water, but uncomfortable in deep water?
Spring quarter we have an opportunity for people to relearn to swim. De Anza is offering a Sunday morning section (10:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.) of beginning swimming in shallow or deep water starting April 8. (Beginning swim classes are usually taught in 6 or 7 feet deep water, not shallow water.) Yes, this beginning swim class is also appropriate for people who can swim well enough to be in water that is deeper than they are tall.
You do not have to know how to tread water or how to dive but should have a some freestyle and backstroke capability.
Register for PE 26B-02 (40588).
If you have taken the PE 26 series of swim classes the maximum number of times you can enroll in the PE 6G (aerobic swimming) class held at the same time on Sunday (10:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m.). Register for PE 6G (40591).
This is a great way to learn to swim or relearn to swim, but if you are afraid of the water you should take Novice swimming instead.
No, it is not too cold to take a swim class that starts in April. The pool is heated enough for seniors exercise programs. You can stay warmer with a swim cap, rash guard type tight-fitting shirt, cyclists shorts, a wetsuit vest, a spring (short sleeve, short leg) wetsuit, but many people just go ahead and swim. (I sometimes wear a men's 'jammer' long-legged swimsuit over my regular suit when I swim at 6:30 a.m. in the winter.)
Want to buy a jammer, wetsuit or rashguard? Take a look at:
http://www.sportchalet.com/ and click on water
http://www.sportsbasement.com/
below, lifeguard Samir and swimmers model warm swimwear including various coverages of rash guards:
How to find the pools, sunscreen, P/NP grading, waitlists and more
are covered at
Swim classes FAQs
See also: How to get a P.E. locker at De Anza College
Taking a lower level swim class is not a strict prerequisite for a higher level, you just need the skills of a better swimmer. Not sure which class to take? Read: beginning swimming at De Anza College or intermediate swimming at De Anza College
Enrollment and registration steps for De Anza College are at: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/admissions/
Find the diving well/pool on this map:
http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/pe_area.html
To get from the pool deck to the locker rooms, women enter the tunnel on the RIGHT from the pool deck and go directly up to their locker room. Men enter through the LEFT entrance and go down a hall to their locker room.
Men should note that there is a storage room in the left tunnel that is accessed by both female and male personnel, and they should change clothes in the locker room, not the tunnel.
Each first Saturday of the month there is a flea market at De Anza, taking up a lot of parking space. There will be parking attendants asking for ten dollars to park, but if you have purchased a quarter-long permit and tell them you are there for a swim class, they will let you in.
Info on how to get a permit is at: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/map/parkinginfo.html
Homework ... in a swim class??
All swim classes at De Anza share the same curriculum, (the course content, designed by De Anza College). Each instructor must teach the same of skills and knowledge about swimming, but each instructor can go about reaching these goals in various ways.
De Anza requires that swim students are taught strokes, treading water and underwater swimming, (and in higher level classes, turns and diving), and the curriculum says that swim students will:
Examine the global and historical development of swimming from survival to competition.
Experiment with the laws of physics as they apply to basic swimming skills.
Apply basic exercise physiology and nutrition to swimming.
Analyze causes of drowning and apply safe water practices.
De Anza also specifies that there will be assignments, such as:
Reading - text, handouts, outside source (library, web, magazine, etc.)
Writing -
1.One short essay on the history of swimming or swimming in the student's home country
2.Short answer and multiple choice examinations
These areas would require hours of lecture to cover them as required. In an effort to be able to spend more time in the water I have developed some short online reading assignments to cover most of them. Those that cover the De Anza requirements are required for a passing grade; do more and you can earn a higher grade.
Relax, these are short assignments.
Often the easiest way to do an assignment is to run your mouse across some of the text, copy it (click Ctrl C or Apple C on many computers) and paste it (click Ctrl V or Apple V) to a blank document on your computer. You can handwrite any assignment but it must be easily readable, so block printing is preferred and must be in letters at least as big as the type on this page.
The De Anza library has a few laptops for loan to students. http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/library/laptop.html
Please note: you are responsible for keeping a copy of each assignment in case the one you turn in is lost and I do not accept emailed assignments.
I post assignments here during quarters I am teaching beginning swimming.
SPRING QUARTER 2012 HOMEWORK for PE26B:
Completed in class the first session, Sunday, April 8:
Read the copurse syllabus, to be poster here closer to when the class starts, which has the grading standards, class rules, how to do makeups and more. You are responsible for the material in this document. (This is also known as the 'greensheet' in many De Anza classes.)
Read the swim class safety rules webpage and briefly write up three new safety rules you find. If you already knew all of them, write up the three most important to you. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title safety rules.
Note that I said briefly write up; these assignments do not require paragraphs and paragraphs of verbose prose.
optional reading on swimmer's ear:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/swimmers-ear/DS00473/DSECTION=prevention
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Due Sunday, April 15
read Water safety and briefly write up four new things you learned.
If you already knew everything at that page, write up the four most important things mentioned.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title water safety.
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Read the Swim workout vocabulary webpage and briefly write up three new things you learned. If you already knew everything at that page, write up the three most important to you. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title swimming workout vocabulary.
The answer to the question: How much of this homework do I have to do? is at the course syllabus, to be poster here closer the when the class starts, which has the grading standards.
optional reading:
STOP THAT CRAMP!
4 causes -- and solutions -- for muscle cramps during exercise
http://www.usms.org/news/newsitem.php?n=29
optional reading:
rogue or sneaker waves
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Due Sunday, April 22:
read History of swimming section webpage through to History of aquatics not yet in the curriculum and briefly write up three new things you learned. If you already knew everything at that page, write up the three most important to you. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title History of swimming.
AND read:
How to rescue a drowning victim using a reaching assist or a shepherd's crook and write up three new things you learned from the page.
If you already knew everything at that page, write up the three most important things mentioned.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title shepherd's crook.
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photo below copyright by Ken Mignosa:
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Homework due Sunday, April 29:
The American Cancer Society has skin cancer prevention info at:
http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/cid/documents/webcontent/003184-pdf.pdf
Read it and write up three new things you learned. If you already knew everything at that site, write up the three most important things mentioned.
To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title skin cancer.
Now could be a good time to start on the swim class short essay required by De Anza for all swimming classes.
Each first Saturday of the month (including Feb. 5) there is a flea market at De Anza, (unless it is rained out), taking up a lot of parking space. There will be parking attendants asking for ten dollars to park, but if you have purchased a quarter-long permit and tell them you are there for a swim class, they will let you in. Parking spaces are saved for students on the top of the Flint Center parking garage.
Info on how to get a permit is at: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/parking/
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If you doing makeups on Saturdays, please note: each first Saturday of the month (including May 5 and June 2) there is a flea market at De Anza, (unless it is rained out), taking up a lot of parking space. There will be parking attendants asking for ten dollars to park, but if you have purchased a quarter-long permit and tell them you are there for a swim class, they will let you in. Parking spaces are saved for students on the top of the Flint Center parking garage.
Info on how to get a permit is at: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/parking/
Homework due Sunday, May 6:
USA Swimming has a nutrition article at:
http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1635&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en
read it and briefly write up three new things you learned. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title Nutrition.
optional reading:
Search nutrition at the Ironman website for lots of recent articles:
http://ironman.com/
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Homework due Sunday, May 13:
1) read: http://www.berkeleywellness.com/html/fw/fwFit03StrengthTraining.html
and take the open book strength training quiz at: swim class quizzes. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title strength training.
2) http://www.berkeleywellness.com/html/fw/fwFit02Stretching.html
and take the open book stretching quiz at: swim class quizzes. To avoid confusion in recording your homework put your name at the top of the page, and the title Stretching.
These two quizzes can't be turned in late. We will probably go over and grade them in class.
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Homework due Sunday, May 20:
swim class short essay
and the swim class final exam.
We will probably go over and grade the final in class.
OOPs, if it's been awhile since you read the text; Fit and Well text chapter notes could help you with the final.
Optional reading on preventing swimmer's ear:
http://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/rwi/illnesses/swimmers-ear-prevention-guidelines.html
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No class and no homework due Sunday, May 27 a holiday
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No class and no homework due Sunday, June 10 due to a kids triathlon at De Anza
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No homework due (except the journal/term paper if you decided to do one of them to get an A) on the last class Sunday, June 24
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The De Anza Outdoor Club has a kayaking lesson in the De Anza pool each quarter on a weekend. Details and a few pictures from previous lessons are posted at:
kayaking / canoeing lessons
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 Outdoor Club surfing lessons spring quarter possibly June 17.
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I will give one class makeup for a blood donation quarter, or, if you can't donate blood, two hours of work at the De Anza blood drive.
Read Blood donation FAQs to learn about donating. Show me the 'receipt'
they give you after the donation, dated this quarter,
before the last day of class.
De Anza College home games usually has the dates of the campus blood drives as well links to student recitals, dance performances and art exhibitions.
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programs for student success in all kinds of classes, including tutorials, readiness, academic skills, instructional computing and more:
http://www.deanza.edu/studentsuccess/
More students qualify for financial aid than use it or even know they qualify. There are enrollment fee waivers you can apply for online which take about a week to get an answer. For all the details go to:
http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/financialaid/index.html
You don’t have to pay for all your classes/fees at once. De Anza has an installment payment plan that allows you to defer most of your payments. Go to: http://www.deanza.fhda.edu/registration/cashier/deferpay.html
De Anza College offers many scholarships, some of which have few applicants!
Check out the loot:
http://www.deanza.edu/financialaid/scholarship.html
Various local businesses give discounts to De Anza Associated Student Body card holders. A page of discounts (mostly 10% off food) is at http://www.deanza.edu/dasb/discounts/index.html
You can read the curriculum, (course outline or course content, usually designed by a division then reviewed and approved by the college) for any De Anza class at: http://ecms.deanza.edu/deptoutlinespublic.html
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How to tell if the lifeguards are doing their job properly
The aim of this page is to provide swimmers, parents, child care providers and other swimming pool patrons with a few guidelines to help them determine if the lifeguards at the pool they go to are doing their jobs properly.
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Many of my students ask me if I can teach their children to swim.
De Anza only has swim classes for teens and adults. For swim classes for kids (infants, toddlers or children, ages 3 months to 7 years), I recommend Sharky's Swim School in San Jose. The owner is a graduate of De Anza lifeguard training, with 20 plus years of experience teaching babies and young children to swim. The pool is kept at 92 degrees so you and your baby won't be cold. (408)340-1937. http://sharkysswimschool.com/
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I recommend that if they have the time, all my swim students should also take PE 70/71, and use the Lifetime Fitness and Wellness Center.
Exercise links
has links to
goals, muscle pain, exercising with asthma, exercising with diabetes, staying fit over sixty, exercise recommendations for low back pain, calculating your exercise target heart rate and lots more.
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Do it yourself earthquake preparedness
earthquake home hazards survey
Disaster planning
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When you call 911 from a land line telephone, such as in your house,
you get dispatch for the city the phone (your house) is located in.
When you call 911 from a cell phone
you get the Highway Patrol at a central location.
Sometimes, especially if you are not calling about something
on the freeway/highway, it would be faster to get dispatch
for the specific city the problem is happening in.
This requires knowing the direct dial seven digit phone number
for each dispatch. In Cupertino, the number to get help quicker is 299-2311.
Direct dial emergency phone numbers for most cities in Santa Clara County, California, can be found at the Santa Clara County ARES/RACES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services/Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services) website.
http://www.scc-ares-races.org/dd-emer-nos.html
San Mateo County cities (and the San Francisco airport) direct dial phone numbers can be found at:
http://www.blackberryreact.org/smco911phones.html
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