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Kara McGinnis

a. Sharks and Minnows
b. Sources for your activity and for your adaptations (APA citations)
Leibs, A (2013). Running. In the Encyclopedia of Sports and Recreation for People with Visual
Impairments. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Pub., Inc.
Willings, C. (n.d.). Physical Education Adaptations for Students who are Blind or Visually
Impaired. Retrieved December 17, 2017, from
https://www.teachingvisuallyimpaired.com/pe-adaptations.html

c. Equipment needed: No equipment is needed

d. Activity Description following guidelines for task analysis. How will you explain to your
participants how the activity will go?
1. Choose a person to be the shark
2. Have everyone else line up on one side of the room. The people lined up are the
minnows
3. The shark stands in the middle of the room.
4. Next the shark says Minnow, minnows cross my ocean.
5. At this time the minnows can start walking to the other side. The shark must remain
still.
6. When the shark says Shark attack it is okay for the minnows to start running and for
the shark to try and tag the minnows. The shark can decide to say this whenever it wants to.
7. If the minnow makes it to the other side the shark can no longer tag them. The
minnows that were tagged are now going to be sharks when the minnows that were not tagged
cross back over.
8. Now the minnows have to cross back to the other side with more than one shark
coming after them.
9 The game continues this way until all the minnows become sharks. The last minnow
that is left gets to be the starting shark in the next round.


e. Primary interaction pattern(s) Derived from your activity analysis, which should be
attached.
*Note: Two different types of activity analyses forms will be used. For your first two activities,
use Stumbo and Peterson and for your third activity use Porter.

f. One researched adaptation specific to a disability group. Be specific. For example, saying
someone has anger issues is not a disorder. However, a person with anger issues might be
diagnosed with conduct disorder. You may not use a particular disability or disorder more than
one time.
Sharks and minnows is a game that is played in schools and camps to get
people physically active and have fun with their peers. This game can be adapted for
people who are blind/visually impaired. One way to adapt it is to have the shark make a
humming noise. If the minnows are quiet, it will allow the person with the vision impairment to
hear where the shark is. The person who is visually impaired can also choose a trusted friend to
be their guide. People who are visually impaired usually run with a guide. The guides job is to
tell them where the other players are so that they dont run into them. When a person guides
someone with a vision impairment they have the person hold onto their elbow so that they can
guide them and are in ears reach so that they can tell if there is an obstacle coming. The person
can still be mostly independent because they can hear the shark and are being told where other
people are so that they can safely get to the other side. If a person that is visually impaired gets
tagged and then becomes a shark, then the players have to make noise so that they can hear
where they are. They can work together with one of the other sharks and have them help guide
them. Adapting this game to the visually impaired will make them feel more included and get
them the physical exercise that every person needs.

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