"...A unit plan provides a detailed guide for teaching a particular topic in health and/or physical education for an extended period of time.  Purposeful learning occurs when thought is given to what to do and how you want to do it.  The unit plan contains the (background, rationale, standards,) objectives, content, methods, materials, and the (analysis) devices needed to complete each unit taught."

Adapted from the Student Teaching Handbook, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Rowan University