Physical Education
This is a 4 year Physical Education program designed to teach students the skills and knowledge to live a healthy and active lifestyle. Through this 4 year course students will have several opportunities to learn, practice, and assess their progress in individual sports, team sports, and fitness development.
Sport Units:
Every sport unit will include the history, vocabulary, rules and strategies used in the sport. There will be handouts given for each unit and a final written assessment. In addition, the students will learn and practice the specific skills used in each sport. They will be assessed on their skill development at the end of each unit.
Fitness:
Students will be using handouts and writing prompts to identify and understand the terms and concepts for health related fitness. They will have several opportunities to assess and reflect on their own fitness levels and body composition. In addition, fitness related concepts will be integrated through each sport unit and daily with a warm up routine that includes cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance, and flexibility.
Physical Education State Standards:
Standard 1: Demonstrate motor skills and movement patterns needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
Standard 2: Demonstrate knowledge of movement concepts, principles, and strategies as they apply to learning and performance of physical activities.
Standard 3: Assess and maintain a level of physical fitness to improve health and performance.
Standard 4: Demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health and performance.
Standard 5: Demonstrate and utilize knowledge of psychological and sociological concepts, principles, and strategies as applied to learning and performance of physical activity.