Physical Education

By successfully completing this course, students will meet benchmarks for the Physical Education Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III. Students will assess personal levels of physical fitness and physical activity to revisit and apply the students’ four year personal fitness plan to their daily lives.  The content of this course empowers learners to actualize a vision of themselves as competent movers with the skills, knowledge, and desire to become life-long participants in physical activities. This standards-based course is designed to introduce a range of aerobic training activities that could be incorporated into a total body conditioning program. Students will apply these aerobic activities to develop and/or update a training program that applies the Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type (FITT) principle and emphasizes total body conditioning. Aerobic activities may include: cardio-kick boxing, step aerobics, dance aerobics, brisk-walking, running and/or jogging, swimming, cycling, aqua-aerobics, Tae Bo, etc. Activities should reinforce the three parts of an aerobic activity – warm-up, cardio, cool down – and the importance of each to the overall benefits of a successful workout. As a result of this course cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, flexibility and coordination will improve and an appreciation for aerobics as a lifetime activity will be reinforced. Key features of this course:  introduce a range of aerobic activities; develop and implement a body conditioning program that incorporates a variety of aerobic activities; reinforce the different parts of an aerobic exercise.  

Prerequisite:  students must have earned a B or better in the PEP1005 PHY ED LIFETIME FIT course.

Expectations:  students will arrive to class prepared with a towel and appropriate shoes, and will fully participate throughout the quarter, regardless of athletic involvement.

0.5  Credit

By successfully completing this course, students will meet benchmarks for the Physical Education Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III. This standards-based course is designed to build on intermediate or middle school Physical Education course experiences. The intent of this course is to integrate physical activity and personal fitness by exposing students to the wide range of physical activity resources available in their school and community. Students will self-assess their personal fitness level, document their physical activity and develop a   Four-year personal fitness plan, which will project the student’s personal fitness activity through grade twelve. The content of this course should empower learners to actualize a vision of themselves as competent movers with the skills, knowledge, and desire to become life-long participants in physical activities. All classes include general conditioning principles and concepts as well as activity specific conditioning principles and concepts. Classes, when appropriate, will utilize technology. This technology may include but not be limited to: Pedometers, Heart Rate Monitors, Body Composition Analyzers, Computers, and other technology used for individualizing student feedback.  Instructors will select and offer activities   from the following suggested list of highly regarded lifetime activities:  Badminton, Tennis, Paddle Tennis, Soft Tennis, Pickle Ball, Table Tennis, Eclipse Ball, Swimming, Water Aerobics, Water Activities, Snorkeling, Kayaking, Fishing, Paddle Boarding, Hiking, Orienteering, Recreational Walking and/or Jogging, Bicycling, Adventure Activities, Trampoline, In-line Skating, Archery, Bowling, Golf, Shuffleboard, Horseshoes, Fencing, Bocce Ball, Lawn Bowling, Croquet, Frisbee Activities, Aerobics, Dance, Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi, Functional Core Fitness, Stability Ball, Non-Contact Martial Arts. 

0.5  Credit

By successfully completing this course, students will meet benchmarks for the Physical Education Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III. This course develops and strengthens physical movement forms, concepts, principles, and skills through participation in a variety of physical fitness experiences, including target, net, field, invasion, and aquatic sports and games. Students will assess personal levels of physical fitness that reinforce these physical activities in their daily lives. Students should develop and apply a variety of locomotor and non-locomotor movement skills throughout the course to a range of modified games and lead-up activities. The content of this course should empower learners to actualize a vision of themselves as competent movers with the skills, knowledge, and desire to become life-long participants in physical activities. Instruction should reintroduce sport activities which could include, but are not limited to: outdoor adventure games, archery, table tennis, tennis, basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, team handball, flag football, swimming, water polo, ultimate Frisbee, golf, wrestling, and weight and resistance training. Key features of this course:  a revisit and application of the students’ four year personal fitness plan, acquisition and application of skills, understanding of rules and strategies, importance of fair play, and the transfer of skills into lifetime activity situations.  

0.5  Credit

This course is designed to introduce and/or reintroduce weight and resistance training safety and etiquette as well as define muscular strength and endurance. Topics related to safety and etiquette could include, but are not limited to: breathing, proper footwear, posture, technique, spotting, proper use of equipment, proper procedures, etc. Instruction should define and reinforce development of muscular strength and endurance through modified weight and resistance training exercises including: plyometrics, free weights, universal apparatus, own body weight (as resistance), resistance bands and/or tubing, pulleys, medicine balls, weighted ropes, etc. Students will be required to develop and implement a training program not only geared to improve their muscular strength and conditioning, but also to increase their overall flexibility and body composition. Weight and resistance training exercises should target muscle groups including muscles of the head and neck, trunk, lower and upper extremities, and combinations of these muscle groups. Instruction in this course will emphasize and reinforce safety and etiquette when participating in weight and resistance training activities, as well as defining muscular strength and endurance. Key features of this course:  introduce safety and etiquette relative to weight and resistance training, define muscular strength and endurance, develop a training program, provide modified weight and resistance training activities. 

Prerequisite:  students must have earned a B or better in the PEP1005 PHY ED LIFETIME FIT course.

Expectations:  students will arrive to class prepared with a towel and appropriate shoes, and will fully participate throughout the quarter, regardless of athletic involvement.

0.5  Credit

This course is designed to strengthen physical movement forms, concepts, principles, and skills through participation in a variety of team sports. Team Sports 1 should reintroduce a variety of lead-up activities and modified games that require students to apply  locomotor and non-locomotor movement skills (jumping, turning, twisting, leaping, etc.), movement concepts (chasing, fleeing, dodging, etc.), and manipulative skills (dribbling, kicking, punting, throwing, catching, volleying, and striking) in complex changing situations. Team sports could include, but are not limited to: adventure games, basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, team handball, water polo and flag football. Students will learn positions represented in the different sports and basic rules and etiquette and strategies needed to participate competently in each sport. Students should follow certain precautions that need to be taken when participating in team sports to ensure the safety of themselves and others. Instruction should reinforce fundamental movement skills and the importance of working as a team to accomplish collective goals and desired outcomes. Key features of this course:  introduce a variety of team sports, reinforce fundamental skills and sportspersonship and develop an appreciation of team sports.  

0.5  Credit

It is strongly recommended that a student complete PTP 1640 – Team Sports 1 as a prerequisite for taking this course. This course is designed to strengthen physical movement forms, concepts, principles, and skills through participation in a variety of team invasion sports. Team Sports 2 should reintroduce a variety of fundamental locomotor and non-locomotor skills, movement concepts, and manipulative skills relative to invasion sport activities. Students should apply these fundamental skills and concepts to a variety of modified games and lead-up activities. Invasion sport activities can include, but are not limited to: soccer, rugby, flag football, floor hockey, ultimate Frisbee, team handball, and basketball. Students will develop and apply knowledge of basic offensive and defensive strategies of invasion games and an awareness of team position roles and responsibilities. Instruction in invasion sport activities will emphasize sportspersonship and reinforce fair play as a means to successful participation. As a result of this course, students will improve fundamental skills and develop further understanding of related concepts. Key features of this course:  reinforce fundamental movement skills and concepts through team invasion sports, emphasize sportspersonship and fair play and develop an appreciation for team sports. 

0.5  Credit