Physical Training

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Motor Skills

              
Demonstrate competency for the five swimming strokes. • 50 yards nonstop swim demonstrating a specific stroke √ √        
Demonstrate weight lifting activities using proper biomechanics and safety procedures. • Performing lifts using proper skills √ √        

Suggested Assessments

  • Aquatic rubric
  • Videotape assessment for the clean and jerk with student comments on muscle alignment, weaknesses, and strengths

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Application

              
Explain the overload principle and design a personal fitness program where this principle is in operation. • Fitness journal (9 weeks) √ √       √
Design a long-term plan for self-improvement in fitness. • Computer program: update information to a personal file √ √       √
Describe and demonstrate the significance of some basic physiological principles to the development of a personal fitness program.     √       √

Suggested Assessments

  • Teacher critique and review of student journal
  • Evaluation of computerized program for content, goal achievement, and personal fitness

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Active Living

              
Participate regularly in physical activities that contribute to the attainment and maintenance of personal physical activity goals. • Competitive, recreational, or leisure sports program for an entire season √ √ √     √
Understand the ways in which personal characteristics, performance styles, and activity preferences will change over the life span. • Varied *activities outside the classroom (e.g., snow boarding, skiing, hiking)   √       √
Feel empowered to maintain and improve physical fitness, motor skills, and knowledge about physical activity. • Documentation of performance level, personal feelings, and activities that were enjoyed while participating
• Development of a goal - oriented plan to incorporate an aerobic activity into a personal lifetime health behavior plan		     √ √   √


*See list of "outside of school" activities in appendix

Suggested Assessments

  • Personal plans for improvement in skill acquisition, strength improvement, and future plans to participate in an activity throughout life
  • Collage depicting how personal choices and goals may change over time with description of how age affects personal choices
  • Progress monitoring

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Physical Fitness

              
Monitor exercise and other behaviors related to health-related fitness. • Record of resting heart rate before getting out of bed, again after participating in anaerobic activity for thirty minutes, and five minutes following exercise     √ √ √ √
Maintain appropriate levels of cardiovascular and respiratory efficiency, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition necessary for a healthful lifestyle. • Participation in a variety of health enhancing physical activities in both school and non-school settings √ √ √ √   √
Use the results of fitness assessments to guide changes in personal fitness program. • Designing and implementing a fitness program to work on a specific goal √ √       √

Suggested Assessments

  • Formal test (e.g., fitnessgram physical fitness test)
  • Student project
  • Teacher observation – observational record

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Personal and Social Skills

              
Encourage others to apply appropriate etiquette in all physical activity settings. • Observation of a variety of competitive activities throughout the community         √ √
Diffuse potential conflicts by communicating with other participants. • Officiating a community sports activity (e.g., Little   League baseball, Junior hockey, soccer)         √ √
Create a safe environment for own skill practice including the safety of others. • Assessment of safety protocol and procedures for emergency care in a variety of physical activity settings         √  
Display a willingness to experiment with the sport and activity of other cultures. • Cultural games such as Native Youth Olympics, cricket, or lacrosse         √ √
Develop strategies for including persons of diverse background and abilities in physical activities. • Game/activity to include persons of diverse background and abilities         √ √


Suggested Assessments

  • Group discussion about sportsmanship and proper etiquette
  • Performance evaluations as an official, and submitting to the class a list of ideas for conflict resolution and participant sportsmanship
  • List of potentially dangerous situations parents should evaluate before enrolling their child in certain activities
  • Designing a personal fitness class that is appropriate for different age groups, cultural diversity, and which meets community needs
  • Modifying a cultural game to accommodate athletes who are limited to a wheelchair, noting accessibility and rule changes that would be necessary to ensure the safety for those involved

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Value of Exercise

              
Enjoy learning new activities and challenges. • Variety of new games and activities         √ √
Understand the value of social interaction during activity. • Community soccer league program           √

Suggested Assessments

  • Promotional presentation of new activity to the class with teacher/student evaluation
  • Comparison of fitness components necessary to participate in a league as a recreational vs. competitive athlete