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Course Catalog Health & Physical Education
  • Physical Education 3: Personal Fitness

  • Physical Education 3: Personal Fitness-image
  • This course is created to help you create and implement your own Fitness Plan.
    Note: Phy Ed 1 and 2 ARE NOT pre-requisites for this course. Phy Ed courses can be taken in any order.

    Students Will:

    • Assess their own personal fitness

    • Pre- and Post-test a specific component of fitness

    • Write weekly fitness goals, plans, execute and evaluate them

    • Discover their preferred way to exercise

    • Increase physical competence, self-esteem and the motivation to pursue lifelong physical activity

    • Exhibit a physically active lifestyle through participation in a choice of activity.

    Concepts:

    • Components of Health-Related & Skill-Relted Fitness

    • FITT Principle

    • Target Heartrate Zone

    • Perceived level of exertion

    • MVPA (Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity)

    • SMART Goals.

    Assignments include:

    • Worksheets (accessing information about various fitness topics)

    • Activity Log (recording weekly activity with adult confirmation)

    • Writing Goals and Workouts (using the FITT Principle)

    • Reflection (summarizing the week and reviewing content)

    • Current News (reviewing fitness articles )

    • Final Project: Personal Fitness Plan Implementation

    Syllabus

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