Middle School Middle School Comprehensive PE Grade 7/8
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Pricing Tier
2 - Standard
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Number of Credits
0.5
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Estimated Completion Time
16-18 weeks
Pre Requisites
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Team sports, extreme sports, and outdoor sports are among the types of activities students learn about and participate in during this course! This interactive course helps students learn safety rules for exercise, how to improve skills, and how to establish and accomplish goals. It also provides an overview of many dual, team, extreme, and outdoor sports.Practicing game strategy to improve the chance of winning in competition, improving sport skill and performance, diversity in sports, nutrition, peer pressure, and making good choices balance out the topics students discover in this course. Fitness logs help students monitor physical activities. Students complete projects that lead to the knowledge, skills, and values they need to implement and maintain a physically active lifestyle. Students also have the opportunity to earn a national award by participating in the Presidential Fitness Challenge.Module 01 - Fitness Zone
- Introduction to Physical Fitness
- Safety First
- Warming Up and Cooling Down
- Health-Related Components of Fitness
- Cardiovascular Activity
- Heart Rate and Exercise
- FITT Training Principles
Module 02 - Skill Zone
- Do You Have Skills?
- Speed, Agility, and Reaction Time
- Balance and Coordination
- Power
- Body Mechanics
- Play by the Rules
- Aquatics
- Outdoor Pursuits
Module 03 - Team Zone
- Playing with Others
- Be a Good Sport
- Dual Activities
- Alternative and Extreme Activities
- Team Sports
- Winning Strategies
Module 04 - Lifestyle Zone
- Fitness Opportunities
- Getting to Your Goals
- Peer Pressure
- Sportsmanship
- Diversity Through Sports
- Nutrition
Module 05 - Health Zone
- Health Risks
- Health Information, Products and Services
- Making Healthy Decisions
- Enhancing One's health
- Positive and Negative Health Influences from Family, Peers, and Culture
- Positive Health Choices
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