Movement Skills and Movement Knowledge

This lesson is for the teacher who wants to teach his or her students to develop an active healthy lifestyle. Teaching students to make fitness a regular part of their lifestyle will help them to meet the demands of everyday living.  They will also learn that developing good fitness habits will help them achieve better health and wellness.
 
 
 

Subject: Physical Education
Topic: Personel Fitness
Grade Level: 8th
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The Student will acheive and maintain a healthy level of physical fitness.
 
 
 
 
 

Students in grade eight who meet this standard will be able to:
 

• Describe how to improve and maintain appropriate body composition.
• Describe principles of training and conditioning for specific physical activities.
• Design Personal health related fitness programs based upon a fitness profile assessed by fitness scores.
• Assess physiological indicators of exercise during and after physical activity.
• Engage in physical activity at the target heart rate for a minimum of 20 minutes three times a week.

• Students will define the FIT formula (frequency, intensity, time) correctly, give appropriate examples of each indicator, and work in cooperative groups to correctly describe the concepts on paper.
• Students will complete weekly activity logs of cardiorespiratory activities, including duration and time.
• Students will outline fitness programs designed to meet their needs as determined by their scores on fitness tests.  Students can be assessed by pre- and post-fitness-tests.
• Students will implement their programs into their daily Physical Education class.

Introductory Activity

• The students will use the internet to research a variety of exercises and fitness programs.  They will also use the internet to find definitions for terms used in fitness and physical education.
• The students will develop and organize a program that meets their personal fitness needs.
• Students will begin to apply their personalized programs into their daily Physical Education class.
• The students will test themselves in the three areas of fitness concerned with this lesson: cardiovascular, strength, and flexibility.

• During physical education class the students will implement their  programs.
• At the end of each class students will record their daily activities in their portfoloios.
• Activities involved in this unit can range from walking,  running and jumping rope, to push-ups, pull-ups, and stretching.

• The students will present their findings to the class about the fitness activities they have been doing and report their results.

• A pre-test and post-test assessment will be administered to the class.  The students will be given three tests: 1. a 1 mile timed walk, 2. push-ups, and 3. seated toe touching for measurement.
• Students will be able to explain the necessity of being involved in physical exercise throughout their lifetime.

Introductory Activity
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Enabling Activity
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Culminating Activity
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School Name:  Alpha Technology Middle School
School Location: 8920 Elwyn Ave  Elverta, CA 95626
Your Name and e-mail address: Jon Ziegler    jziegler@elverta.k12.ca.us
Last Revised: 09/23/2000