LEARNING STANDARDS

Standard 2. Understand the principles, concepts, and practices involved in the development and maintenance of personal health and fitness.

Elementary Standards

Knows:

• the components of health-related fitness
• the positive changes that occur to the body as a result of regular exercise
• the body deteriorates as a result of inactivity
• the role fats and cholesterol plays in blocking blood flow
• the causes of a heart attack
• heart rate increases with an increase in exertion
• the location of a different body ports
• stretching helps to maintain and improve flexibility
• the heart us a pump that pushes blood and oxygen throughout the system
• location of the heart and pulse
• how to set a fitness goal
• how to identify positive health practices
• physical activity has positive effects upon the mind as well as the body
• o\physical activity promotes relaxation

Does:

• list and describe the components of health-related fitness
• demonstrate appropriate activities for each component of fitness
• regularly participate in warm-up and cool-down activities
• listens to the heart beat with a stethoscope
• sustain moderate forms of physical activity
• maintain an aerobic activity for a specified amount of time
• take pulse following participation in a variety of actvities
• participation in self-assessment of fitness
• participate in fitness assessment of others
• hang from a bar for 15 seconds

Values:

• the role of physical activity plays in maintaining one's health.
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Intermediate Standards:

Knows:

• problems associated with work in the heat/cold
• principles of movement used to lift, climb, jump, and carry objects safely
• therapeutic value of physical activity following a muscle injury
• the fole activity plays

Does:

• demonstrate profciency in basic rope jumping skills
• demonstrate competence in a variety of basic foundation skills, such as running, jumping, leaping, hopping, and throwing
• perform manipulative skills with mature motor patterns (strike a ball with a raquet or bat, dribble with hand or foot)
• throw a variety of objects demonstrating mature motor patterns
• dribble a ball by foot or hand in order to prevent it from being taken away
• consistently throw and catch while in a guarded position
• direct a ball where desired by striking, kicking, throwing, or batting
• throw a variety of balls for accuracy and distance
• demonstrate appropriate movement patterns for partcipation in a variety of sports and games
• participate in moderate to vigorou s activities for a sustained period of time
• move iin relationship to others in a variety of games and activities.

Values:

• participation in a wide variety of activities.

Commencement Standards:

Knows:

• principles of movement used to throw and strike
• how to detect and correct errors in one's personal movement patterns

Does:

• demonstrates mature motor patterns throwing a variety of objects
• demonstrates mature motor patterns striking a raquet, bat, paddle, or stick
• demostrates competence in at least one activity from each of the six categories (aquatics, dance, outdoor pursuits, individual activity, dual activity and team activity)

Values:

• participation in physical activity as a lifelong and enjoyable experience.

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