Multifitness Education Curriculum

Critical Content/Concept Web Overview Overview: Multi-fitness Education will focus on strength Subject: Multi-fitness Education training, aerobic conditioning, speed and agility development, flexibility and weight Conceptual Lens: Wellness management. This course will focus on an approach to individual fitness and healthy Grade: 8 lifestyles that will promote lifelong wellness.

District-Wide Assessment Requirement: th Muscular Strength President’s Fitness Challenge (8 Grade)

Activities may include but not limited to:  Form and technique  Strength training / weight training  Benefits  Aerobic endurance  Terminology (sets, reps,  Line dancing muscle groups)  Distance running  Form running  Agility exercises  Plyometrics  Core strengthening Multi-fitness  Speed training Education  Pilates  Yoga  Flexibility development  Team Sports  Individual Sports  Individual Fitness Program Development Cardiovascular Fitness Nutrition  Aerobic Activity  Target Heart rate  Caloric Intake v. Output  Benefits  Healthy Choices

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Grade: 8 Subject: Multi-fitness Education Lens: Wellness Enduring Understandings Guiding Questions Muscular Strength, Cardiovascular Fitness, & Nutrition 1. Muscular strength improves activity performance, 1a.What are the names of muscle groups? quality of life and wellness. 1b. How do you improve strength? 1c. How does strength relate to balance? 2a. What is metabolism 2. Muscular strength affects weight management. 2b. How does muscle mass affect caloric utilization? 3a. How does a routine cardiovascular program improve 3. Daily/routine cardiovascular exercise yields maximum your overall fitness? benefits. 3b. What is the importance of a target heart rate? 3c. What is your specific and appropriate heart rate zone? 4a. What activities improve cardiovascular fitness? 4. Improving cardiovascular fitness will enhance 4b. How does cardiovascular fitness affect your overall wellness and the quality of life wellness? 5a. What is good nutrition? 5. Good nutrition is a key component to overall 5b. What is your appropriate caloric intake per day? wellness. 5c. How do you make healthy choices in different environments (restaurant, cafeteria, home, etc.)?

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Standards Goal 2.1: Demonstrate understanding movement concepts, principles, strategies and tactics as they apply to the learning and performance of physical activities. 7-8.PE.2.1.1 Describe training and conditioning principles for specific physical activities 7-8.PE.2.1.2 Identify the critical elements of movement concepts as they relate to performance 7-8.PE.2.1.4 Observe and identify characteristics of highly skilled performance that enable success in an activity. Goal 3.1: Participate daily in physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and/or social interaction. 7-8.PE.3.1.1 Participate in daily physical activities to enhance self-confidence by accomplishing personal goals. 7-8.PE.3.1.2 Explore a variety of new and challenging physical activities for personal interest, self-expression and social interaction in and out of the physical education class 7-8.PE.3.1.3 Establish personal physical activity goals that meet individual needs and enhance personal enjoyment Goal 4.1: Achieve and maintain a health enhancing level of fitness. 7-8.PE.4.1.1 Demonstrate health-related fitness by improving, meeting and/or sustaining gender and age-related fitness standards as defined by approved tests 7-8.PE.4.1.2 Participate in a variety of health-related fitness activities in and out of physical education. 7-8.PE.4.1.3 Assess physiological indicators of exercise during and after physical activity. 7-8.PE.4.1.4 Apply basic principles of training to improve physical fitness goals. Goal 5.1: Exhibit responsible and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings. 7-8.PE.5.1.1 Apply safety procedures when participating in all physical activities. 7-8.PE.5.1.2 Solve problems by analyzing potential consequences when confronted with a behavioral choice. 7-8.PE.5.1.3 Work cooperatively with a group to achieve group goals in competitive as well as cooperative settings. 7-8.PE.5.1.4 Willingly join others of diverse characteristics and backgrounds during physical activity.

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Grade: 8 Subject: Multi-fitness Education Lens: Wellness AC = Assessment Code: Q – Quizzes P – Prompts T - Tests Critical Content and Skills O – Observations WS – Work Samples D – Dialogues SA – Student Self-Assessment Students will Know… AC Students will be able to do… AC 1. Muscular strength increases performance in daily 1. Participate in physical education activities T/O activities 2. Apply fitness concepts to attain personal fitness goals 2. The importance of muscular balance 3. Show improvement in fitness assessments 3. How to increase/maintain muscular strength 4. Demonstrate appropriate choices in the areas of 4. Muscular strength vs. muscular endurance nutrition and physical activity 5. Increased muscle mass increases your metabolism 5. Display a positive attitude toward nutrition and 6. The importance of heart rate zones physical activity 7. Cardiovascular exercise burns fat and strengthens 6. Use data to assess fitness goals and establish new your heart. goals 8. Regular cardiovascular exercise is an important part 7. Calculate heart rate zones of a healthy lifestyle 8. Calculate BMI 9. How to increase/maintain cardiovascular fitness 10. A variety of cardiovascular and strength activities 11. Aerobic v. anaerobic activities 12. Activity improves the quality of life 13. The importance of a balance between exercise and nutrition 14. Caloric Intake v. Caloric output 15. Food Choices 16. The correlation between body composition and BMI

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