Health and Fitness - MS
Standards Fitness
What students should know and be able to do
1. The student acquires the knowledge and skills necessary to maintain an active life: movement, physical fitness, and nutrition.
To meet this standard, the student will:
A. develop fundamental physical skills and progress to complex movement activities as physically able PE curriculum
perform, as physically capable, fundamental physical skills and apply more complex skills to a variety of movement activities
engage in team and cooperative activities
engage in movement in different planes such as over, under, through ?, ?, vertical world, climbing, jumping rope, running, skipping, and perform balance activities
B. incorporate rules and safety procedures into physical activities PE curriculum
follow rules and safety procedures and practice sportsmanship, cooperation, and teamwork in a variety of games and fitness activities use PLS level 4 to follow basic safety understanding
develop social and behavioral patterns that lend to cooperative interaction
C. understand the concepts of physical fitness and develop and monitor progress on personal fitness goals PE curriculum
measure physical fitness, set fitness and activity goals, and explore a variety of activities to maintain healthy levels of cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength, endurance, flexibility and body composition
D. understand nutrition and food nutrients and how they affect physical performance and the body Health curriculum
design nutrition goals based on national dietary guidelines and individual activity needs
understand the results of movement, fitness, and nutrition practices in relation to other areas of life
2. The student acquires the knowledge and skills necessary to maintain a healthy life: recognize patterns of growth and development, reduce health risks, and live safely.
To meet this standard, the student will:
A. recognize patterns of growth and development Health
describe the physical, emotional, intellectual and social changes that occur during puberty
know the adverse physical, emotional, and economic consequences of being sexually active
B. understand the transmission and control of communicable and non- communicable diseases Health
describe health care practices, reliable sources of information, and products that result in early detection and treatment of disease
C. acquire skills to live safely Health
anticipate abusive and risky situations and demonstrate safe behaviors to minimize risk and prevent injury to self and others at home, school, and in the community
demonstrate skills that help self and others in an emergency or crisis
develop short-term strategies to reduce harmful stress and use helpful stress for motivation
anticipate situations which involve pressure to abuse legal or use illegal drugs and plan how to reduce drug risks
3. The student analyzes and evaluates the impact of real-life influences on health.
To meet this standard, the student will:
A. understand how environmental factors affect one’s health PE & Health
describe the influence of environmental factors that positively and negatively affect health
describe how nutrition, exercise, and environmental factors influence physical growth and lifelong health
B. gather and analyze health information Health
distinguish between safe and unsafe use of health-care products
identify ways people encourage healthy and unhealthy decisions, plan how to resist unhealthy messages, and create healthy messages
C. use social skills to protect health and safety in a variety of situations Health
express opinions and resolve conflicts constructively while maintaining safe and respectful relationships
choose from a variety of social skills to avoid risky situations
D. understand how emotions influence decision-making PE & Health
describe how emotions may influence decision making and plan how to act in emotional situations
4. The student effectively analyzes health and safety information to develop health and fitness plans based on life goals.
To meet this standard, the student will:
A. assess needs and resources
assess health practices and the positive and negative consequences of behaviors
develop alternative assessment tools such as a portfolio
identify workplace health and safety issues associated with occupational/career fields of interest
B. develop a health and fitness plan and a monitoring system PE
participate in fitness assessments at different times during 6, 7, and 8th grade year-pre, post type of assessment
fitness folder that will ?develop a support system and a record keeping system to achieve health and fitness goals