Physical Education Learning Standards Personal Health and Fitness Standard 1

Students will have the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain physical fitness, participate in physical activity, and maintain personal health.

Key Idea: Students will:

1. perform basic motor and manipulative skills. They will attain competency in a variety of physical activities and proficiency in a few select complex motor and sports activities.
2. design personal fitness programs to improve cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility, muscular strength, endurance, and body composition.

Elementary

• participate in physical activities (games, sports, exercises) that provide conditioning for each fitness area
• develop physical fitness skills through regular practice, effort, and perseverance
• demonstrate mastery of fundamental motor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills, and understand fundamental principles of movement
• understand the effects of activity on the body, the risks associated with inactivity, and the basic components of health-related fitness (cardiovascular, muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility, and body composition
• demonstrate and assess their fitness by performing exercises or activities related to each health-related fitness component, and establish personal goals to improve their fitness
• understand the relationship between physical activity and individual well being

Intermediate

• demonstrate competency in a variety of physical activities (games, sports, exercises) that provide conditioning for each fitness area
• know that motor skills progress in complexity and need to be used in the context of games and sports with additional environmental constraints
• combine and integrate fundamental skills and adjust technique based on feedback, including self-assessment
• understand the relationship between physical activity and the prevention of illness, disease, and premature death
• develop and implement a personal fitness plan based on self-assessment and goal setting, understand physiological changes that result from training, and understand the health benefits of regular participation in activity
• develop leadership, problem solving, cooperation, and team work by participating in group activities

Commencement

• demonstrate proficiency in selected complex physical activities (games, sports, exercises) that provide conditioning for each fitness area
• establish and maintain a high level of skilled performance, demonstrate mastery of fundamental movement forms and skills that can contribute to daily living tasks, and analyze skill activities
• make physical activity an important part of their life and recognize such consequent benefits as self-renewal, greater productivity as a worker, more energy for family activities, and reduction in health care costs
• use the basic principles of skill analysis to improve previously acquired skills and to continue to learn new skills and activities
• know the components of personal wellness (nutrition and weight control, disease prevention, stress management, safety, and physical fitness), establish a personal profile with fitness/wellness goals, and engage in appropriate activities to improve or sustain their fitness
• follow a program that relates to wellness, including weight control and stress management
• demonstrate competence in leading and participating in group activities