*Note: Genesee County Virtual Summer School is available to high school students enrolled in Genesee County Public Schools Only. Genesee County Virtual Summer School Course Description Course Name: Health (Fitness Lifestyle Design)
Description:
The Fitness Lifestyle Design course is aligned to the applicable Physical Education standards as determined by the
Florida Department of Education. While this is an online Personal Fitness course, the course standards do require
students to participate in weekly cardiovascular, flexibility and strength and endurance activities.
Prerequisites: Physical Education (Personal Fitness)
Scope and Sequence
Module 1: Club Web Check-in
• Creating your profile
• Choosing your pace/liability
• Mandatory safety drill
• Creating a healthy lifestyle
• Free choice of activity
• Medical questionnaire
Module 2: Your Fitness Analysis
• Nutrition sense
• Present activity level
• Body mass index
• Physical fitness
• Stress Management
• Sleep patterns
Examining these analyses, setting goals, and learning to monitor progress will be part of Module 2.
Module 3: Starting Your Program
• Changing eating habits and beginning your fitness program is the emphasis in this module
• Importance of eating breakfast and hydrating
• "Sensational Sixty" low risk exercise program
• Measuring heart rates (Maximum Heart Rate, Target Heart Rate, and Resting Heart Rate)
• Shopping Savvy—choosing shoes and clothing
• Feature presentation—"The Five Food Groups"
• Dietary guidelines for teens
Module 4: The Next Level
Students are given the choices of various ways to move toward a more advanced fitness level.
• Continental breakfast; fruits and breads
• Evaluating your "Sensational Sixty" progress and making changes
• Beginning the "Super Sixty" medium risk exercise program
• Making choices for lunch; fast foods
• Shopping Savvy—nutrient claims vs. nutrition facts
• Matinee—essential nutrients; function in the body and food sources
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Body Alignment during workouts
Determining the number of calories right for you
Module 5: Checking Your Progress
Module 5 begins with an experiment with serving sizes followed by a discussion on vitamins and minerals. Workouts are
evaluated and intensity is increased, if appropriate.
• Breakfast buffet—serving size
• The "Stupendous Sixty" high intensity exercise program
• Boxed lunch—minerals and vitamins
• Evaluating body alignment in walking
• Shopping Savvy—evaluating heart rate monitors
• Athletes and coaches who make a difference
• Sources of factual information
Module 6: Making Choices
Fine tuning personal nutrition and exercise programs are part of Module 6.
• Breakfast special—making protein choices for breakfast
• Luncheon special—comparing food selections
• Shopping Savvy—choosing a personal trainer and evaluating workout facilities
• Fitness testing
• Modifying workouts
• In-room Movie—"Deadly Disease Takes Over the Planet"; understanding obesity
Module 7: Club Web Check-out
Reviewing what is needed to make lifestyle changes is covered in the final activities at Club Web.
• Grocery shopping list and weekly menu
• Final exam
Course Objectives
• The student demonstrates competency or proficiency in self-selected activities including applying laws of motion
and mechanical principles.
• The student achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness including cardiovascular fitness,
muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition.
• The student knows how to analyze and evaluate personal performance and regular participation in physical
activity using technology to assess, enhance, and maintain fitness and skills.
• The student knows how to apply the results of fitness assessments to guide changes in a personal program as
lifestyle changes occur.
• The student knows that commitment to regular physical activity relieves the stress of everyday life, reduces
certain health risk factors, the prevention of disease and the reduction of health-care costs and serves as a
vehicle for social interaction and cooperative relations within the family and workplace
• The student knows risks and safety factors that may affect physical activity throughout life.
• The student identifies the effects of age, gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and culture upon physical
activity preferences and exercise habits.
• The student evaluates the effectiveness and use of community resources related to fitness.
• The student knows how to modify games and activities to allow for participation of students with special needs.
• The student participates in games, sports, dances, outdoor pursuits, and other physical activities that contribute to
the attainment of personal goals and maintenance of wellness.
Course Assessment and Participation Requirements:
Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and to
evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of self-checks, practice
lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, essays, oral assessments, and discussions. Instructors
evaluate progress and provide interventions through the variety of assessments built into a course, as well as through
contact with the student in other venues.
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