Course Name
Fitness For Life 1
Subject
Physical Education
Length of Course 1 semester - 18 weeks
Standards Met:
National Standards in Physical Education
1. Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a
few movement forms.
2. Applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and development
of motor skills.
3. Exhibits a physically active lifestyle.
4. Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.
5. Demonstrates responsible personal and social behavior in physical activity
settings.
6. Demonstrates understanding and respect for differences among people in
physical activity settings.
7. Understands that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment,
challenge, self-expression, and social interaction.
Course Description
Fitness For Life 1 will enable students to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to
develop and maintain a health-enhancing level of fitness and to increase physical
competence, self-esteem and the motivation to pursue lifelong physical activity.
Students will gain an understanding of the components of health-related fitness, training
principles, and the benefits of being physically active. Students will participate in
activities that will increase physical fitness levels and develop health practices that
value physical activity and its contribution to lifelong fitness. Students will exhibit a
physically active lifestyle through participation in a variety of lifetime sports and activities
throughout the course. The Fitness For Life course includes two areas of study,
physical fitness and lifetime sports and activities.
The topics of study in physical fitness include health- related physical fitness, fitness
terminology, components of fitness, training principles, fitness assessments, strategies
for improving and maintaining fitness, goal-setting, benefits of fitness, diet and nutrition,
and skill-related fitness.
Students will pursue competency in one or more lifetime sports or activities over the
course of the semester. Through participation in the sport and activity component
students will use a variety of basic and advanced movement forms, apply movement
concepts and principles to improve motor skills, and integrate performance strategies to
increase physical competency. Students will develop responsible personal and social
behavior, respect for individual differences, cooperative skills and appropriate sportsrelated behavior. Students will demonstrate knowledge of history, rules, equipment,
fitness application and cultural perspectives in a variety of sports and activities.
Students will recognize the value of physical activity as an opportunity for enjoyment,
challenge self-expression and social interaction.
Course Requirements
For successful completion of this course the student:
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Attends and participates in health-enhancing physical activity
Demonstrates competence in movement and motor skill development
Demonstrates knowledge of fitness and sport/activity components through
successful completion of written assignments and exams
Demonstrates appropriate personal and social behavior in a physical activity
setting
Course Objectives
A physically educated student:
 Demonstrates competence in motor skills necessary to perform a variety of
physical activities.
 Applies movement concepts and principles to develop efficient movement
skills during participation in a sport or physical activity.
 Demonstrates knowledge of rules, strategies, etiquette, safety, history, origin,
and cultural perspectives in a variety of activities.
 Understands the relationship of physical activity to fitness and health and knows
how to monitor and maintain a health-enhancing level of fitness.
 Participates regularly in physical activity.
 Understands the social and personal responsibility associated with participation
in physical activity.
 Values physical activity and its contributions to a healthy lifestyle.
Scope & Sequence
Physical Fitness
Module 1: Introduction to Physical Fitness
 Terminology
 Five components of fitness
 FITT Principle (frequency, intensity, time, type of sport or activity)
Module 2: Training Principles
 Warm up, work out, cool down
 Target heart rate zone
 Rating of perceived exertion (RPE) – Borg Scale
 Specificity, overload, progression, and reversibility
Module 3: Benefits of Fitness
 Health and well-being
 Risk Factors
 Life expectancy and quality of life
 Psychological benefits
Module 4: Cardiorespiratory Fitness
 Fitness assessment
 Development and maintenance (FITT)
 Types of activities to improve cardiorespiratory fitness
Module 5: Muscular Endurance
 Fitness assessment
 Development and maintenance (FITT)
 Types of activities to improve muscular endurance
Module 6: Muscular Strength
 Fitness assessment
 Development and maintenance (FITT)
 Types of activities to improve muscular strength
Module 7: Flexibility
 Fitness assessment
 Development and maintenance (FITT)
 Types of activities to improve flexibility
Module 8: Body Composition
 Fitness assessment
 Development and maintenance (FITT)
 Activities to improve body composition
Module 9: Nutrition
 Food Guide Pyramid
 Personal diet assessment
 Healthy eating habits
 Body weight management
Module 10: Skill-Related Fitness
 Components
 Fitness assessments
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Development and maintenance
Lifetime Sport and Activity
Module 1: Motor Skill Development
 Body and spatial awareness
 Advanced locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulation skills
 Performance improvement through analysis
Module 2: Movement Knowledge
 Movement principles and concepts
 Anatomy and physiology of movement
 Application to improving performance
Module 3: Sport/Activity Knowledge
 History and origin
 Terminology
 Rules, etiquette and strategies
 Equipment, and facilities
 Cultural perspectives
Module 4: Personal and Social Behavior
 Self-control
 Cooperative skills
 Regard for safety
 Appropriate sports-related behavior
Module 5: Respect for Individual Differences
 Cultural
 Ethnic
 Gender
 Physical diversity
Module 6: Value for Physical Activity
 Benefits of lifelong activity
 Enjoyment
 Challenge
 Self-expression
 Social interaction
Grading Criteria
Grades will be based upon the degree of participation in physical activities, quality of
written work, and demonstration of responsible personal and social behavior.
Grading Criteria:
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Participation in fitness activities
Participation in sports and activities
Written Exams
Written Assignments
40%
30%
20%
10%