The Physical Education 1: Personal Fitness Summer Offering course is designed for students to practice and develop skills in personal health-related fitness that will help maintain fitness throughout their life. Aligned to the ShapeAmerica Physical Education standards, students will demonstrate and assess fitness levels by performing exercises or activities related to each fitness component, and establish personal goals to improve their fitness.
In this course, students will explore 3 themes critical to understanding the role of fitness in life:
(1) Importance of setting up regular exercise routines and goals.
(2) Healthy living and lifestyle choices.
(3) Benefits of exercise for one’s physical health.
By designing their own personal fitness programs, students will improve cardiorespiratory endurance, flexibility, muscular strength, and muscular endurance. This course focuses on healthy living and lifestyle choice, with an emphasis on the role of how exercise maintains healthy body systems.
Course content includes regular physical activity, fitness assessments, a review of basic body systems, and safety in exercise conditioning. Students will understand the benefits that regular exercise can provide for a person’s physical health with the ultimate goal of promoting healthy habits and exercise routines now and into the future.
Please note that this course is an abbreviated course. Therefore, the course does not cover a full curriculum with the same depth that is covered in a semester-long course. Students are expected to work approximately 8-10 hours per week. In addition, if the student is taking this course for credit recovery or initial credit, it is strongly advised that you check with the student's school to confirm that the topics covered (see course syllabus) match those required by the school. You may also want to confirm with the school the process for receiving credits, which may involve an assessment administered separately by the school.
Course Essential Questions:
- What are the basic components of health-related fitness?
- How can I incorporate physical activity into my life?
- How does exercise benefit my physical health?
Course Objectives:
- Create a personalized workout program that addresses fitness level, goals, and interests.
- Learn how basic body systems work and are related to exercise.
- Review the effects of activity on the body, the risks associated with inactivity, and the basic components of health-related fitness.