COURSE OVERVIEW

Physical Education is a semester-long elective designed for high school students. The course focuses on performance of individual and team sports, with explanations of proper technique, rules of the game, and preparation. Team sports introduced include soccer, basketball, football, baseball, and volleyball. An introduction to fitness, strength, endurance, and nutrition is also included.

Students will have the opportunity to perform each sport on their own time, while keeping a log of activity. The goal is incorporation of activity into their daily lives and the gain of lifelong healthy fitness habits.

Throughout the course, students may be asked to answer questions or to reflect on what they’ve read in their notes. The notes are not graded. Rather, they are a way for students to extend their thinking about the lesson content. Students may keep handwritten or typed notes.

Upon completion of Physical Education, students should possess the knowledge and skills needed to do the following:

  • Define physical fitness and describe the components of being physically fit
  • Evaluate their fitness level
  • Apply physical fitness, nutrition-related, and weight-management skills to their lives
  • Understand and apply safe exercise rules
  • Describe the history and rules of sports such as basketball, baseball, football, soccer, volleyball, and gymnastics
  • Describe and apply skills needed for a variety of sports

Additional Resources

Below is a list of suggested resources which can be used in conjunction with these assignments.

Physical Education
Unit Assignment Supply List
All All Projects, Reports, Essays in Course

Supplies needed to complete most projects, reports, and essays throughout this course:

  • Internet or other research material
  • Paper, pencils, or other writing material
  • Printer
1 Muscular Strength and Endurance
  • Variety of hand held weights, rubber tubing, or barbells, depending on exercises chosen
1 Evaluating Your Fitness Level
  • Cloth tape measure, clock or watch with second hand, access to a 12 inch high step
1 Project: Nutrition
  • 3 nutritional labels off of food packaging
1 Weight Management
  • Accurate scale, tape measure
1 Soccer
  • Soccer ball or one of similar size
  • Large play area (at least 20 feet long)
1 Basketball
  • Basketball or ball of similar size
  • Basketball court (helpful, but not mandatory)
1 Volleyball
  • Volleyball or ball of similar size
1 Project: Volleyball
  • Volleyball or ball of similar size
  • Gymnasium (helpful, but not mandatory)
1 Baseball
  • Two movies about baseball
1 Project: Baseball
  • TV for watching one inning of a televised baseball game
1 Golf
  • Golf club (helpful, but not mandatory)
1 Tennis
  • Tennis racquet, tennis balls
1 Swimming
  • Swim suit and access to a swimming pool (helpful, but not mandatory)
1 Gymnastics
  • Clock or watch
1 Running
  • Appropriate shoes for running Heart monitor (helpful, but not mandatory)
 
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