Physical Education Course Descriptions
14010 Health Education
- Grade Level: 9
- Credits Earned: 0.5
- Prerequisite: None
Description: This semester course focuses on students owning their personal health and wellness. Students will explore the areas of physical, mental/emotional, and social health. Standards that support analyzing and using information, personal responsibility, and collaborating with others will be used as secondary targets. These skills are essential to supporting student success beyond the classroom.
Major Topics or Themes: (additional topics may be covered)
- Mental Health
- Nutrition
- Fitness
- Emergency first aid (CPR)
- Alcohol, tobacco, drugs
- Sex Ed
State Course: 08051A000, Health Education
15010/15020 Introduction to Wellness (9th Grade PE)
- Grade Level: 9
- Credits Earned: 0.5
- Prerequisite: None
Description: This semester course is designed to introduce students to a model designed to establish the key components of a continual self-assessment cycle. This fitness based course will be designed around the concepts, knowledge and skills needed to create a personal fitness profile and set SMART goals for short term and long term fitness. Students will participate in fitness based, sport based and leisure time activities to promote a lifetime of physical fitness.
Major Topics or Themes: (additional topics may be covered)
- Prepare an individual health-related fitness profile and interpret fitness level on each component
- Set realistic short-term and long term, health-related fitness goals based on individual profiles
- Understand and explain the importance of fitness as it relates to academic performance
- Analyze and explain the correlation between level of fitness and academic achievement
- Participate in various types of fitness training programs and know implications of and the benefits from participation in those programs
- Participate in group and individual fitness, sports, and cooperative activities.
Start Course: 08001A000, Physical Education
15110/15120 Lifetime Wellness (10th -12th Grade PE)
- Grade Level: 10-12
- Credits Earned: 0.5
- Prerequisite: None
Description: This course is a continuation of Personal Wellness to continue to grow a personal commitment to owning and personalizing your fitness routines for life. New skills will include Identifying and creating a personal fitness program
Major Topics or Themes: (additional topics may be covered
- Design a personal fitness program
- Utilize profile data to monitor a personal fitness/wellness plan
- Set realistic long-term, health related fitness goals based on individual profiles
- Create an action plan to address each goal in a personal fitness program
- Participate in various types of fitness training programs and know implications of and the benefits from participation in those programs
- Participate in group and individual fitness, sports, and cooperative activities.
Start Course: 08001A000, Physical Education
15210/15220 Advanced Personal Wellness: Strength and Conditioning
- Grade Level: 10-12
- Credits Earned: 0.5
- Prerequisite: None
Description: This is a course focused on athletic conditioning. The targets provide a foundation for intensive training and maximal athletic efforts. Daily activity will focus on core strength training aligned with the sport related skills of agility, power, speed, coordination and reaction time. Workouts will be uniquely designed to support current sports of the semester.
Major Topics or Themes: (additional topics may be covered
- Collect and interpret health-related fitness data over a period of time with and without the use of technology
- Utilize an existing plan from personal data to implement over a designated time period
- Implement an individualized health related fitness plan which includes the principles of training
- Develop and implement various types of fitness training programs
State Course: 08009A000, Weight Training
15310/15320 Healthy Lifestyles
- Grade Level: 10-12
- Credits Earned: .5
- Prerequisite: None
Description: This semester course is designed to focus on a personalized approach to identifying areas of strength and growth toward establishing a self-assessment action plan that supports a healthy lifestyle.
Major Topics or Themes: (additional topics may be covered
- Describe the relationships among physical, mental, social factors during stages of life.
- Apply a decision making process to an individual health concern.
- Prepare an individual health-related fitness profile and interpret fitness level on each component
- Set realistic short-term, health-related fitness goals based on individual profiles
- Understand and explain the importance of fitness as it relates to academic performance
- Participate in various types of fitness training programs and know implications of and the benefits from participation in those programs
State Course: 08052A000, Health and Fitness