HEALTH EDUCATION
NJ Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Standards.pdf
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K-2nd grade
Wellness
All students will acquire health promotion concepts and skills to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Personal Growth and Development
Students will explain what being “well” means and identify self-care practices that support wellness. Students will use correct terminology to identify body parts, and explain how body parts work together to support wellness.
Nutrition
Explain why some foods are healthier to eat than others.
Explain how foods on MyPlate differ in nutritional content and value.
Summarize information about food found on product labels.
Diseases and Health Conditions
Summarize symptoms of common diseases and health conditions.
Summarize strategies to prevent the spread of common diseases and health
conditions.
Determine how personal feelings can affect one’s wellness.
Safety
Identify ways to prevent injuries at home, school, and in the community (e.g., fire
safety, poison safety, accident prevention).
Differentiate among the characteristics of strangers, acquaintances, and trusted
adults and describe safe and appropriate behaviors/touches.
Identify procedures associated with pedestrian, bicycle, and traffic safety.
Social and Emotional Health
Identify basic social and emotional needs of all people.
Determine possible causes of conflict between people and appropriate ways to
prevent and resolve them.
Explain healthy ways of coping with common stressful situations experienced by
children.
Integrated Skills
All students will develop and use personal and interpersonal skills to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Interpersonal Communication
Express needs, wants, and feelings in health- and safety-related situations.
Decision-Making and Goal Setting
Explain what a decision is and why it is advantageous to think before acting.
Relate decision-making by self and others to one’s health.
Determine ways parents, peers, technology, culture, and the media influence health
decisions.
Select a personal health goal and explain why setting a goal is important.
Character Development
Explain the meaning of Character and how it is reflected in the thoughts, feelings,
and actions of oneself and others.
Identify types of disabilities and demonstrate appropriate behavior when
interacting with people with disabilities.
Advocacy and Service
Determine the benefits for oneself and others of participating in a class or school
service activity.
Health Services and Information
Determine where to access home, school, and community health professionals.
Drugs and Medicines
All students will acquire knowledge about alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and medicines and apply these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Medicines
Explain what medicines are and when some types of medicines are used.
Explain why medicines should be administered as directed.
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Identify ways that drugs can be abused.
Explain effects of tobacco use on personal hygiene, health, and safety.
Explain why tobacco smoke is harmful to nonsmokers.
Identify products that contain alcohol.
List substances that should never be inhaled and explain why.
Dependency/Addiction and Treatment
Recognize that some people may have difficulty controlling their use of alcohol,
tobacco, and other drugs.
Explain that people who abuse alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs can get help.
Human Relationships and Sexuality
All students will acquire knowledge about the physical, emotional, and social aspects of human
relationships and sexuality and apply these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Relationships
Compare and contrast different kinds of families locally and globally.
Distinguish the roles and responsibilities of different family members.
Determine the factors that contribute to healthy relationships.
Sexuality
Compare and contrast the physical differences and similarities of the genders.
Pregnancy and Parenting
Explain the factors that contribute to a mother having a healthy baby.
3rd-4th grade
Wellness
All students will acquire health promotion concepts and skills to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Personal Growth and Development
Students will explain the physical, social, emotional, and mental dimensions of personal wellness and how they interact. Students will determine the relationship of personal health practices and behaviors on an individual’s body systems.
Nutrition
Explain how healthy eating provides energy, helps to maintain healthy weight,
lowers risk of disease, and keeps body systems functioning effectively.
Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy eating practices.
Create a healthy meal based on nutritional content, value, calories, and cost.
Interpret food product labels based on nutritional content.
Diseases and Health Conditions
Explain how most diseases and health conditions are preventable.
Justify how the use of universal precautions, sanitation and waste disposal, proper
food handling and storage, and environmental controls prevent diseases and health
conditions.
Explain how mental health impacts one’s wellness.
Safety
Determine the characteristics of safe and unsafe situations and develop strategies
to reduce the risk of injuries at home, school, and in the community (e.g., fire
safety, poison safety, accident prevention).
Summarize the various forms of abuse and ways to get help.
Examine the impact of unsafe behaviors when traveling in vehicles, as a
pedestrian, and when using other modes of transportation.
Applying first-aid procedures can minimize injury and save
lives.
Demonstrate simple first-aid procedures for choking, bleeding, burns, and
poisoning.
Social and Emotional Health
Compare and contrast how individuals and families attempt to address basic
human needs.
Distinguish among violence, harassment, gang violence, discrimination, and
bullying and demonstrate strategies to prevent and resolve these types of conflicts.
Stress management skills impact an individual’s ability to
cope with different types of emotional situations.
Determine ways to cope with rejection, loss, and separation.
Summarize the causes of stress and explain ways to deal with stressful situations.
Integrated Skills
All students will develop and use personal and interpersonal skills to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Interpersonal Communication
Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication in health- and safety-related
situations.
Effective communication is the basis for strengthening
interpersonal interactions and relationships and resolving
conflicts.
Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication when responding to
disagreements or conflicts with others.
Decision-Making and Goal Setting
Use the decision-making process when addressing health-related issues.
Differentiate between situations when a health-related decision should be made
independently or with the help of others.
Determine how family, peers, technology, culture, and the media influence thoughts,
feelings, health decisions, and behaviors.
Develop a personal health goal and track progress.
Character Development
Determine how an individual’s character develops over time and impacts personal
health.
Character building is influenced by many factors both positive
and negative, such as acceptance, discrimination, bullying,
abuse, sportsmanship, support, disrespect, and violence.
Explain why core ethical values (such as respect, empathy, civic mindedness, and
good citizenship) are important in the local and world community.
Determine how attitudes and assumptions toward individuals with disabilities may
negatively or positively impact them.
Advocacy and Service
Explain the impact of participation in different kinds of service projects on
community wellness.
Health Services and Information
Identify health services and resources provided in the school and community and
determine how each assists in addressing health needs and emergencies.
Explain when and how to seek help when experiencing a health problem.
Drugs and Medicines
All students will acquire knowledge about alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and medicines and apply these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Medicines
Distinguish between over-the-counter and prescription medicines.
Determine possible side effects of common types of medicines.
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Explain why it is illegal to use or possess certain drugs/substances and the
possible consequences.
Compare the short- and long-term physical effects of all types of tobacco use.
Identify specific environments where second-hand/passive smoke may impact the
wellness of nonsmokers.
Summarize the short- and long-term physical and behavioral effects of alcohol use
and abuse.
Identify the short- and long- term physical effects of inhaling certain substances.
Dependency/Addiction and Treatment
Identify signs that a person might have an alcohol, tobacco, and/or drug use
problem.
Differentiate between drug use, abuse, and misuse.
Determine how advertising, peer pressure, and home environment influence
children and teenagers to experiment with alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
Human Relationships and Sexuality
All students will acquire knowledge about the physical, emotional, and social aspects of human
relationships and sexuality and apply these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Relationships
Explain how families typically share common values, provide love and emotional
support, and set boundaries and limits.
Explain why healthy relationships are fostered in some families and not in others.
Sexuality
Differentiate the physical, social, and emotional changes occurring at puberty
and explain why puberty begins and ends at different ages.
Pregnancy and Parenting
Explain the process of fertilization and how cells divide to create an
embryo/fetus that grows and develops during pregnancy.
Relate the health of the birth mother to the development of a healthy fetus.
5th-6th grade
Wellness
All students will acquire health promotion concepts and skills to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Personal Growth and Development
Students will explain how health data can be used to assess and improve each dimension of personal wellness.
Students will relate how personal lifestyle habits, environment, and heredity influence growth and development in each life stage.
Students will determine factors that influence the purchase of healthcare products and use of personal hygiene practices.
Nutrition
Determine factors that influence food choices and eating patterns.
Summarize the benefits and risks associated with nutritional choices, based on
eating patterns.
Create a daily balanced nutritional meal plan based on nutritional content, value,
calories, and cost.
Compare and contrast nutritional information on similar food products in order to
make informed choices.
Diseases and Health Conditions
Summarize means of detecting and treating diseases and health conditions that are
prevalent in adolescents.
Determine the impact of public health strategies in preventing diseases and health
conditions.
Compare and contrast common mental illnesses (such as depression, anxiety and
panic disorders, and phobias) and ways to detect and treat them.
Safety
Summarize the common causes of intentional and unintentional injuries in
adolescents and related prevention strategies.
Explain what to do if abuse is suspected or occurs.
Summarize the components of the traffic safety system and explain how people
contribute to making the system effective.
Applying first-aid procedures can minimize injury and save
lives.
Assess when to use basic first-aid procedures.
Social and Emotional Health
Examine how personal assets and protective factors support healthy social and
emotional development.
Respect and acceptance for individuals regardless of gender,
sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, socioeconomic
background, religion, and/or culture provide a foundation for
the prevention and resolution of conflict.
Make recommendations to resolve incidences of school and community conflict,
violence, harassment, gang violence, discrimination, and bullying.
Stress management skills impact an individual’s ability to
cope with different types of emotional situations.
Compare and contrast ways that individuals, families, and communities cope with
change, crisis, rejection, loss, and separation.
Integrated Skills
All students will develop and use personal and interpersonal skills to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Interpersonal Communication
Demonstrate verbal and nonverbal interpersonal communication in various
settings that impact the health of oneself and others.
Effective communication is the basis for strengthening
interpersonal interactions and relationships and resolving
conflicts.
Demonstrate use of refusal, negotiation, and assertiveness skills in different
situations.
Decision-Making and Goal Setting
Use effective decision-making strategies.
Predict how the outcome(s) of a health-related decision may differ if an alternative
decision is made by self or others.
Determine how conflicting interests may influence one’s decisions.
Apply personal health data and information to support achievement of one’s short- and
long-term health goals.
Character Development
Explain how character and core ethical values can be useful in addressing
challenging situations.
Character building is influenced by many factors both positive
and negative, such as acceptance, discrimination, bullying,
abuse, sportsmanship, support, disrespect, and violence.
Predict situations that may challenge an individual’s core ethical values.
Develop ways to proactively include peers with disabilities at home, at school, and
in community activities.
Advocacy and Service
Appraise the goals of various community or service-organization initiatives to
determine opportunities for volunteer service.
Develop a position about a health issue in order to inform peers.
Health Services and Information
Determine the validity and reliability of different types of health resources.
Distinguish health issues that warrant support from trusted adults or health
professionals.
Drugs and Medicines
All students will acquire knowledge about alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and medicines and apply these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Medicines
Compare and contrast short- and long-term effects and the potential for abuse of
commonly used over-the-counter and prescription medicines and herbal and
medicinal supplements.
Compare information found on over-the-counter and prescription medicines.
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Explain the system of drug classification and why it is useful in preventing
substance abuse.
Relate tobacco use and the incidence of disease.
Compare the effect of laws, policies, and procedures on smokers and nonsmokers.
Determine the impact of the use and abuse of alcohol on the incidence of illness,
injuries, and disease, the increase of risky health behaviors, and the likelihood of
harm to one’s health.
Determine situations where the use of alcohol and other drugs influence decisionmaking
and can place one at risk.
Summarize the signs and symptoms of inhalant abuse.
Analyze the relationship between injected drug use and diseases such as
HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
Dependency/Addiction and Treatment
Summarize the signs and symptoms of a substance abuse problem and the stages
that lead to dependency/addiction.
Explain how wellness is affected during the stages of drug dependency/addiction.
Determine the extent to which various factors contribute to the use and abuse of
alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs by adolescents, such as peer pressure, low selfesteem,
genetics, and poor role models.
There are many ways to obtain help for treatment of alcohol,
tobacco, and other substance abuse problems.
Determine effective strategies to stop using alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, and
that support the ability to remain drug-free.
Human Relationships and Sexuality
All students will acquire knowledge about the physical, emotional, and social aspects of human
relationships and sexuality and apply these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Relationships
Compare and contrast how families may change over time.
Analyze the characteristics of healthy friendships and other relationships.
Examine the types of relationships adolescents may experience.
Demonstrate successful resolution of a problem(s) among friends and in other
relationships.
Compare and contrast the role of dating and dating behaviors in adolescence.
Sexuality
Compare growth patterns of males and females during adolescence.
Summarize strategies to remain abstinent and resist pressures to become
sexually active.
Determine behaviors that place one at risk for HIV/AIDS, STIs, HPV, or
unintended pregnancy.
Predict the possible physical, social, and emotional impacts of adolescent
decisions regarding sexual behavior.
Pregnancy and Parenting
Summarize the sequence of fertilization, embryonic growth, and fetal
development during pregnancy.
Identify the signs and symptoms of pregnancy.
Identify prenatal practices that support a healthy pregnancy.
Adolescent parents may have difficulty adjusting to emotional and
financial responsibilities of parenthood.
Predict challenges that may be faced by adolescent parents and their families.
7th-8th gr
Wellness
All students will acquire health promotion concepts and skills to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Personal Growth and Development
Students will assess and apply Health Data to enhance each dimension of personal wellness. Students will compare and contrast the impact of genetics, family history, personal health practices, and environment on personal growth and development in each life stage. Students will relate advances in technology to maintaining and improving personal health. Students will determine the impact of marketing techniques on the use of personal hygiene products, practices, and services.
Nutrition
Analyze how culture, health status, age, and eating environment influence
personal eating patterns and recommend ways to provide nutritional balance.
Identify and defend healthy ways for adolescents to lose, gain, or maintain weight.
Design a weekly nutritional plan for families with different lifestyles, resources,
special needs, and cultural backgrounds.
Analyze the nutritional values of new products and supplements.
Diseases and Health Conditions
Evaluate emerging methods to diagnose and treat diseases and health conditions
that are common in young adults in the United States and other countries,
including hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, breast cancer,
HPV, and testicular cancer.
Analyze local, state, national, and international public health efforts to prevent and
control diseases and health conditions.
Analyze the impact of mental illness (e.g., depression, impulse disorders such as
gambling or shopping, eating disorders, and bipolar disorders) on physical, social,
and emotional well-being.
Safety
Assess the degree of risk in a variety of situations and identify strategies to reduce
intentional and unintentional injuries to self and others.
Describe effective personal protection strategies used in public places and what to
do when one’s safety is compromised.
Analyze the causes and the consequences of noncompliance with the traffic safety
system.
Applying first-aid procedures can minimize injury and save
lives.
emonstrate first-aid procedures, including victim and situation assessment, Basic
Life Support, and the care of head trauma, bleeding and wounds, burns, fractures,
shock, and poisoning.
Social and Emotional Health
Analyze how personal assets, resiliency, and protective factors support healthy
social and emotional health.
Respect and acceptance for individuals regardless of gender,
sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, socioeconomic
background, religion, and/or culture provide a foundation for
the prevention and resolution of conflict.
Determine the effectiveness of existing home, school, and community efforts to
address social and emotional health and prevent conflict.
Stress management skills impact an individual’s ability to
cope with different types of emotional situations.
Explain how culture influences the ways families and groups cope with crisis and
change.
Compare and contrast stress management strategies that are used to address
various types of stress-induced situations.
Integrated Skills
All students will develop and use personal and interpersonal skills to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Interpersonal Communication
Compare and contrast verbal and nonverbal interpersonal communication
strategies in a variety of settings and cultures in different situations.
Demonstrate the use of refusal, negotiation, and assertiveness skills when
responding to peer pressure, disagreements, or conflicts.
Decision-Making and Goal Setting
Predict social situations that may require the use of decision-making skills.
Justify when individual or collaborative decision-making is appropriate.
Analyze factors that support or hinder the achievement of personal health goals during
different life stages.
Character Development
Analyze strategies to enhance character development in individual, group, and
team activities.
Analyze to what extent various cultures have responded effectively to individuals
with disabilities.
Rules, regulations, and policies regarding behavior provide a
common framework that supports a safe, welcoming
environment.
Hypothesize reasons for personal and group adherence, or lack of adherence, to
codes of conduct at home, locally, and in the worldwide community.
Advocacy and Service
Plan and implement volunteer activities to benefit a local, state, national, or world
health initiative.
Defend a position on a health or social issue to activate community awareness and
responsiveness.
Health Services and Information
Evaluate various health products, services, and resources from different sources,
including the Internet.
Communicating health needs to trusted adults and
professionals assists in the prevention, early detection, and
treatment of health problems.
Compare and contrast situations that require support from trusted adults or health
professionals.
Drugs and Medicines
All students will acquire knowledge about alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and medicines and apply these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Medicines
Explain why the therapeutic effects and potential risks of commonly used overthe-
counter medicines, prescription drugs, and herbal and medicinal supplements
vary in different individuals.
Compare and contrast adolescent and adult abuse of prescription and over-thecounter
medicines and the consequences of such abuse.
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
Compare and contrast the physical and behavioral effects of commonly abused
substances by adolescents.
Predict the legal and financial consequences of the use, sale, and possession of
illegal substances.
Analyze the effects of all types of tobacco use on the aging process.
Compare and contrast smoking laws in New Jersey with other states and
countries.
Explain the impact of alcohol and other drugs on those areas of the brain that
control vision, sleep, coordination, and reaction time and the related impairment
of behavior, judgment, and memory.
Relate the use of alcohol and other drugs to decision-making and risk for sexual
assault, pregnancy, and STIs.
Explain the impact of inhalant use and abuse on social, emotional, mental, and
physical wellness.
Analyze health risks associated with injected drug use.
Dependency/Addiction and Treatment
Compare and contrast theories about dependency/addiction (such as genetic
predisposition, gender-related predisposition, and multiple risks) and provide
recommendations that support a drug free life.
Summarize intervention strategies that assist family and friends to cope with the
impact of substance abuse.
Human Relationships and Sexuality
All students will acquire knowledge about the physical, emotional, and social aspects of human
relationships and sexuality and apply these concepts to support a healthy, active lifestyle.
Relationships
Predict how changes within a family can impact family members.
Explain how the family unit impacts character development.
Explain when the services of professionals are needed to intervene in
relationships.
Differentiate between affection, love, commitment, and sexual attraction.
Determine when a relationship is unhealthy and explain effective strategies to end
the relationship.
Develop acceptable criteria for safe dating situations, such as dating in groups,
setting limits, or only dating someone of the same age.
Sexuality
Analyze the influence of hormones, nutrition, the environment, and heredity on
the physical, social, and emotional changes that occur during puberty.
Determine the benefits of sexual abstinence and develop strategies to resist
pressures to become sexually active.
Compare and contrast methods of contraception used by adolescents and factors
that may influence their use.
Relate certain behaviors to placing one at greater risk for HIV/AIDS, STIs, and
unintended pregnancy.
Discuss topics regarding gender identity, sexual orientation, and cultural
stereotyping.
Explain the importance of practicing routine healthcare procedures such as
breast self-examination, testicular examinations, and HPV vaccine.
Pregnancy and Parenting
Summarize the signs and symptoms of pregnancy and the methods available
to confirm pregnancy.
Distinguish physical, social, and emotional changes that occur during each
stage of pregnancy, including the stages of labor and childbirth and the
adjustment period following birth.
Determine effective strategies and resources to assist with parenting.
Predict short- and long-term impacts of teen pregnancy.
Correlate prenatal care with the prevention of complications that may occur
during pregnancy and childbirth.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
NJ Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Standards.pdf
Please click on the Learning Links tab to view some lesson plans
K - 2nd grade
Motor Skill Development
All students will utilize safe, efficient, and effective movement to develop and maintain a healthy, active
lifestyle.
Movement Skills and Concepts
Students will explain and perform movement skills with developmentally appropriate control in isolated settings (i.e., skill practice) and applied settings (i.e., games, sports, dance, and recreational activities). Students will demonstrate changes in time, force, and flow while moving in personal and general space at different levels, directions, ranges, and pathways. Students will respond in movement to changes in tempo, beat, rhythm, or musical style. Students will correct movement errors in response to feedback.
Strategy
Differentiate when to use competitive and cooperative strategies in games, sports, and
other movement activities.
Explain the difference between offense and defense.
Determine how attitude impacts physical performance.
Demonstrate strategies that enable team and group members to achieve goals.
Sportsmanship, Rules, and Safety
Explain what it means to demonstrate good sportsmanship.
Demonstrate appropriate behaviors and safety rules and explain how they
contribute to moving safely during basic activities.
Fitness
All students will apply health-related and skill-related fitness concepts and skills to develop and maintain a healthy, active
lifestyle.
Fitness and Physical Activity
Explain the role of regular physical activity in relation to personal health.
Explain what it means to be physically fit and engage in moderate to
vigorous age-appropriate activities that promote fitness.
Develop a fitness goal and monitor progress towards achievement of the
goal.
3rd-4th grade
Motor Skill Development
All students will utilize safe, efficient, and effective movement to develop and maintain a healthy, active
lifestyle.
Movement Skills and Concepts
Students will explain and perform essential elements of movement skills in both isolated settings (i.e., skill practice) and applied settings (i.e., games, sports, dance, and recreational activities). Students will use body management skills and demonstrate control when moving in relation to others, objects, and boundaries in personal and general space. Students will explain and demonstrate movement sequences, individually and with others, in response to various tempos, rhythms, and musical styles. Ongoing feedback impacts improvement and effectiveness of movement actions. Students will correct movement errors in response to feedback and explain how the change improves performance.
Strategy
Explain and demonstrate the use of basic offensive and defensive strategies (e.g.,
player positioning, faking, dodging, creating open areas, and defending space).
Acknowledge the contributions of team members and choose appropriate ways to
motivate and celebrate accomplishments.
Sportsmanship, Rules, and Safety
Summarize the characteristics of good sportsmanship and demonstrate
appropriate behavior as both a player and an observer.
Apply specific rules and procedures during physical activity and explain
how they contribute to a safe active environment.
Fitness
All students will apply health-related and skill-related fitness concepts and skills to develop and maintain a healthy, active
lifestyle.
Fitness and Physical Activity
Determine the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual benefits of regular
physical activity.
Participate in moderate to vigorous age-appropriate activities that address
each component of health-related and skill-related fitness.
Develop a health-related fitness goal and track progress using health/fitness
indicators.
Determine the extent to which different factors influence personal fitness,
such as heredity, training, diet, and technology.
5th-6th grade
Motor Skill Development
All students will utilize safe, efficient, and effective movement to develop and maintain a healthy, active
lifestyle.
Movement Skills and Concepts
Students will explain and perform movement skills that combine mechanically correct movement in smooth flowing sequences in isolated settings (i.e., skill practice) and applied settings (i.e., games, sports, dance, and recreational activities). Students will explain concepts of force and motion and demonstrate control while modifying force, flow, time, space, and relationships in interactive dynamic environments. Students will create and demonstrate planned movement sequences, individually and with others, based on tempo, beat, rhythm, and music (creative, cultural, social, and fitness dance). Performing movement skills effectively is often based on an individual’s ability to analyze one’s own performance as well as receive constructive feedback from others. Students will use self-evaluation and external feedback to detect and correct errors in one’s movement performance.
Strategy
Demonstrate the use of offensive, defensive, and cooperative strategies in individual,
dual, team and group activities.
Compare and contrast strategies used to impact individual, team and group
effectiveness and make modifications for improvement.
Sportsmanship, Rules, and Safety
Compare the roles and responsibilities of players and observers and
recommend strategies to enhance sportsmanship-like behavior.
Apply rules and procedures for specific games, sports, and other competitive
activities and describe how they enhance participation and safety.
There is a strong cultural, ethnic, and historical background
associated with competitive sports and dance.
Relate the origin and rules associated with certain games, sports, and dances
to different cultures.
Fitness
All students will apply health-related and skill-related fitness concepts and skills to develop and maintain a healthy, active
lifestyle.
Fitness and Physical Activity
Analyze the social, emotional, and health benefits of selected physical
experiences.
Determine to what extent various activities improve skill-related fitness
versus health-related fitness.
Develop and implement a fitness plan based on the assessment of one’s
personal fitness level, and monitor health/fitness indicators before, during,
and after the program.
Predict how factors such as health status, interests, environmental
conditions, and available time may impact personal fitness.
Relate physical activity, healthy eating, and body composition to personal
fitness and health.
Explain and apply the training principles of frequency, intensity, time, and
type (FITT) to improve personal fitness.
Evaluate the short- and long-term effects of anabolic steroids and other
performance-enhancing substances on personal health.
7th-8th grade
Motor Skill Development
All students will utilize safe, efficient, and effective movement to develop and maintain a healthy, active
lifestyle.
Movement Skills and Concepts
Students will Explain and demonstrate the transition of movement skills from isolated settings (i.e., skill practice) into applied settings (i.e., games, sports, dance, and recreational activities). Students will apply the concepts of force and motion (weight transfer, power, speed, agility, range of motion) to impact performance. Students will create, explain, and demonstrate, as a small group, a planned movement sequence that includes changes in rhythm, tempo, and musical style (creative, cultural, social, and fitness dance). Students will detect, analyze, and correct errors and apply to refine movement skills.
Strategy
Compare and contrast the use of offensive, defensive, and cooperative strategies in a
variety of settings.
Assess the effectiveness of specific mental strategies applied to improve performance.
Analyze individual and team effectiveness in achieving a goal and make
recommendations for improvement.
Sportsmanship, Rules, and Safety
Assess player behavior for evidence of sportsmanship in individual, smallgroup,
and team activities.
Summarize types of equipment, products, procedures, and rules that
contribute to the safety of specific individual, small-group, and team
activities.
Movement activities provide a timeless opportunity to connect
with people around the world.
Analyze the impact of different world cultures on present-day games, sports,
and dance.
Fitness
All students will apply health-related and skill-related fitness concepts and skills to develop and maintain a healthy, active
lifestyle.
Fitness and Physical Activity
Summarize the short- and long-term physical, social, and emotional benefits
of regular physical activity.
Use health data to develop and implement a personal fitness plan and
evaluate its effectiveness.
Analyze how medical and technological advances impact personal fitness.
Determine ways to achieve a healthy body composition through healthy
eating, physical activity, and other lifestyle behaviors.
Use the primary principles of training (FITT) for the purposes of modifying
personal levels of fitness.
Determine the physical, behavioral, legal, and ethical consequences of the
use of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing substances.