Middle M/J PE 8th Grade
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Number of Credits
0.5
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Estimated Completion Time
1 Semesters
Description
Time to take it to the extreme! Up your fitness game by exploring a variety of individual, dual, and extreme sports and learning about different intensity levels of physical activity. Dive deep into the principles of biomechanics and elevate your game by evaluating and making necessary corrections to your skill performance. Gear up to develop offensive and defensive strategies and explore sports from other cultures. You’ll also score big when you learn about sportsmanship and show respect for individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. Are you ready to get in the game?!
Follow the link below for the Department of Education description for this course:
Major Topics and Concepts:
• Fitness Activity Selection
• Benefits of Physical Activity
• Fitness Safety
• Monitoring the Heart
• Analyzing Fitness Results
• Target Heart Rate Zone
• Principles of Fitness
• Body Composition
• Nutrition
• Health and Skill Related Fitness
• Cardiovascular Fitness
• Muscular and Skeletal Fitness
• Flexibility
• Rules of Sports
• Aquatics and Outdoor Pursuits
• Alternative and Extreme Sports
• Team Sports
• Winning Strategies
• Peer Pressure and Choices
• Sportsmanship
• Diversity in Sports
• Culture and Sports
Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***
***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.