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Physical Education

Standards

  1. Uses a variety of basic and advanced movement forms
  2. Uses movement concepts and principles in the development of motor skills
  3. Understands the benefits and costs associated with participation in physical activity
  4. Understands how to monitor and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness
  5. Understands the social and personal responsibility associated with participation in physical activity

    Topics

    1.Assessment
    2.Balance
    3.Behavior and attitude
    4.Benefits of fitness
    5.Body awareness
    6.Body composition
    7.Body weight
    8.Cardiorespiratory fitness
    9.Conflict resolution
    10.Cooperation and respect
    11.Dance
    12.Diversity of individuals
    13.Effects of physical activity
    14.Evaluation of fitness
    15.Factors in choosing activities
    16.Fine motor skills
    17.Flexibility
    18.Game rules
    19.Game skills
    20.Game strategies
    21.Healthy habits
    22.Improvement and goal-setting
    23.Locomotor skills
    24.Manipulative skills
    25.Measures of fitness
    26.Muscular strength and endurance
    27.Non-locomotor skills
    28.Opportunities for physical activity
    29.Practice and improvement
    30.Rhythm
    31.Rules for safety
    32.Science of movement and fitness
    33.Space awareness
    34.Speed, force, flow
    35.Sport, society, and culture
    36.Team play
    37.Training and conditioning
    38.Types of physical activity