Standards - Physical Education

Research the benefits of proper nutrition and daily physical activity.

Explore the relationship among the brain, fitness, and nutrition and how they affect each other.

Identify how social interaction influences their own nutrition and physical activity choices, and how they respond based on the social situation.

Execute the applicable skills needed for a single self-selected lifetime activity.

Demonstrate coordination, explosive power, and speed that enhance performance levels in rhythm and dance.

Demonstrate knowledge and strategies needed to perform a specific lifetime activity with proficiency.

Adjust physical activity levels to meet the principles of exercise while identifying the connection among bones, joints, and muscles.

Fulfill health-related fitness standards established by the state-mandated fitness test by completing the test and recording results.

Develop a plan of action that will assist in overcoming adverse circumstances to support a healthy lifestyle.

Compare two fields of employment within the realm of kinesiology, and interview professionals in a self-selected career.

Select a career, design a plan of action, and through a media presentation give specifics on qualifications needed to secure a job in the field.

Develop a personal action plan that includes social interaction, cooperative activities, and personal fitness goals.

Model exemplary behavior by adhering to company policies and rules and regulations.

Conduct self-assessment to identify and utilize the potential strengths to support his/her effort in the field of kinesiology.

Research the types of injuries associated with a self-selected career choice in the field of kinesiology.

Explain the role of physical activity and proper nutrition in the prevention of disease and the reduction of health-care costs.

Determine the educational and certification requirements for a career in nutrition and the kinesiology field.

Illustrate, using media or performance, how social interaction contributes to their personal choices pertaining to nutrition and physical activity, including family and friends, or work and school.

Describe physical activities from individual, dual, and team sports that contribute to the improvement of specific fitness components.

Identify skills and components needed to design an individualized health-enhancing outdoor fitness program.

Recognize unsafe situations related to participation in outdoor activities.

Identify skills and components needed for the individual to participate successfully in outdoor activities.

Identify skills to increase health benefits while participating in outdoor activities.

Plan an individual outdoor adventure activity.

Research laws pertaining to outdoor activities.

Understand how individual actions impact the environment.

Discuss how outdoor adventures can be beneficial for quality of life.

Discuss and evaluate the individual benefits of participation in physical activity and outdoor sport, and the social benefits for the individual, family, school, and community.

Demonstrate necessary components of physical fitness to achieve a desired level of individual success while participating in outdoor activities.

Exhibit proper fitness component techniques in outdoor activities to achieve a desired level of health enhancement.

Demonstrate safe and appropriate use and care of equipment and facilities used in outdoor activities.

Model proper skills and components for the specified outdoor sport.

Apply skills learned to execute a higher level of physical fitness while participating in outdoor activities.

Participate in challenging activities requiring the utilization of newly-acquired skills.

Adhere to laws pertaining to outdoor sports, showing civic and personal responsibility.