Health and Physical Education

Elementary School

Course Name: Physical Activity 1 ED

Course Description

This year-long course provides a daily check-in for students to log their required physical activity each day.

Course Length: Full Year

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Course Name: Physical Activity 2 ED

Course Description

 This year-long course provides a daily check-in for students to log their required physical activity each day.

Course Length: Full Year

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Course Name: Physical Education 3 ED

Course Description

Students explore a multitude of fitness activities through online reading, animations demonstrating fitness skills, and hands-on practice. Lessons emphasize proper form and execution of skills, rules of games, good sportsmanship, and an understanding of all that goes into the term “physical fitness.” Students exercise daily with workouts tailored to coordinate with the topics they are reading and learning about in the online component of the course. Workouts include creative and fun warmups, focus activities, and cooldowns, which students log and submit to their teacher. Students solidify the learning process by explaining what they have learned in writing. Topics include:

• Components of Fitness – muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, balance, cardiovascular health
• Fitness and Health – nutrition, heart rate, stress management
• Safety – equipment, weather safety, proper warmups, rules of the road
• Team Sports – basketball, football, soccer, kickball, and volleyball
• Individual Activities – yoga, gymnastics
• Rhythm – understanding rhythm, dance moves, choreography
• Character – good sportsmanship, perseverance, inclusive activities

Course Length: Full Year

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Course Name: Physical Education 4 ED

Course Description

Students explore a multitude of fitness activities through online reading, animations demonstrating fitness skills, and hands-on practice, building on skills they have learned in the past. Lessons emphasize proper form and execution of skills, rules of games, good sportsmanship, and an understanding of all that goes into the term “physical fitness.” Students exercise daily with workouts tailored to coordinate with the topics they are reading and learning about in the online component of the course. Workouts include creative and fun warmups, focus activities, and cooldowns, which students log and submit to their teacher. Students solidify the learning process by explaining what they have learned in writing. Topics include:

• Components of Fitness– muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, balance, cardiovascular health, coordination
• Fitness and Health– nutrition, heart rate, stress management, community involvement
• Safety– equipment, proper warmups, rules of the road
• Team Sports– basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, and ultimate frisbee
• Individual Activities– yoga, juggling, jump rope, in-line skating
• Rhythm– understanding rhythm, dance moves, choreography
• Character– good sportsmanship, perseverance

Course Length: Full Year

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Course Name: Physical Education 5 ED

Course Description

Students will develop the knowledge and skills they need to make positive fitness decisions to stay active, safe, and informed, as teenagers and adults. The lessons and activities introduce important aspects of physical health and fitness and focus on helping students learn new fitness skills and stay active. Students will set fitness goals and assess their progress throughout the course. Students will use daily Fitness Plans to guide their physical activity and Fitness Logs to track their activity.

Course Length: Full Year