Overview and Background: Unit: Personal Fitness

Name: Randy Leroux

Health : Fitness

Cheney High : Grades 9 :

Title:	Personal Fitness
Topics:	Health, Fitness
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Summary: Students will design a personal fitness plan.

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Stage 1: Identify Desired Results

National:	Health and Physical Education – (NPH-H.9-12)
Title:	Health and Physical Education
Standard(s):	-NPH-H.9-12.1.2 – Describe the interrelationships of mental, emotional, social and physical health throughout adulthood -NPH-H.9-12.1.3 – Explain the impact of personal health behaviors on the functioning of body systems -NPH-H.9-12.6.4 – Implement a plan for attaining a personal health goal.

Understandings:

The body needs to be used and maintained in order to live a productive healthy life.

Physical fitness has many personal benefits

There are different activities to achieve fitness

Essential Questions:

What impact does physical fitness have on student’s health?

What are the different activities that help achieve personal fitness?

Knowledge and Skills:

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1) The benefits of physical fitness.

2) The difference between anaerobic and aerobic exercise.

3) Different fitness programs

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1) Explain the benefits of physical fitness

2) Analyze the difference between aerobic and anaerobic exercise.

3) Design a personal fitness program

Stage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence

Assessment Summary:
Students will develop a personal fitness plan and explain its benefit.

Student Directions:

You are a personal trainer who has been hired to develop a personal fitness plan for a client. Your plan should cover one week. Because your client is not very excited about having to participate, you need to provide a well-developed and convincing argument for your plan.

Other assessment evidence to be collected:

Homework – The student will take a pre and post assessment analysis on their personal fitness.

Quiz - - The quiz consists of 10 multiple-choice questions, 20 matching, and 20 true false questions. The quiz content includes unit vocabulary, definitions, and recalling of facts.

Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction

Learning Activities:

Students are given a pre-test and post test on their personal fitness. Background discussion on programs, managing strategies, and health consequences.

Heart rate monitors. How to use to benefit the target heart rate.

Teacher lecture with class discussion.

Informational worksheets on the fitness.

Peer critique of fitness programs.

Each student will critique the fitness program worksheets.

The students will then be able to update and finalize their program.

Surveys will then be posted around the classroom for other classes to view.

Story critique - Each student will plan an exercise program for a YMCA toddler program.