Health Opportunities through Physical Education
Overview
Your path to lifelong fitness starts here. You’ll set a variety of goals that will guide you toward leading a healthy lifestyle. During your journey, you’ll perform daily physical activity, design a personal fitness plan that suits your interests, and keep track of your fitness progress. You’ll monitor your exercise and nutrition using a personalized wellness plan.
Major Concepts:
- Importance of Physical Activity
- Baseline Fitness Levels
- Short and Long Term Goals
- Cardiovascular System
- Monitoring the Heart
- Measuring Pulse Target Heart Rate Zone
- Cardiorespiratory Activities
- Principles of Cardiorespiratory Fitness
- Principles of Overload, Specificity, and
Progression - Components of Health-Related Fitness
- Peer Pressure
- Peer Influence
- Flexibility Activities
- Joints, Muscles, Tendons, and Ligaments
- Benefits of Flexibility Proper Stretching Techniques
- Types of Stretching
- Warm-Up and Cool Down
- Importance of Exercising Safely
- Types and Causes of Stress
- Stress Management
- Components of Skill-Related Fitness
- Benefits of Muscular Training
- Strength and Endurance Exercises
- Muscular Safety Precautions
- Weight Training Myths
- Muscular Contractions
- Principles of Muscular Fitness
- Value of Lifetime Fitness
- Avoidance of Unhealthy Lifestyle
- Balance Nutrition Functions of Essential Nutrients
- Determining Serving Sizes
- Reading Nutritional Labels
- Media’s Impacts on Fitness
- Media’s Influence on Self-Esteem
- Depression and Suicide
- Dating Violence and Abuse
- Internet Safety and Cyberbullying
- Bullying Effects of Technology on Health
- Family Influence of Technology Use
- Managing Interpersonal Conflicts
- Behavioral Effects on Mental Health
- Influence of Heredity on Personal Health
- Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Risks of Drugs, Alcohol, Tobacco
- Applying a Decision-making Process in Risk Situations
- Influence of Personal Values, Attitudes, and Beliefs on Health
- Assessing Refusal and Negotiation Skills
- Evaluation of Public Health Policy and Government Regulations
- Risks of Secondhand Smoke
- Strategies to Reduce Health Problems
- Analysis of Personal Fitness Progress
- Modification of Exercise Routines and Workouts
- Health Problems Resulting From Low Levels of Exercise
- Obesity and Overweight
- Body Composition and BMI
- Cultural Shifts Affecting Activity Levels
- Individual and Community Influence on Fitness
- Evaluation of Personal Nutrition and Exercise Habits
Impact of Society on Physical Health - Eating Disorders
- Sexual Abstinence
- Sexual Health
- Communicable Diseases
- Behaviors and Practices to Manage Disease
- Risk Teen Pregnancy First Aid
- CPR
- Concussion
- Responsibility and Self-advocacy For Personal Health
- Seeking Assistance for Medical Needs
- Improving Health Literacy
- Prevention of Health Problems
Fee Details
S.No. | Program Name | Fee Component | Amount (USD) | Description |
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1. | Regular | Course Fee | $ 400 | To be paid by the student at the time of Registration. |
Grade Level
Grade 9, 10, 11, 12
Duration
Semester
Requirements
None
Prerequisites
None