Health Opportunities through Physical Education

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