Physical Education - Eighth Grade

One-Semester Course
Prerequisite: Physical or Waiver

Content:

• Demonstrate competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms.
• Exhibits a physically active lifestyle.
• Achieves and maintains a health enhancing level of physical fitness.

Course Description

• Students will develop basic skills in a number of target games.
• Students will demonstrate game strategies involved in goal games.
• Students will demonstrate competence in an individual activity.
• Students will use the F.I.T. principle to develop a personal fitness plan.
• Students will learn different health enhancing physical activity options.
• Students will participate in fitness enhancing physical activities outside of school.
• Students will apply basis principle of training to improve physical fitness.

Grades
Students will be graded on:

• Their knowledge of rules and content in a variety of activities.
• Social responsible behavior.
• Demonstration of proper skill techniques.
• Application of strategies during activities and games.
• Development of Personal Fitness Goals, which include both classroom and outside of the classroom activities.

Materials
Title: National Standards for Physical Education Authors: National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)
Publisher: McGraw Hill

Title: The President’s Challenge
Authors: President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Title: It’s Not Just Gym Anymore
Author: Bane McCraken
Publisher: Human Kinetics

Title: PE 120C Physical Education 8
Author: Boise Curriculum Committee
Publisher: Boise School District

Copyright Resources

Course Scope

Unit 1

Demonstrate competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms.

Ongoing

1103.01 Demonstrate competence in skill recognition of a variety of movement forms.

Standard Reference
8.1.1, 8.1.2

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Displays the basic skills and safety procedures to participate target games

Complete Physical Ed. Ch.7, 14

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1103.02 Demonstrate competence in modified versions of a variety of movement forms.

Standard Reference
8.2.1, 8.2.2

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Explains and demonstrates game strategies involved in playing goal games.

Complete Physical Ed. Ch. 11, 13, 15

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02

Demonstrates competence in an individual activity

Complete Physical Ed. Ch. 5, 7, 10

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Unit 2

Exhibits a physically active lifestyle.

Ongoing

1103.03 Establish personal physical activity goals.

Standard Reference
8.3.1, 8.3.2

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Shall use the F.I.T.T. principle to develop a personal fitness plan.

Complete Physical Ed. Ch. 3, 4

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1103.04 Participate in health-enhancing physical activities (in and out of the physical education class).

Standard Reference
8.4.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

List information for participation in several health-enhancing physical activities.

Complete Physical Ed. Ch. 3,4

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Unit 3

Achieves and maintains a health-enhancing level of physical fitness.

Ongoing

1103.05 Participates in a variety of health-related fitness activities in both school and non-school settings.

Standard Reference
8.4.2

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Participates in fitness-enhancing physical activities outside of the school (e.g. gymnastic clubs, community sponsored youth sports.)

Complete Physical Ed. Ch. 3, 4

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1103.06 Understand and apply basic principles of training to improving physical fitness.

Standard Reference
8.4.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Correctly demonstrate various strength-training techniques.

Complete Physical Ed. Ch. 3, 4

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