Physical Education 8th (5502)

Movement Focus

• Rhythmic skills: identify and demonstrate square dance steps, positions, and patterns to music; create and perform a square dance.
• Combinations of movement patterns and skills: demonstrate basic offensive and defensive skills and strategies in team activities; apply locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative skills to team activities; demonstrate fundamental gymnastic/tumbling skills; create and perform a routine using speed, direction and level.
• Movement concepts: explain transfer of learning, rotation principles, and human growth factors.

Fitness Focus

• Assess the five health-related components of fitness using state fitness assessment tools; refine fitness goals; develop a two-week fitness plan including five components of fitness, warm-up, cool-down and principles of exercise; participate in moderate to vigorous activity four days per week; identify and perform (1) appropriate activities for inclement weather, (2) ways to increase daily physical activity, (3) basic weight/resistance training principles, and (4) safety practices; explain effects of nutrition and physical activity on weight control, self-concept, and physical performance; explain different types of conditioning.

• Self-responsibility: respect officials; appreciate opponents; organize and work cooperatively in a group; identify preferences for lifelong physical activity.
• Social interaction: identify group contributions; reward team members.
• Group dynamics: accept roles of group members; describe leadership roles; support all ability levels.