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STANDARD 2.6 (FITNESS) by Grade 8

Strands with Cumulative Progress Indicators

A. Fitness and Physical Activity

  1. Summarize the potential short- and long-term physical, social, and emotional benefits of regular physical activity.
  2. Differentiate how body systems adapt to acute exercise vs. regular exercise over a period of time.
  3. Predict how factors such as health status, interests, environmental conditions, and available time impact personal fitness.
  4. Analyze the positive and negative impacts of technological advances on exercise, health, and fitness.
  5. Describe ways to achieve a healthy body composition through healthy eating and physical activity.
  6. Distinguish between facts and fallacies regarding the marketing of fitness products, services, and information.

B. Training

  1. Recognize signs and symptoms that warrant exercise termination and possible follow-up with a healthcare professional.
  2. Apply training principles to establish a progression of activity that will improve each component of fitness.
  3. Describe and demonstrate various training methods, including isotonic, isometric, interval, and circuit methods.
  4. Investigate the physical, behavioral, legal, and competitive consequences of the use of anabolic steroids and other performance enhancing substances.

C. Achieving and Assessing Fitness

  1. Engage in a variety of sustained, vigorous physical activities that enhance each component of fitness.
  2. Perform at the intensity level needed to enhance cardiovascular fitness, as determined by target heart rate, perceived exertion, and recovery heart rate.
  3. Monitor physiological responses before, during and after exercise and compare changes.
  4. Use health data and information from internal and external sources to develop a personal fitness plan, and use technology to evaluate the implementation and outcomes of the plan.
  5. Demonstrate age- and gender-specific progress towards improving each component of fitness.