Welcome to Physical Education

Class Profile

Physical education will provide every student with a variety of challenges through sport and fitness.  Students from Van Nuys High School, grades 9^th -12^th will experience different physical activities that they may enjoy during their lifetime. They will learn how to set and achieve their personal fitness goals. Everyone will participate in individual and team sports to accumulate points for grades. Therefore, students are expected to be on time, be dressed, and participate daily in class.

Activities include:

Weight training, soccer, tumbling, softball/baseball, basketball, volleyball, badminton,  flag-football, dance, ultimate Frisbee, and circuit training.

Intermediate/ Advanced Electives:

Weight training, Gymnastics, Dance/Choreography, Cheerleading, Football, Baseball, Soccer, and Golf

Physical Fitness Testing:

All students will be given a physical fitness exam at the beginning and end of the semester to measure improvements.  However, all 9^th graders will be require to take the California State Fitnessgram.

Weekly Homework:

25-50 sit-ups

10-15 min of jump rope or running

10-15 minutes of stretching

Drink 8 glasses of water

Parents are encouraged to join in! Please have your child write down any outside of school activities, team or individual sports they may do to earn extra points.  

Introduction:

Students will  track down physical  activities and healthy foods that they are consuming using Google Blogger.   Students will build a schema about health and nutrition.  They will learn the importance of eating healthy and exercising. Then students will apply what they learn to a real life experience and blog about it in Google Blogger. Students will comment about how they feel and how much they are improving.  In addition, collaborative learning will be reinforced for student encouragement and motivation.

Google

Name of Activity:  Nutrition and Fitness

OGrades: 9-12th
OWeb 2.0 tool: Google Blogger

Learning Audience
O Students from grades 9-12th 
O Students of all background levels of physical activity: beginners, intermediate, and advanced 
O Students with internet experience to some internet experience

Objective:

Students will be able to participate in developmentally appropriate Google Blog activities. Students
will track nutrition and fitness progress in their blogs. They will be able to share ideas with their
classmates for group support and to establish lifelong fitness goals.

Physical Education Standards:

Standard 2: Students achieve a level of physical fitness for health and performance while
demonstrating knowledge of fitness concepts, principles, and strategies. 
   
Learner Participation/Process

 Students will:
O Introduce to the basic nutritional pyramid and the benefits of healthy eating 
O Participate in a mile run 
O Log down their mile run time on a flash card 
O Add pushups, sit ups, and toes raises 
O Blog about the time it took them to run and the quantity of pushups, sit ups, and toe raises they
perform each day. 
O Include daily nutrition and a brief reflection of how the student feels mentally and physically. Also,
blog improvements and respond to at least 2 other classmates

 

ChooseMyPlate.gov

Task and Evaluation 

O Students will be graded on participation
O Students will track what they eat, mile time, quantity of fitness activity, and improvements
O They will be expected to collaborate with others and have a positive attitude
O They will be evaluated on quality of work, focus on task, and group collaboration through blogger
feedback

Healthy Teen Network

Sample Blog

Nutrition and Fitness by Maria Renard

  Today, for breakfast I had  cereal with a cup of milk.  During lunch,  I ate chicken beans, carrots, broccoli, and I drank 2 bottles of water. For dinner, I had steak, brown rice, and a small salad. 

  During PE,  I ran one mile around the track.  I completed my run in exactly 10 minutes and 28 seconds.  Since yesterday, I improved by about 1 minute. I also did 10 pushups with more ease.  Last week, I struggled doing 7 pushups. Since I began to exercise and eat healthier,  I feel that I have more energy during the day.  I am also excited about improving each week to become fit.  I want to look great and feel great for my personal well-being.

 

 Rubric- Fitness and Nutrition 

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Quality of Work	Provides work of the highest quality.	Provides high quality work.	Provides work that occasionally needs to be checked/redone by other group members to ensure quality.	Provides work that usually needs to be checked/redone by others to ensure quality.
Focus on the task	Consistently stays focused on the task and what needs to be done. Very self-directed.	Focuses on the task and what needs to be done most of the time. Other group members can count on this person.	Focuses on the task and what needs to be done some of the time. Other group members must sometimes nag, prod, and remind to keep this person on-task.	Rarely focuses on the task and what needs to be done. Lets others do the work.
Working with Others	Almost always listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Tries to keep people working well together.	Usually listens to, shares, with, and supports the efforts of others. Does not cause \"waves\" in the group.	Often listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others, but sometimes is not a good team member.	Rarely listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Often is not a good team player.