Grades 10-12; ½ credit; semester I or II
This course is aimed at students with a genuine interest in learning how to develop and maintain a balanced health-enhancing fitness regime, and modeling this in our community. The key focus areas include:
- Developing a range of skills and fitness through lifetime fitness activities/sports
- Developing the key knowledge and skills to create and safely implement a personal exercise program
- Developing fitness goals for general well-being
- Critically analyzing fitness goals, programs and reflecting on the process
- Building positive and safe work habits around fitness development
- Working with and mentoring younger students to help them develop their skills and fitness in modified games
Lifetime Fitness builds on the knowledge covered in the fitness units in previous years, covering components of fitness, energy systems, and principles of training. Students are taken through a range of training methods and training activities, learning how to perform key exercises safely and effectively.
Along with the practical component of this course, students are expected to write and evaluate personal fitness goals, develop an exercise program, and keep a training log, which they use to help them evaluate their personal exercise program. They are guided through how to work with younger people and promote regular physical activity to improve health and well-being. Assessments are based on the three areas covered by the ASL Physical Education Standards: movement, knowledge and understanding, and social and emotional behaviors.