Middle M/J Comprehensive PE - Grade 8

Major Topics and Concepts: 

• Fitness Activity Selection
• Benefits of Physical Activity
• Fitness Safety
• Monitoring the Heart
• Analyzing Fitness Results
• Target Heart Rate Zone
• Principles of Fitness
• Body Composition
• Nutrition
• Health and Skill Related Fitness
• Cardiovascular Fitness
• Muscular and Skeletal Fitness
• Flexibility
• Rules of Sports
• Aquatics and Outdoor Pursuits
• Alternative and Extreme Sports
• Team Sports
• Winning Strategies
• Peer Pressure and Choices
• Sportsmanship
• Diversity in Sports
• Culture and Sports
 

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, the course guides students to reflect on their learning and evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of practice lessons, multiple choice questions, writing assignments, projects, research papers, oral assessments, and discussions. This course will use the state-approved grading scale. Each course contains a mandatory final exam or culminating project that will be weighted at 20% of the student’s overall grade.***

***Proctored exams can be requested by FLVS at any time and for any reason in an effort to ensure academic integrity. When taking the exam to assess a student’s integrity, the exam must be passed with at least a 59.5% in order to earn credit for the course.  

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.