ONE-CREDIT MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE
Physical Education explores fitness, nutrition, exercise basics, and specific sports, and the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of activities. Topics include fundamental aspects of physical activity (safety tips, warm-up and cooldown exercises, and good sportsmanship), personal fitness and nutrition, and the importance of regular exercise to encourage lifelong healthy activity. Other activities include keeping an exercise and nutrition log and creating an exercise routine for themselves, as well as the importance of warming up and cooling down muscles before and after exercise, health-related versus skill-related fitness, goal setting, and safety.
