Fitness and Wellness Skills, 2nd Edition
• Build lifelong fitness and wellness habits through active, skills-based learning.
• Create personalized fitness plans with engaging activities and exercise demonstrations.
• Develop physical literacy and healthy behaviors for long-term wellness success.
Title Overview
Title Overview
Fitness and Wellness Skills is a standards-based, comprehensive course curriculum that includes all the resources teachers need to facilitate learning in their physical education course. Because no two physical education classrooms are alike, the Fitness and Wellness Skills Online Instructor Resources offer the ultimate flexibility for in-person, online, or hybrid classrooms. Content and activities are fully aligned to the applicable SHAPE GLOs for high school.
- Using the detailed lesson plans as a guide, teachers can personalize the content to suit their students' unique needs. Each lesson is reinforced with numerous active-learning opportunities, getting students moving while engaging with the information they have learned.
- Student lessons can be shared as handouts or using presentations for PowerPoint. Detailed lesson plans help teachers prep for each day, facilitate active learning, and debrief with students.
- Students will leave this course equipped with the skills to build a comprehensive fitness plan and achieve lifelong wellness.
- Support lifelong physical activity and student skill development with five comprehensive Lifetime Fitness instructional units, each containing fully developed lessons, skill progressions, and formative and summative assessments.
- 14 Sets of Exercise Task Cards are provided to help teachers quickly set up daily workouts. Students can view cards to see or read learning cues for each exercise. Fitness Level data shows students which range they are in and motivates them to set SMART Goals to achieve more.
- A library of over 90 exercise demonstration videos support diverse learners by combining visual modeling with clear, written learning cues. These videos help students better understand proper technique, improve movement quality, and participate safely and confidently in physical activity.
- Over forty Team Building and Cooperative Games are used throughout the course to help students develop key SEL skills, which promote positive class behaviors and increase student participation.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Curriculum Planning
Module 1: Preparing for a Physically Literate Life
Module 2: Understanding the Health- and Skill-Related Fitness Components
Module 3: Nutrition and Physical Activity
Module 4: Setting Goals and Creating a Fitness Plan
Module 5: Choosing Your Exercises
Module 6: Developing a Workout
Module 7: Using Technology Responsibly
Module 8: Being Physically Active for Life
Exercise Demonstration Videos
Exercise Task Cards
Cooperative and Team Building Activities
Lifetime Activities
Instructor Resources
Instructor Resources
Hit the ground running with G-W's Online Instructor Resources that save you time and make it easier to prepare for class, reinforce new concepts, and assess learning. Created by educators for educators, these complete teaching packages are ready to go and will instantly make a difference in your class.
- Lesson Plans and Activities
Experienced teachers have developed detailed lesson plans and creative activities to accompany the textbooks. There's no need to spend days recreating your courses—they have done it for you! - PowerPoint Presentations
Editable slides for each chapter engage a variety of learning styles, improve student focus, encourage discussion, and provide visual impact. - Interactive Content
Additional interactive content including flash cards, animations, and interactive activities enhance the learning experience.
Standards and Correlations
Standards and Correlations
Oregon
Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE)
Tennessee
About the Author
About the Author
Course Content
Author William Bode is a veteran physical education instructor, named the North Carolina High School PE Teacher of the Year in 2016 and the SHAPE Southern District High School PE Teacher of the Year in 2017. He used his experience to create a resource with proven activities and content to save instructors time.
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