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Physical Education is a semester-long elective designed for high school students. The course focuses on performance of individual and team sports, with explanations of proper technique, rules of the game, and preparation. Team sports introduced include soccer, basketball, football, baseball, and volleyball. An introduction to fitness, strength, endurance, and nutrition is also included.
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Students will have the opportunity to perform each sport on their own time, while keeping a log of activity. The goal is incorporation of activity into their daily lives and the gain of lifelong healthy fitness habits. 
Throughout the course, students may be asked to answer questions or to reflect on what they’ve read in their notes. The notes are not graded, rather, they are a way for students to extend their thinking about the lesson content. Students may keep handwritten or typed notes.
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Assignments in this course place a strong emphasis on student inquiry, research and writing, and assessment is based on teacher-graded writing projects. Links to outside web sites play a major role in course activities. Please note that we are not responsible for these websites since their content and availability are not within our control. This course has 1 semester-length unit containing 28 instructional lessons and 18 projects. Most lessons in this course are designed to take 1-2 days to complete, while most projects take 2-3 days. 
COURSE OVERVIEW
  1.  Defining Physical Fitness
  2.  Principles of Training
  3.  Project: Principles of Training
  4.  Risk Factors and Behaviors
  5.  Project: Risk Factors and Behaviors
  6.  Balance and Flexibility
  7.  How the Heart Works
  8.  Project: How the Heart Works
  9.  Muscular Strength and Endurance
  10.  Evaluating Your Fitness Level
  11.  Nutrition
  12.  Project: Nutrition
  13.  Weight Management
  14.  Responsible Choices
  15.  Project: Responsible Choices
  16.  Handling Your Stress
  17.  Exercise Safety
  18.  Soccer
  19.  Project: Soccer
  20.  Basketball Overview
  21.  Project: Basketball Overview
  22.  Understanding Football
  23.  Project: Understanding Football
  24.  Modern Baseball
  25.  Project: Modern Baseball
  26.  Baseball History
  27.  Project: Baseball History
  28.  Volleyball
  29.  Project: Volleyball
  30.  Title IX and Gender Issues in Sports
  31.  Project: Title IX and Gender Issues in Sports
  32.  Olympics
  33.  Project: Olympics
  34.  Controversy in the Olympic Games
  35.  Project: Controversy in the Olympic Games
  36.  Golf
  37.  Project: Golf
  38.  Tennis
  39.  Swimming
  40.  Project: Swimming
  41.  Gymnastics
  42.  Running
  43.  Project: Running
  44.  Racewalking
  45.  Careers in Sports
  46.  Project: Careers in Sports
  47.  Test
  48.  Glossary and Credits