High School Health PA Core Standards

Game Strategies

Scientific Principles That Affect Movement

Principles of Exercise/Training

Practice Strategies

Motor Skill Development

Movement Skills and Concepts

Concepts, Principles and Strategies of Movement

Physical Activity and Group Interaction

Physical Activity and Motor Skill Improvement

Physical Activity Preferences

Responses of the Body Systems to Physical Activity

Effects of Regular Participation

Physical Activities That Promote Health and Fitness

Physical Activity

Safe Practices in Physical Activity

Strategies to Avoid/Manage Conflict

Emergency Responses/Injury Management

Safe/Unsafe Practices

Safety and Injury Prevention

Health and the Environment

Decision-making Skills

Health Information and the Media

Health Information and Consumer Choices

Health Practices, Products and Services

Healthful Living

Health Problems and Disease Prevention

Alcohol, Tobacco and Chemical Substances

Nutrition

Interaction of Body Systems

Stages of Growth and Development

Concepts of Health

Evaluate factors that impact growth and development during adulthood and late adulthood.<ul><li>acute and chronic illness</li><li>communicable and non-communicable disease</li><li>health status</li><li>relationships (e.g., marriage, divorce, loss)</li><li>career choice</li><li>aging process</li><li>retirement</li></ul>

Evaluate factors that impact the body systems and apply protective/preventive strategies.<ul><li>fitness level</li><li>environment (e.g., pollutants, available health care)</li><li>health status (e.g., physical, mental, social)</li><li>nutrition</li></ul>

Analyze factors that impact nutritional choices of adults.<ul><li>cost</li><li>food preparation (e.g., time, skills)</li><li>consumer skills (e.g., understanding food labels, evaluating fads)</li><li>nutritional knowledge</li><li>changes in nutritional requirements (e.g., age, physical activity level)</li></ul>

Evaluate issues relating to the use/non-use of drugs.<ul><li>psychology of addiction</li><li>social impact (e.g., cost, relationships)</li><li>chemical use and fetal development</li><li>laws relating to alcohol, tobacco and chemical substances </li><li>impact on the individual</li><li>impact on the community</li></ul>

Identify and analyze factors that influence the prevention and control of health problems.<ul><li> research</li><li>medical advances</li><li>technology</li><li> government policies/regulations</li></ul>

Evaluate health care products and services that impact adult health practices.

Assess factors that impact adult health consumer choices.<ul><li>access to health information</li><li>access to health care</li><li>cost</li><li>safety</li></ul>

Compare and contrast the positive and negative effects of the media on adult personal health and safety.

Examine and apply a decision-making process to the development of short and long-term health goals.

Analyze the interrelationship between environmental factors and community health.<ul><li>public health policies and laws/health promotion and disease prevention </li><li>individual choices/maintenance of environment</li><li>recreational opportunities/health status</li></ul>

Assess the personal and legal consequences of unsafe practices in the home, school or community.<ul><li>loss of personal freedom</li><li>personal injury</li><li>loss of income</li><li>impact on others</li><li>loss of motor vehicle operator's license</li></ul>

Analyze and apply strategies for the management of injuries.<ul><li>CPR</li><li>advanced first aid</li></ul>

Analyze the impact of violence on the victim and surrounding community.

Evaluate the benefits, risks and safety factors associated with self-selected life-long physical activities.

Identify and use safe practices in physical activity settings (e.g., proper equipment, knowledge of rules, sun safety, guidelines of safe play, warm-up, cool-down).

Evaluate and engage in an individualized physical activity plan that supports achievement of personal fitness and activity goals and promotes life-long participation.

Analyze the effects of regular participation in a self-selected program of moderate to vigorous physical activities.<ul><li>social</li><li>physiological</li><li>psychological</li></ul>

Evaluate how changes in adult health status may affect the responses of the body systems during moderate to vigorous physical activity.<ul><li>aging</li><li>injury </li><li>disease</li></ul>

Evaluate factors that affect physical activity and exercise preferences of adults.<ul><li>personal challenge</li><li> physical benefits</li><li>finances</li><li> motivation</li><li>access to activity</li><li>self-improvement</li></ul>

Analyze the interrelationships among regular participation in physical activity, motor skill improvement and the selection and engagement in lifetime physical activities.

Assess and use strategies for enhancing adult group interaction in physical activities.<ul><li>shared responsibility</li><li>open communication</li><li>goal setting</li></ul>

Apply knowledge of movement skills, skill-related fitness and movement concepts to identify and evaluate physical activities that promote personal lifelong participation.

Incorporate and synthesize knowledge of motor skill development concepts to improve the quality of motor skills.<ul><li>open and closed skills</li><li>short-term and long-term memory</li><li>aspects of good performance</li></ul>

Evaluate the impact of practice strategies on skill development and improvement.

Incorporate and synthesize knowledge of exercise principles, training principles and health and skill-related fitness components to create a fitness program for personal use.

Evaluate movement forms for appropriate application of scientific and biomechanical principles.<ul><li>efficiency of movement</li><li>mechanical advantage</li><li>kinetic energy</li><li>potential energy</li><li>inertia</li><li>safety</li></ul>

Analyze the application of game strategies for different categories of physical activities.<ul><li>individual</li><li>team</li><li>lifetime</li><li>outdoor</li></ul>

Game Strategies

Scientific Principles That Affect Movement

Principles of Exercise/Training

Practice Strategies

Motor Skill Development

Movement Skills and Concepts

Concepts, Principles and Strategies of Movement

Physical Activity and Group Interaction

Physical Activity and Motor Skill Improvement

Physical Activity Preferences

Responses of the Body Systems to Physical Activity

Effects of Regular Participation

Physical Activities That Promote Health and Fitness

Physical Activity

Safe Practices in Physical Activity

Strategies to Avoid/Manage Conflict

Emergency Responses/Injury Management

Safe/Unsafe Practices

Safety and Injury Prevention

Health and the Environment

Decision-making Skills

Health Information and the Media

Health Information and Consumer Choices

Health Practices, Products and Services

Healthful Living

Health Problems and Disease Prevention

Alcohol, Tobacco and Chemical Substances

Nutrition

Interaction of Body Systems

Stages of Growth and Development

Concepts of Health

Analyze factors that impact growth and development between adolescence and adulthood.<ul><li>relationships (e.g., dating, friendships, peer pressure)</li><li>interpersonal communication</li><li>risk factors (e.g., physical inactivity, substance abuse, intentional/unintentional injuries, dietary patterns)</li><li>abstinence</li><li>STD and HIV prevention</li><li>community</li></ul>

Analyze the interdependence existing among the body systems.

Analyze factors that impact nutritional choices of adolescents.<ul><li>body image </li><li>advertising</li><li>dietary guidelines</li><li>eating disorders</li><li>peer influence</li><li>athletic goals</li></ul>

Analyze prevention and intervention strategies in relation to adolescent and adult drug use.<ul><li>decision-making/refusal skills</li><li>situation avoidance</li><li>goal setting</li><li>professional assistance (e.g., medical, counseling. support groups)</li><li>parent involvement</li></ul>

Analyze how personal choice, disease and genetics can impact health maintenance and disease prevention.

Identify and describe health care products and services that impact adolescent health practices.

Analyze the relationship between health-related information and adolescent consumer choices.<ul><li>tobacco products</li><li>weight control products</li></ul>

Analyze media health and safety messages and describe their impact on personal health and safety.

Analyze and apply a decision-making process to adolescent health and safety issues.

Explain the interrelationship between the environment and personal health.<ul><li>ozone layer/skin cancer</li><li>availability of health care/individual health</li><li>air pollution/respiratory disease</li><li>breeding environments/lyme disease/west nile virus</li></ul>

Identify and use safe practices in physical activity settings (e.g., proper equipment, knowledge of rules, sun safety, guidelines of safe play, warm-up, cool-down).

Analyze the role of individual responsibility for safe practices and injury prevention in the home, school and community.<ul><li>modes of transportation (e.g., pedestrian, bicycle, vehicular, passenger, farm vehicle, all-terrain vehicle)</li><li>violence prevention in school</li><li>self-protection in the home</li><li>self-protection in public places</li></ul>

Describe and apply strategies for emergency and long-term management of injuries. <ul><li>rescue breathing</li><li>water rescue</li><li>self-care</li><li>sport injuries</li></ul>

Analyze and apply strategies to avoid or manage conflict and violence during adolescence.<ul><li>effective negotiation</li><li>assertive behavior</li></ul>

Analyze the role of individual responsibility for safety during organized group activities.

Analyze and engage in physical activities that are developmentally/individually appropriate and support achievement of personal fitness and activity goals.

Analyze the effects of regular participation in moderate to vigorous physical activities in relation to adolescent health improvement.<ul><li>stress management</li><li>disease prevention</li><li>weight management</li></ul>

Analyze factors that affect the responses of body systems during moderate to vigorous physical activities.<ul><li>exercise (e.g., climate, altitude, location, temperature)</li><li>healthy fitness zone</li><li>indivdual fitness status (e.g., cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility)</li><li>drug/substance use/abuse</li></ul>

Analyze factors that affect physical activity preferences of adolescents.<ul><li>skill competence</li><li>social benefits</li><li>previous experience</li><li>activity confidence</li></ul>

Analyze factors that impact on the relationship between regular participation in physical activity and motor skill improvement.<ul><li>personal choice</li><li>developmental differences</li><li>amount of physical activity</li><li>authentic practice</li></ul>

Analyze the effects of positive and negative interactions of adolescent group members in physical activities.<ul><li>group dynamics</li><li>social pressure</li></ul>

Describe and apply the components of skill-related fitness to movement performance.<ul><li>agility</li><li>balance</li><li>coordination</li><li>power</li><li>reaction time</li><li>speed</li></ul>

Describe and apply concepts of motor skill development that impact the quality of increasingly complex movement.<ul><li>response selection</li><li>stages of learning a motor skill (i.e. verbal cognitive, motor, automatic)</li><li>types of skill (i.e. discrete, serial, continuous)</li></ul>

Identify and apply practice strategies for skill improvement.

Identify and describe the principles of training using appropriate vocabulary.<ul><li>specificity</li><li>overload</li><li>progression</li><li>aerobic/anaerobic</li><li>circuit/interval</li><li>repetition/set</li></ul>

Analyze and apply scientific and biomechanical principles to complex movements. <ul><li>centripetal/centrifugal force</li><li>linear motion</li><li>rotary motion </li><li>friction/resistance</li><li>equilibrium</li><li>number of moving segments</li></ul>

Describe and apply game strategies to complex games and physical activities.<ul><li>offensive strategies</li><li>defensive strategies</li><li>time management</li></ul>