Grade 9 - Health & PE
Health A - Semester 1 (Credit: 0.50)In this course, students acquire the knowledge and skills they need to lead a healthy life. Semester A focuses on the impact of personal decisions on the student's own health. Students learn how to find, evaluate, and use reliable information related to a variety of health topics. They also study the basic science behind nutrition, exercise, stress, and psychology, and examine how these factors affect a person's overall health.
Major Concepts:
Analyzing Health Information
Strategies for Coping with Stress
Psychological/Mental Health
Suicide Risks and Prevention
Effects of Nutrition on Overall Health
Practical Approaches to Better Nutrition
Physical Fitness
Health B - Semester 2 (Credit: 0.50)Semester B focuses on the developmental aspects of being human and healthy. Students learn about some of the more dramatic changes that the human body experiences from birth to death. They explore topics related to aging and sexuality and identify ways to remain healthy and safe throughout life's major events and challenges. As in Semester A, this part of the course emphasizes what students can do to improve or maintain their own health and encourages them to be a positive influence on family and friends. Each lesson helps identify ways that students might use what they have learned in the lesson in their own lives.
Major Concepts:
Substance Abuse
Sexuality and Reproductive Health
Infectious Diseases
Cancer Types and Risk Reduction
Human Development and Aging
Death and Dying
Stages of Grief
Physical Education A - Semester 1 (Credit: 0.50)SEMESTER 1: Physical Education encompasses learning how to live and maintain a healthy lifestyle. This course covers physical fitness, why it is important, how to have a healthy attitude, and how to stick with a healthy game plan. In this ever-changing world, physical fitness becomes more important and more difficult to find the time for. This course allows the student to discover how to make physical fitness not only a part of their daily life, but also see that it is attainable. This course leads the student to discover healthy behaviors and sets the tone for physical fitness as well as healthy exercise. PE for a Healthy Lifestyle will examine the emotional, physical, and scientific factors that influence physical performance. This course is designed for anyone, ranging from the beginner to advanced abilities.
Major Concepts:
Fitness and Health Concepts
FITT Principles
Biomechanics Principles
Health and Fitness Plans
Weight Training
Nutrition
Physical Education B - Semester 2 (Credit: 0.50)SEMESTER 2: Physical Education encompasses learning how to live and maintain a healthy lifestyle. This course covers physical fitness, why it is important, how to have a healthy attitude, and how to stick with a healthy game plan. In this ever-changing world, physical fitness becomes more important and more difficult to find the time for. This course allows the student to discover how to make physical fitness not only a part of their daily life, but also see that it is attainable. This course leads the student to discover healthy behaviors and sets the tone for physical fitness as well as healthy exercise. PE for a Healthy Lifestyle will examine the emotional, physical, and scientific factors that influence physical performance. This course is designed for anyone, ranging from the beginner to advanced abilities.
Major Concepts:
Sportsmanship & Safety
Sports Strategies
Skill-Related Fitness
Movement Skills
Individual & Team Excellence
Rhythmic Movement
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