Physical Education (2010): Grade 8
Demonstrate competency in motor and movement skills needed to perform a variety of physical activities.
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Demonstrate competent skills for participation in modified team activities (e.g., basketball, volleyball, softball, ultimate Frisbee).
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Demonstrate competent skills for participation in individual and dual activities (golf, Frisbee, bowling, racquet/paddle sports, Native Youth Olympics games)
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Demonstrate competent skills for participation in non-competitive individual activities (e.g., weight training/resistance training, swimming, exercise).
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Demonstrate competency for participation in rhythmic activities (e.g., social, folk, Native dances).
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Demonstrate competency for participation in adventure/outdoor activities (e.g., orienteering, snowshoeing, skating).
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Explore Alaskan cultural physical activities (e.g., Native Youth Olympics games and dances).
Apply movement concepts to the learning and performance of physical activities.
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Identify critical elements of skill for selected movement forms.
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Detect and correct errors in personal performance in a variety of activities.
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Explain at least two game tactics involved in playing team, dual, and individual activities.
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Use offensive and defensive strategies while participating in modified team, individual and dual sports.
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Design a game that incorporates skills and tactics that can be played by all students.
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Implement strategies and safety procedures for success while participating in physical activity (e.g., use a spotter when lifting weights, shift gears one at a time while climbing a hill on a bicycle).
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Identify major muscle groups utilized in a variety of movements.
Participate regularly in physical activity.
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Recognize and understand the significance of physical activity in the maintenance of a healthy lifestyle.
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Set SMART goals, (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time sensitive) for participation in activities of own choosing.
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Maintain a physical activity log for a designated period of time (e.g., weight training charts, steps during the day, time engaged in physical activity).
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Use current technology (e.g., pedometers, Wii Fitness, Dance-Dance-Revolution) to monitor physical activity to meet personal goals.
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Identify local, state, national, and international fitness and recreational organizations (e.g., YMCA, United States Cycling Federation, Special Olympics Alaska, Challenge Alaska, and Alpine Alternatives, CITC, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS).
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Maintain an outside-of-class physical activity journal based upon units of study.
Apply fitness concepts to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of personal fitness.
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Monitor heart rate before, during, and after various intensity levels of physical activity.
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Compare the fitness benefits of a variety of activities.
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Improve and achieve age appropriate fitness standards defined in a selected program (e.g., Fitnessgram, Brockport, President's Fitness Test).
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Demonstrate personal fitness by participating in activities to improve specific fitness components (cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength, muscular endurance, body composition, and flexibility).
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Formulate meaningful personal fitness SMART goals based on the results of fitness testing.
Exhibit personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity settings.
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Demonstrate appropriate behavior in physical activity settings.
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Demonstrate concern for safety of self and others during games and activities.
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Demonstrate self-control and sportsmanship/etiquette during games and activities (e.g., accepting controversial decisions).
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Accommodate individual differences. (e.g., ability levels, gender, ethnicity, disability among people, and physical activities of a variety of actions, culture, and ethnic origins).
Value physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction.
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Identify several reasons why participation in physical activities is enjoyable and desirable.
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Reflect on reasons for choosing to participate in selected physical activities (e.g., health, challenge, self-expression, social interaction, personal goal).
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Enjoy working alone or with others in a sport or physical activity to achieve a goal.
Frequently asked questions
- What grade levels do these standards cover?
- Grade 8
- When were these standards adopted?
- 2010
- Where can I read the official document?
- Alaska Physical Education Standards
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