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PHYSICAL EDUCATION I - MEN (9107)
PHYSICAL EDUCATION I - WOMEN (9313)
Elective – 9, 10
Credit .5 – Ea./Semester
*AHD - Physical Education
PREREQUISITE: None

Secondary Physical Education I continues the emphasis on health-related fitness and developing the skills and habits necessary for a lifetime of activity. This program includes skill development and the application of rules and strategies of complex difficulty in at least three of the following different movement forms: (1) health-related fitness activities (cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition), (2) aerobic exercise, (3) team sports, (4) individual and dual sports, (5) gymnastics, (6) outdoor pursuits, (7) self-defense, (8) aquatics, (9) dance, and (10) recreational games. Ongoing assessment includes both written and performance-based skill evaluations.

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION II - MEN (9117)
PHYSICAL EDUCATION II - WOMEN (9317)
Elective – 9, 10
Credit .5 – Ea./Semester
*AHD - Physical Education
PREREQUISITE: None

Secondary Physical Education II emphasizes a personal commitment to lifetime activity and fitness for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction. This course provides students with opportunities to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical fitness and increase their knowledge of fitness concepts. It includes at least three different movement forms without repeating those offered in Secondary Physical Education I. Movement forms may include: (1) health-related fitness activities (cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition), (2) aerobic exercise, (3) team sports, (4)individual and dual sports, (5) gymnastics, (6) outdoor pursuits, (7) self-defense, (8) aquatics, (9) dance, and (10) recreational games. Ongoing assessment includes both written and performance-based skill evaluations. This course will also include a discussion of related careers.

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ELECTIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION- MEN (9207, 9213)
Elective – 11, 12
(9213) Credit 1 – Ea./Semester
PREREQUISITE: Physical Education I, II - Men’s

Class emphasis is placed on individual sports. Skills and written tests, and leadership assignments are important components of the class.

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ELECTIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION/AEROBICS (9421) Elective – 11, 12
Credit 1 – Ea./Semester
PREREQUISITE: Physical Education I, II - Women’s or Men’s

This class is a one semester course open to boys or girls who have already completed their regular physical education requirements. An emphasis, about three days a week, is placed on aerobics: low-impact, high-impact, dance, step, and strength building. Leisure and team sport activities will occupy the remaining days. The class will also cover nutrition, injury and safety, heart rate, and proper technique. This course may be taken for more than one semester.
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ELECTIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION/WEIGHT LIFTING (9218, 9219)
Elective – 10, 11, 12
Credit 1 – Ea./Semester
PREREQUISITE: Physical Education I, II - Men’s or Women’s

This course is designed to develop strength, to increase coordination, power and speed of movement, and to improve endurance and agility. Four days each week are devoted to weight training, one day for an alternate activity. Class is open to boys and girls, and may be taken for more than one semester.

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HEALTH EDUCATION (9807)
Required – 9, 10
Credit 1 – Semester
*AHD – Health
PREREQUISITE: None

High school health education provides the basis for continued methods of developing knowledge, concepts, skills, behaviors, and attitudes related to student health and well-being. This course includes the major content areas in a planned, sequential, comprehensive health education curriculum as expressed in the Indiana Health Education Proficiency Guide: (1) Growth and Development; (2) Mental and Emotional Health; (3) Community and Environmental Health; (4) Nutrition; (5) Family Life Education; (6) Consumer Health; (7) Personal Health; (8) Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Education; (9) Intentional and Unintentional Injury; and (10) Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

Students are provided with opportunities to explore the effect of health behaviors on an individual’s quality of life. This course assists students in understanding that health is a lifetime commitment by analyzing individual risk factors and health decisions that promote health and prevent disease. Students are also encouraged to assume individual responsibility for becoming competent health consumers. A variety of instructional strategies, including technology, are used to further develop health literacy.

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