Health & Physical Education I

This course integrates a variety of health knowledge skills, and behaviors and provides students an opportunity to physically demonstrate their knowledge and skills in a variety of lifetime activities. Students will identify health resources and become advocates for a healthy lifestyle for themselves, family, and community. Students will demonstrate their knowledge to include emergency first aid and the use of an AED and hands-on practice of skills necessary to perform CPR. Areas of study include emotional, mental, social, and environmental health, safety and emergency preparedness, relationships, substance abuse and disease prevention, and family life education. Instruction will show the importance of energy balance and nutrition. Students will plan fitness goals and understand principles of exercise physiology, biomechanics, and anatomy to improve their personal fitness.