(Recorded Course) High School Health, Part I: Personal Fitness Dr. Kerrie Berends (Health Science)

How to get the most out of High School Health, Part I: Personal Fitness with Dr. Kerrie Berends:

  • First, read the course details below.

  • Prepare a notebook for note taking and homework.

  • Students begin the course by clicking on the "Recording" and watching the instructor's lecture for Class One.

  • Complete the Week One Activities.

  • If you need review, go back and watch the recording again and/or go over the PowerPoint.

  • Repeat until all classes are complete.

  • Once the course is completed to the parent's satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records. Homeschool Connections does not provide record keeping.  PLEASE NOTE that there is an Answer key for the quizzes and Grades will not populate in Moodle. You will need to keep your own record of grades for this course.

Total Classes: 7

Duration: 7 weeks

Prerequisite: None

Suggested Grade Level: 9 - 12

Suggested Credit: 1 high school credit (.5 for fitness and .5 for nutrition) when taken in a 14-week sequence with High School Personal Nutrition

Instructor: Dr. Kerrie Berends, Certified Exercise Physiologist

Course Description: High School Personal Fitness is a 7-week course covering all health-related aspects of physical fitness. Health-related components include flexibility, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and body composition. The course is designed to teach students in-depth concepts of physical fitness including physiological aspects, personal fitness programming, and complementary aspects to physical fitness including sleep, recovery, and a brief introduction to nutrition. This course is designed to be taken prior to and consecutively with High School Personal Nutrition, which is a companion course in equal length. Both courses together meet the requirements for 1 high school health credit.

Course Outline:

Week 1: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices: Physical Activity and Nutrition

Week 2: Embracing Physical Activity: A Complete Exercise Program

Week 3: Improving Your Aerobic Fitness 

Week 4: Enhancing Your Muscular Fitness

Week 5: Increasing Your Flexibility

Week 6: Sharpening Your Functional Fitness

Week 7: Putting it all Together to Meet the CDC Exercise Guidelines

Course Materials: Students will need to purchase ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness & Health-2nd Edition (the same text is used in High School Health, Part 2), ISBN-10: 149253367X or ISBN-13: 978-1492533672 (www.bookfinder.com or https://amzn.to/2T7OfYU). Additional online readings from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM: https://www.acsm.org/acsm-positions-policy/official-positions/ACSM-position-stands) will be assigned.

Homework: Students will have weekly assigned readings, fill-in-the-blank worksheets/study guides, weekly movement activities (a minimum of 30 minutes, three times a week), and a weekly quiz (answer key available for parents).  PLEASE NOTE that there is an Answer key for the quizzes and Grades will not populate in Moodle. You will need to keep your own record of grades for this course.

If you have any questions please contact us at homeschoolconnections@gmail.com.

©2023 Homeschool Connections and Dr. Kerrie Berends. All rights reserved. This course is designed by Dr. Kerrie Berends.

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