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Overarching Standard:
Students assess and maintain a level of physical fitness to improve health and performance.

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Sustain continuous movement for an increasing period of time while participating in moderate to vigorous physical activities.

Overarching Standard:
Students demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health and performance.

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Compare target heart rate and perceived exertion during physical activity.

Overarching Standard:
Students demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health and performance.

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Measure and record the heart rate before, during, and after vigorous physical activity.

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Students demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health and performance.

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Explain how technology can assist in the pursuit of physical fitness.

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Students demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health and performance.

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Explain the benefits of stretching after warm-up activities.

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Students demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health and performance.

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Explain why body weight is maintained when calorie intake is equal to the calories expended.

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Students demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health and performance.

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Describe the short- and long-term benefits of maintaining body composition within the healthy fitness zone.

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Students demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health and performance.

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Identify the heart rate intensity (target heart-rate range) that is necessary to increase aerobic capacity.

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Students demonstrate knowledge of physical fitness concepts, principles, and strategies to improve health and performance.

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Determine the intensity of personal physical activity, using the concept of perceived exertion.

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Students demonstrate and utilize knowledge of psychological and sociological concepts, principles, and strategies that apply to the learning and performance of physical activity.

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Improve the level of performance on one component of health-related physical fitness and one identified motor skill by participating in fitness and skill development activities outside school.