PARTICIPATION SKILLS & TECHNIQUES (PES)

Semester - Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Prerequisite: None

Participation and Skills is required for graduation. It is usually taken in 10th grade. It is a physical education class designed for students to learn and understand the necessary components to maintain a healthy level of fitness to ensure lifetime fitness. Students will participate in and/or refine activity-specific movement skills in five or more lifetime activities (e.g., outdoor pursuits, individual performance activities, non-traditional, net/wall games, or target games) and/or in dance forms (e.g., cultural and social occasions, ballet, modern, hip-hop, tap).

Essential Standards

Essential Standards

Participate in aerobic and anaerobic activities that will promote health-related activities. (PST.1.3)

Organize the stages of learning a motor skill or identify examples of social and technical dance forms. (PST.2.2)

Participate in a number of individual and team activities, demonstrating strategies and rules. (PST.2.5)

Review frequency, intensity, time, and type (FITT) guidelines as they apply to the development of physical fitness. (PST.3.12)

Describe how both proper nutrition and exercise are necessary for a lifelong healthy lifestyle, and the consequences of poor nutrition and inactivity. (PST.3.14)

Calculate target heart rate and apply information to a personal activity plan. (PST.3.10)

Analyze the mental, social, and psychological health benefits of a self-selected physical activity. (PST.5.1)

Communicate with fellow participants to solve conflicts without confrontation (e.g., bullying). (PST.4.6)

I Can Statement

I Can Statement

"I can" statements illustrate what students will be able to do as a result of taking this course.

I Can #1

I can participate in activities that will promote a healthy life.

I can organize the stages of learning motor skills.

I Can #2

I can participate in a number of individual and team activities.

I can review the FITT formula and how it applies to physical fitness.

I Can #3

I can describe how proper nutrition and exercise are necessary for a lifelong healthy lifestyle.

I can calculate my target heart rate and apply it to my activity plan.

I Can #4

I can analyze the mental, social, and psychological health benefits of a self-selected physical activity.

I can communicate with fellow participants to solve conflicts without confrontation.

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Additional Information

Additional Information

All students have to take this class. It's best to take this by Sophomore year.