Lifetime Fitness and Wellness Pursuits A

Lifetime Fitness and Wellness Pursuits A is the first course of a two-semester series. The course is designed to build a foundation for personal fitness, physical literacy, lifetime wellness, and healthy living. Students will apply the knowledge and skills to demonstrate mastery of concepts needed to achieve lifetime wellness. They will also participate in a variety of physical activities to understand how to attain personal fitness and lifetime wellness.

Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 

• apply physiological and fitness, and basic biomechanical principles related to exercise and training 
• apply appropriate practices and procedures to improve skills in various fitness activities safely 
• perform skills and appropriate techniques at basic level of competency 
• modify movement during performance using appropriate internal and external feedback 
• explain various methods to achieve personal fitness 
• demonstrate appropriate safety procedures and explain the relationship between hydration, physical activity, and environmental conditions 
• identify and describe harmful or unsafe exercise techniques 
• explain the relationship between physical fitness and wellness 
• participate in a variety of activities that develop health-related physical fitness 

• Interactive Notebook – In the form of a small composition notebook, a spiral notebook, or loose-leaf paper kept in a binder. 
• Pencil or Pen – In order to do well in the course, you must take notes, sketch diagrams and graphs, and solve problems when instructed to do so. 
• Internet Access 

Note: This course does not require a textbook. 

Each semester contains 5 units and one final exam. 

Each Unit contains: 

• 2-4 lessons. Each lesson includes some or all of the following components: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. 
• Self-assessments to help you check your own understanding of the material covered in each lesson. You must complete these assessments in order to advance in the course. 
• 3 to 4 graded assignments 

The final examination is comprehensive; it covers the material from all 5 units. To pass the course, you must receive a grade of 70 percent or better. You can apply to take the Final Exam after 100 percent of your graded assignments have been submitted, and at least 70 percent have been graded and returned to you. 

Format: Multiple-choice, online
Time Allowed: 3 hours 
Materials Allowed: none 

Topic 1: Movement Patterns and Movement Skills-Physiological Principles 
Topic 2: Movement Patterns and Movement Skills-Biomechanical Principles 
Topic 3: Performance Strategies-Application and Performance 
Topic 4: Performance Strategies-Modifying and Explaining  
Topic 5: Health, Physical Activity, and Fitness Principles