Fitness in the phys ed curriculum
Physical fitness is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle. The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 9 & 10: Health and Physical Education (1999) offers an opportunity for students to demonstrate improvements in their physical fitness. Below you will find Curriculum Expectations tied to physical fitness from the1999 Grade 9 Curriculum Document.
Curriculum Expectations
1999: Active Living: Overall Expectation (OE) #2
By the end of the course, students will demonstrate improvement in personal health-related physical fitness.
Specific Expectations linked to OE #2
By the end of the course, students will:
– monitor personal plans for daily, health-related fitness activities (e.g., self-designed or computerized programs) that reflect their personal fitness
goals;
– participate in personal health-related fitness programs;
– maintain or improve personal fitness levels by participating in vigorous physical activities for sustained periods of time (e.g.,a minimum of two ten
minute periods or one twenty minute time period for a minimum of four times a week);
– monitor exercise intensity (e.g., using a manual or computerized heart-rate monitor, breath sound check, talk test);
Curriculum Expectations
1999: Active Living: Overall Expectation (OE) #2
By the end of the course, students will demonstrate improvement in personal health-related physical fitness.
Specific Expectations linked to OE #2
By the end of the course, students will:
– monitor personal plans for daily, health-related fitness activities (e.g., self-designed or computerized programs) that reflect their personal fitness
goals;
– participate in personal health-related fitness programs;
– maintain or improve personal fitness levels by participating in vigorous physical activities for sustained periods of time (e.g.,a minimum of two ten
minute periods or one twenty minute time period for a minimum of four times a week);
– monitor exercise intensity (e.g., using a manual or computerized heart-rate monitor, breath sound check, talk test);