The new Physical Best Activity Guide-Secondary Level contains the information you need to help grade 6-12 students gain the knowledge, skills, appreciation, and confidence to lead physically active, healthy lives. All the activities have been developed and used successfully by physical educators across the U.S. And all are designed to help your students meet NASPE’s National Physical Education standards for health-related fitness. You’ll find more than 60 ready-to-use instructional activities covering aerobic fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition. All of the activities
• stress class management,
• keep group instruction and demonstration to a minimum,
• maximize time on task, and
• allow for frequent individual feedback to students.
Plus, the activities are fun and relevant for the students! You’ll find competitive and non-competitive, demanding and less demanding activities--a diversity that encourages full student participation. Suggestions for extension and inclusion round out the instructional activities.
The Activity Guide also features a complete review of the teaching principles underlying an effective health-related fitness curriculum, including special topics like motivation, nutrition, and providing appropriate and authentic assessment.
The Physical Best Activity Guide-Secondary Level will save you immeasurable time and effort and assure you’re using high quality, effective instructional activities to achieve your teaching goals. You’ll help students understand why physical activity is important to their health and empower them to do something about it!
