Health & Fitness 08

"The best way to get something done is to begin." -Author Unknown

Course Description

This course will provide you with practice in diverse sports skills and game strategy, leading to a  physically active lifestyle. You will explore nutrition and peer pressure while learning how to make  effective decisions.

Our Schedule / Staying on Pace
The due dates for your class assignments are here.  Please be sure to stay on-task with your work.  You can do so by working through the assignments that are "Due Soon" on your Home Page.  You are expected to complete all of your work in order, and on time.  You're welcome to work ahead, but try not to fall behind.  It's always more difficult to catch up than it is to stay on track.  Contact me if you have any questions!

M/J Fitness - Grade 8

Syllabus

Description:

Team sports, extreme sports, and outdoor sports are among the types of activities students learn about and participate in during this course! This interactive, highly animated course helps students learn safety rules for exercise, how to improve skills, and how to establish and accomplish goals. It also provides an overview of many dual, team, extreme, and outdoor sports.

Students have the opportunity to earn a national award by participating in the Presidential Fitness Challenge. Practicing game strategy to improve the chance of winning in competition, improving sport skill and performance, diversity in sports, nutrition, peer pressure, and making good choices balance out the topics students discover in this course. Fitness logs help students monitor physical activities. Students complete projects that lead to the knowledge, skills, and values they need to implement and maintain a physically active lifestyle.

Estimated Completion Time:

1 segment / 12–16 weeks

Course Assessment and Participation Requirements:

To achieve success, students are expected to submit work in each course weekly. Students can learn at their own pace; however, “any pace” still means that students must make progress in the course every week. To measure learning, students complete self-checks, practice lessons, multiple choice questions, projects, discussion-based assessments, and discussions. Students are expected to maintain regular contact with teachers; the minimum requirement is monthly. When teachers, students, and parents work together, students are successful.

Course Materials

You will need the following items to complete this course:

• Flash 9.0 or higher
• Java
• Disk space on your computer as well as external device to back up your files (flash drive, external hard drive, CD-Rom, etc.)
• Printer
• Discovery Education

Traditional Pace Guide

Vacation

The course pace guide contains two floating vacation weeks. These weeks can be used as you need them.

• Taking time off from course work is an individual choice and is not required.
• Please discuss your plans for taking time off with your instructor before you take the time off.
• Informing your instructor before using the time off will allow proper documentation of your absence from the course. If you have any questions about the pace guides, don't hesitate to talk to your instructor!

Traditional Pace

Week	Lesson
1	01.01 01.02 01.03
2	01.04 01.05
3	01.06 01.07 01.08
4	02.01 02.02 02.03
5	02.04 02.05 02.06
6	02.07 02.08
7	03.01 03.02
8	03.03 03.04
9	03.05 03.06
10	04.01 04.02
11	04.03 04.04
12	04.05 04.06
13	05.01 05.02
14	05.03 05.04
15	05.05 05.06
16	Segment exam
17	Floating vacation week
18	Floating vacation week

Getting Started

This is a great page to print for future reference. The suggestions given here can be used all year.

Organizing your WorkSpace

Before you start doing work . . .

• Get a notebook for your hard copies that you are instructed to keep throughout the course.
• Create a folder on your computer to keep your assignments. You will file word documents that are submitted throughout the course. If you do not know how to set up new folders on your hard drive, please ask the tech expert in your household or call your teacher.
• Make sure you have a space to work at home. Be sure to stock your workspace with pencils, pens, paper, and a printer. If you are working in a lab at school, be sure that you bring all your materials with you so you will be able to work efficiently during your time in the lab.
• There are two items you will want to always have at your fingertips. Keep a copy of your schedule for the course and a contact sheet for your instructor. These items will answer the most often asked questions, "Where am I supposed to be in the course?" and "How can I reach my teacher?"

Organizing your Time

The most common mistake of online students is to mismanage their time. When you are working independently, it becomes your responsibility to manage your learning. This is probably a new experience for most of you. Here are some tips for making the most of your time.

• Make a schedule.
  This is particularly important if you are involved in a lot of school or extracurricular activities. You can plan that it will take you about 5 hours per week to do your required assignments. This can be managed in many ways.
• Become familiar with your teacher's schedule.
  Although your instructor is available to you many times during the day, evening, and weekend, there will be "office hours" that will enable you to get a quicker response. It will not always be possible for you to work during your teacher's hours but if you can arrange your schedule to do so, you may have better access to help.
• Stay focused on the task at hand.
  Do not search the web, play games, chat with your friends, or watch TV while you are working. All of these activities may make it seem that you are "working" on your computer, but in actuality you will not be getting anywhere in the course.

Maximizing your Learning

You probably were never aware of the "order of things" in your classroom. Since your teacher was doing the "guiding," you may not have realized that reviewing the homework came before a new lesson for a reason. There are ways to maximize your learning. Here are some tips:

• Check your e-mail before you start working. You may have a note from your teacher that will change what you work on for the day.
• Check your e-mail daily. This is your instructor's way to communicate.
• Look at your reviewed work . Any work with a zero or low grade probably has comments on how to make it better. You can then resubmit it for a better grade.
• Look at your schedule and decide what lesson you want to complete during your work time. Go to the lesson. Call your teacher if you are not getting it.
• Once a week, you should check your gradebook . This will help you organize your completion of assignments. You should never take a test or move on in the course until you have completed all the assignments in the module.

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