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Content Area: Health and Physical Education
Index: 2.6B Grade 8 CPI 3
Standard: 2.6 - Fitness
Strand: B - Training
Cumulative Progress Indicator: 3 - The student will describe and demonstrate various training methods, including isotonic, isometric, interval, and circuit methods.
Grade: 8
Sample Activities:
· TRAIN FOR GAIN - For this activity, create a six-station aerobic circuit lasting 30 minutes. Students complete the circuit and related activities two to five times per week for six weeks. Each time the students participate in the circuit, they perform the designated activities for one minute with a one minute break between circuits. At each new interval, students record their pulse rate. Following the six week training circuit, students graph their pulse rates and include the graph in a report detailing the rationale for the physiological effects that occurred.
· MINI FITNESS CIRCUIT - Divide the class into groups of five students. Assign each group a health-related fitness component. Each group develops several tasks aimed at improving one area of health-related fitness and selects one activity to demonstrate to the class. As the rest of the class participates in the activity, the group monitors their performance. Each student selects one activity he/she likes best and writes a plan, including goals, to improve personal performance.
· INTRODUCING INTERVALS - One way to increase cardiorespiratory fitness is to participate in interval training. For this activity, you need a 400-meter track or an area marked at 400 meters and 200 meters. Students run 400 meters and then walk 200 meters for recovery before running 400 meters a second time. Explain that students should pace themselves (e.g., run the 400 in about 90 seconds with a 2.5 minute recovery walk). Repeat four cycles. After students have completed the run-walk cycles, students jump rope until their heart rate reaches 80% of the MHR for two minutes. When their heart rate reaches that point, students begin a rest period (walking) until their heart rate returns to 120 beats per minute (about two minutes). Repeat this for two cycles. Reconvene the class, cool down, and discuss the benefits of interval training. Ask students the following questions:
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Why does interval training build cardiorespiratory fitness?
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