Health Enrichment Syllabus

Class Objective

For each student to better understand their own health and fitness needs

through basic health/nutrition knowledge, anatomy/physiology, and by creating,

maintaining, and modifying their individual health program throughout the school year.

Topics	Estimated Time Frame
Goals – How they help me be successful. FITT principle	August-September
5 Areas of Health Related Fitness Functional Anatomy	September-October
Functional Physiology What is a lever?	October
Aerobic Fitness Aerobic Fitness Activities	November-December
Flexibility	December
Body Composition/Image	January
Nutrition/Supplements	February
Resistance Training – concepts to application	March-May

Important Due Dates

Goals

× 3 Fitness/Nutrition Goals:

o First Draft – Wednesday, September 2^nd

o Final Draft – Wednesday, September 9^th

× Reflective paper #1 – Wednesday, October 21^st

× Reflective paper #2 – Wednesday, January 6^th

× Reflective paper #3 – Wednesday, March 10^th

× Reflective paper #4 – Wednesday, May 12^th

× Cumulative paper – Wednesday, May 19^th

Article Critiques

2 per quarter on given topics –

Due Dates:

× Friday, October 16^th

× Friday, December 18^th

× Friday, March 5^th

× Friday, May 7^th