Health/Physical Education Curriculum

8th Grade

Course Purpose:

 Students will analyze how physical activity and personal health impact lifelong fitness and well-being.

Outcomes and Components:

HPE.8.1

 Students will analyze how human body systems interact to improve and maintain personal health.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)
  HPE.8.1.1 List the human body systems and describe how they function in relation to each other as well as our overall health. PE 23.A.3a
  HPE.8.1.2 Investigate and describe how the brain is affected by movement. PE 23.D.3a
  HPE.8.1.3 Examine the muscular system and design an activity to increase muscular strength.

PE 24.B.3a

 

105 ILCS 5/27-23.3

Academic Vocabulary: analyze, list, investigate, examine

Content Vocabulary: body systems, respiratory, cardiovascular, central nervous system, muscular, skeletal, digestive, brain hemispheres, cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem