Physical Best Activity Guide

Tuned to national standards and grade level outcomes outlined by SHAPE America, this guide helps students work toward physical literacy Broken up into 4 easily digestible sections, it offers best practices and cutting-edge content along with strategies to integrate into existing programs.

• Part 1 provides a detailed overview of activity, behavior, motivation, and basic training principles.
• Part 2 dives into the health aspect of fitness from cardiorespiratory endurance to body composition and offers tips for addressing components of fitness within your program.
• Part 3 delves into actionable strategies for employing health education into any fitness program, including best practices, inclusivity, and more.
• Part 4 offers assessment strategies for effective teaching and health-related programming based on knowledge of previously covered fitness concepts.

Book is 376 pages. It also includes online resources featuring dozens of activities designed specifically for elementary or secondary students and a digital teacher’s guide that presents relevant research on physical activity as it relates to academic performance. It uses specialized methods to help teachers incorporate this concept into classes, including student assessment materials and appendices with reproducible materials and tabulated information

Physical Best Guide Contents

Activity Finder

Preface

Acknowledgments

• Chapter 1. Introduction to Physical Best
• Chapter 2. Creating Physical Activity Behaviors That Last a Lifetime
• Chapter 3. Basic Training Principles
• Chapter 4. Exploring Nutrition for Student Health
• Chapter 5. Cardiorespiratory Endurance
• Chapter 6. Body Composition
• Chapter 7. Flexibility
• Chapter 8. Muscular Strength and Endurance
• Chapter 9. Integrating Health-Related Fitness Education into the Curriculum
• Chapter 10. Employing Best Practices for Teaching
• Chapter 11. Including Everyone
• Chapter 12. Overview of Assessment and Assessing the Cognitive and Affective Domains

Digital Teacher’s Guide Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

• Part I: Foundations of Health-Related Fitness and Physical Activity
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to Physical Best
  • Chapter 2. Physical Activity Behavior and Motivation
  • Chapter 3. Basic Training Principles
  • Chapter 4. Nutrition
• Part II: Components of Health-Related Fitness
  • Chapter 5. Aerobic Fitness
  • Chapter 6. Muscular Strength and Endurance
  • Chapter 7. Flexibility
  • Chapter 8. Body Composition
• Part III: Curriculum and Teaching Methods
  • Chapter 9. Integrating Health-Related Physical Fitness Education Into the Curriculum
  • Chapter 10. Teaching Styles and Strategies
  • Chapter 11. Including Everyone
• Part IV: Foundations of Assessment in Health-Related Fitness and Physical Activity
  • Chapter 12. Principles of Assessment
  • Chapter 13. Assessing Health-Related Fitness and Physical Activity
  • Chapter 14. Assessing the Cognitive and Affective Domains
• Appendix A: Worksheets and Reproducibles
• Appendix B: Nutrient Content Claims
• Appendix C: Exercises for Prepuberty
• Appendix D: Alternatives for Questionable Exercises
• Appendix E: Body Mass and Body Composition Measures
• Appendix F: Student Asthma Action Card