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FiT Work #20 FitnessGram Test

Due Thursday, February 14 by 10pm. For FiT Work #20 we will focus on The California Physical Fitness Test more commonly known as FitnessGram Testing. What is the FitnessGram? FitnessGram is a fitness assessment and reporting program for youth, first developed by the Cooper Institute in response to the need for a comprehensive set of assessment procedures in physical education programs.The assessment includes a variety of health-related physical fitness tests that assess aerobic capacity; muscular strength, muscular endurance, and flexibility; and body composition. Scores from these assessments are compared to healthy fitness zone standards to determine students’ overall physical fitness and suggest areas for improvement when appropriate. The healthy fitness zone standards are not based on class averages or any other peer comparisons. They are what is called criterion-referenced standards that are based on recommended levels of fitness needed for good health. The standards ar...
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FiT Work #18 - First Aid and CPR

Due TUESDAY, 12/18 by 10 pm Knowing how to administer basic first aid and how to perform cardiopulmonary respiration (CPR) can literally save a life! But before entering into an emergency situation make sure you will not be in any danger ... remember you are there to help, not become a victim yourself. Once you know the area around a victim is safe there are general rules that should be followed as most injuries must be treated very quickly. To watch a video about  basic first aid  for emergencies such as head injury, nose bleed, heat stroke, choking, allergies, burns, bleeding, and unconsciousness click this  link . The two problems associated with someone having a heart attack, or going into cardiac arrest, are a lack of breathing and no pulse or heart beat. When the proper techniques are used a heart attack victim's heart begins beating again in 60-80% of cases. To watch a video about Hands-Only CPR click this  link . When you are ready to answer your h...
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Next Steps

Hello Students and Parents- During this period of distance learning, your physical education classes will be conducted online, just as your other classes. Our classes will follow the format below. Each day a workout video will be posted to our Google Classroom. You are expected to access and complete this workout daily. After the workout, you will need to complete your daily learning log, where you will reflect on the workout and provide evidence that you did the workout. FiT Works will be posted and required as homework as normal. The first will be assigned Monday, March 23 and will be due Friday, March 27th.  I will be checking each day at 3pm that you have accessed the day’s workout and completed your learning log. If you have not completed both by 3pm, you will be marked absent for that day. Academic Integrity It is vital during this time that we all remember and practice academic integrity. We have to trust that you are, in fact, doing the work that we ...
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