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High School Health, Part I: Personal Fitness Dr. Kerrie Berends (Health Science)
Recorded course taught by Kerrie Berends for High School Health Science
Summary

Instructor: Dr. Kerrie Berends, Certified Exercise Physiologist

Course Description: High School Personal Fitness is a 7-week course covering all health-related aspects of physical fitness. Health-related components include flexibility, cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and body composition. The course is designed to teach students in-depth concepts of physical fitness including physiological aspects, personal fitness programming, and complementary aspects to physical fitness including sleep, recovery, and a brief introduction to nutrition. This course is designed to be taken prior to and consecutively with High School Personal Nutrition, which is a companion course in equal length. Both courses together meet the requirements for 1 high school health credit.

Total classes

7

Duration

45 minutes

Prerequisites

None

Suggested grade level

9 - 12

Suggested credit

1 high school credit (.5 for fitness and .5 for nutrition) when taken in a 14-week sequence with High School Personal Nutrition

Outline

Course Outline:

Week 1: Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices: Physical Activity and Nutrition

Week 2: Embracing Physical Activity: A Complete Exercise Program

Week 3: Improving Your Aerobic Fitness

Week 4: Enhancing Your Muscular Fitness

Week 5: Increasing Your Flexibility

Week 6: Sharpening Your Functional Fitness

Week 7: Putting it all Together to Meet the CDC Exercise Guidelines

Materials

Students will need to purchase ACSM's Complete Guide to Fitness & Health-2nd Edition (the same text is used in High School Health, Part 2), ISBN-10: 149253367X or ISBN-13: 978-1492533672 (www.bookfinder.com or https://amzn.to/2T7OfYU). Additional online readings from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM: https://www.acsm.org/acsm-positions-policy/official-positions/ACSM-position-stands) will be assigned.

Homework

Students will have weekly assigned readings, fill-in-the-blank worksheets/study guides, weekly movement activities (a minimum of 30 minutes, three times a week), and a weekly quiz (answer key available for parents).  PLEASE NOTE that there is an Answer key for the quizzes and Grades will not populate in Caravel. You will need to keep your own record of grades for this course.)

Course name
High School Health, Part I: Personal Fitness Dr. Kerrie Berends (Health Science)
Instructor
Kerrie Berends
Semester
Recorded
Category
Science ➤ Health Science
Grade levels
High School
Start time
January 22nd, 2019 at 12:00 AM ET
Course type
Recorded, free with subscription
Relative due dates
Relative due dates are disabled for this course.
Enhanced quiz security
Enhanced assignment security

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Kerrie Berends
kerrie.berends@gmail.com

About Kerrie Berends

Kerrie Berends, PhD, has worked in the health and wellness field for over 30 years and has extensive education and experience teaching homeschoolers, K-12 public students, university students, and individuals with disabilities and diseases. She holds two Masters degrees (Adapted PE and Teaching) and Doctorate in Kinesiology. Dr. Berends holds industry certifications in Exercise Physiology and is a Certified Fitness Nutrition Coach and Sports Nutrition Specialist (NESTA) and has published research in the area of nutrition. She is also certified in self-defence by R.A.D. Systems and teaches women's self-defense at the college level. Dr. Berends is currently full time professor and administrator at a private university and lives with her husband in Michigan. Her three homeschooled (graduated) children are now each accomplished with their own careers as a post-baccalaureate video and audio tech, a US Navy submarine electrician's mate, and a full-time preschool teacher.

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