Chester Township Public Schools
Health & Physical Education

Health & PE - 8th Grade

Health & PE

The goal of our comprehensive health and physical education program in full compliance with New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards for Health and Physical Education and provide a quality program that empowers students to make informed decisions about issues that impact their present health, the health of their family and the health of society at-large and enable students to enact students-enhancing behaviors before damaging patterns are firmly established. These goal are designed to enhance students' ability to become cautious and competent consumers and to strengthen students' ability to recognize, analyze and react to unhealthy or dangerous situations in a safe and appropriate manner.

In addition the our goals seek to empower students to navigate through and around conflicting messages, risky students, and mounting pressures and to develop dependable support systems and assist students to recognize, understand, and address immediate or chronic health problems in order to prevent long-term health problems. It is our hope that our comprehensive health and physical education program will enable students to participate in students activities that promote, support and maintain wellness and promote a lifetime of participation in activities that promote health and well being..

Health education is a planned sequential, K-8 students that addresses the physical, mental, emotional and social dimensions of health. The curriculum is designed to motivate and assist students to maintain and improve their health , prevent disease, and reduce health-related risk behaviors.

Physical education is a planned K-8 curriculum that provides cognitive content and learning experiences in a variety of activity areas such as basic movement skills, physical fitness, rhythm and dance along with games, team dual and individual sports.


Health & PE

    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to describe the characteristics of skilled performance in a variety of physical activities. The students will continue to develop the ability and willingness to follow rules, adjust skills, and strategies to enable cooperative competition. (NJCCCS: 2.5).
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    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to modify and combine movement skills using movement concepts, biomechanical principles, and rhythm to improve performance in physical activities. The students will develop an understanding of ones body and mind to function efficiently through various activities ranging from daily tasks to physical exertion. (NJCCCS: 2.5).
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    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to describe and demonstrate the application of appropriate rules, strategies, and sportsmanship behaviors as a participant in and observer of physical activities. The students will understand rules, procedures, safety, and sportsmanship as needed to participate and observe lifetime activities. (NJCCCS: 2.5).
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    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to describe the components of health related fitness and how each contributes to wellness. The students will identify basic systems of the body to ones daily responsibilities for healthful living. (NJCCCS: 2.6).
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    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to discuss and apply basic principles of training to fitness activities. The students will basic performance in areas of flexibility, strength, endurance, speed and agility. (NJCCCS: 2.6).
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    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to assess physiological indicators of exercise before, during, and after physical activity, and describe how these can be used to monitor and improve performance. (NJCCCS: 2.6).
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    Fitness Concepts
The learner will be able to develop a personal fitness plan, using data from health assessments and fitness testing. (NJCCCS: 2.6).
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    Health: Human Sexuality and Family Life
The learner will be able to describe the significant development of each stage of human development with emphasis on the physical, emotional and social changes of adolescence. (NJCCCS: 2.4).
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    Health: Human Sexuality and Family Life
The learner will be able to describe the functioning of the human reproductive system and the physical and emotional changes that physical at puberty. (NJCCCS: 2.4).
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    Health: Human Sexuality and Family Life
The learner will be able to describe and discuss affection, love, commitment and sexual attraction, and the difference between having sexual feelings and acting on them. (NJCCCS: 2.4).
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    Health: Human Sexuality and Family Life
The learner will be able to discuss factors that support and sustain relationships such as friendships and marriage. (NJCCCS: 2.4).
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    Health: Growth and Development
The learner will be able to describe and demonstrate ways to access and present health information and ideas and analyze the information for information and reliability. (NJCCCS: 2.2).
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    Health: Growth and Development
The learner will be able to describe and demonstrate effective demonstrate skills, decision-making skills, refusal skills, negotiation skills, and assertiveness in situations that influence adolescent health and safety. (NJCCCS: 2.1, 2.2).
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    Health: Growth and Development
The learner will be able to analyze how health decisions and behaviors are influenced by family, peers, culture, and the media, and develop strategies that support effective decision-making and safe behavior. (NJCCCS: 2.2).
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    Health: Growth and Development
The learner will be able to describe how health goals are influenced by changes that health throughout the life cycle. (NJCCCS 2.2).
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    Health: Violence Prevention
The learner will be able to analyze the causes of conflict and analyze behavior in youth and adults, and describe nonviolent strategies for individuals and groups to prevent and resolve conflict. (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2).
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    Health: Violence Prevention
The learner will be able to describe the impact of crisis, stress, rejection, separation, and loss, and develop coping strategies for each. (NJCCCS: 2.2).
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    Health: Growth and Development
The learner will be able to define genes and the concept of heredity. (NJCCCS: 2.1, 2.2).
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    Movement Concepts
The learner will be able to explain the personal benefits of making positive health decisions and monitor progress towards personal wellness. (NJCCCS: 2.5).
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    Health: Violence Prevention
The learner will be able to describe the power of the individual in reducing violence and identify situations where individuals can become active about violence prevention. (NJCCCS 2.1, 2.2 ).
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    Health: Violence Prevention
The learner will be able to explain the signs of abuse in relationships, including emotional abuse and physical physical, and identify the available resources in schools and the local community, such as counselors, law enforcement, and faith-based groups. (NJCCCS: 2.1,2.2, 2.4).
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