Welcome to Physical Education at Brodhead Middle School!
Goals:
1) To reduce the percentage of childhood obesity.
2) To help the students achieve or maintain a healthy weight and level of fitness.
3) To teach students life-long activity.
4) To teach the students the importance of being physically active.
5) To teach the students the components of fitness.
Focuses:
1) The Components of Health-Related Fitness
2) The Components of Skill-Related Fitness
3) Team & Individual Sports
Fitness Gram Testing
The Fitness Gram Tests check to see if the students are in the healthy zone, needs to improve, or exceeds in each area of the 5 components of fitness. The tests build a habit of "checking in" on one's health now and in the future.
1) Height and Weight
2) Pacer
3) 1 mile run
4) Push ups
5) Sit ups
6) Flexed arm hang or pull ups
7) Shoulder stretch
8) Single leg hamstring stretch