Our physical education course is aligned to the state's Standard Course of Study for physical education. The fitness components are centered on the four FITT principles:
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Frequency - How often you are exercising (example: 3 times a week)
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Intensity - How hard you are exerting yourself during exercise (example: rating your exercise on a scale of 1 to 10 based on how hard you worked)
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Time - The duration of your exercise session
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Type - The kinds of exercises (examples: aerobic, strength training, etc.)
All of the instructional components are delivered online just like in our other 155 courses. Instruction is delivered through text, video presentations, audio recordings, illustrative images, and interactive learning objects. Students take online quizzes and tests, participate in online discussion forums, and complete other online activities that the learning modules require.
Video Assignments
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Throughout the course, students are required to demonstrate physical skills
. This is where the virtual world of the classroom meets the physical world of real performance. NCVPS accomplishes this with its video assignment submissions, where students record their performances with video cameras that are on smartphones, tablets, gaming devices, webcams, or any other device that can capture digital video. Students upload their performance videos into our secure platform for teacher review. Our teachers then assess the student performance and provide constructive, meaningful feedback. Students can retake performance skill tests to demonstrate mastery.
Fitness Portfolio
An essential feature of the course is
the fitness portfolio, which students keep for the duration of the course. In their portfolios, students establish fitness goals, create a Personal Health Improvement Contract, establish an exercise plan, track their own performances, reflect on their development, and take the first steps in developing a lifelong fitness plan.
Take a look inside one of our physical education courses:
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