Lesson 5.2: Health-Related and Skill-Related Fitness Components

Overview

This lesson focuses on learning about the health- and skill-related fitness components and how they contribute to your overall health and wellness. Understanding how the multiple body systems interact and relate to the health- and skill-related components will also be discussed.

Learning Targets

  • Define the five health-related fitness components.
  • Explain two ways to determine your cardiorespiratory endurance intensity.
  • Summarize the benefits of regular muscular strength and muscular endurance exercise.
  • Describe what influences your range of motion.
  • Define the six skill-related fitness components.

Preparation

For the Warm-Up Activity: Write the journal question on the board, or identify (and copy as needed) the worksheets you plan to use:

For the Content Focus: Open the Lesson 5.2 PowerPoint slides, or make copies of the Lesson 5.2 Note-Taking Guide.

For the Lesson Focus: Copy the Lesson 5.2 Using I Messages and Active Listening Skill-Building Challenge Worksheet.

Warm-Up Activity

Select a warm-up activity to help get your class focused and on task.

  • Journal Question: How could you be more physically active at school, especially if you don’t have physical education at this time? Try to list at least three things you could do throughout your day.
    • Option: Write or project the question, and have students respond in their journals as they enter class.
    • Option: Have students discuss the questions with a partner or in a small group.
  • Vocabulary Review: Have students work individually, in partners, or in small groups to complete the Lesson 5.2 Vocabulary Review Worksheet.
  • Quiz: Have students complete the Lesson 5.2 Quiz to assess their prior knowledge.
    • Option: Collect the quizzes, and use them alongside posttests to demonstrate student learning.
    • Option: Have students share their answers with a partner and then go over the answers together as a class.

Lesson Content

Review the content from the textbook lesson.

Option: Use the Lesson 5.2 PowerPoint slides to review the chapter content.

Option: Have students use the Lesson 5.2 Note-Taking Guide to review chapter content. Ask students to work alone, in pairs, or in small groups. Review the questions as a class if time permits.

Lesson Focus: Using I Messages and Active Listening

  1. Review each student with one copy of the Lesson 5.2 Using I Messages and Active Listening Skill-Building Challenge Worksheet.
  2. Ask students to complete questions 1 and 2 on the worksheet by themselves.
  3. Prompt students to utilize the four parts of the I message listed on the worksheet when writing their responses.
  4. When students are finished answering questions 1 and 2, prompt them to get with a partner to complete the last portion of the assignment (acting out their I message and active listening responses).
  5. Option: Provide students the opportunity to share their I message and active listening responses in front of the class.

Challenge Activity

Have students who need an additional challenge work on the following critical-thinking task.

Discuss with a classmate how, when using the RPE scale, you know you are at a 4 to 5 level or at a 6 to 7 level. How do those two levels feel different to you?

Reflection and Summary

Review the critical content from today’s lesson. Review the learning targets, and ask students to answer each question posed.

Can you…

  • Define the five health-related fitness components?

    Cardiorespiratory endurance is the ability to exercise your entire body for a long time without stopping. Muscular strength is the amount of force a muscle can produce, and muscular endurance is the ability of the muscles to perform continuously without tiring. Flexibility is the ability to use your joints fully through a wide range of motion. Body composition is the ratio of lean (muscle) tissue to fat tissue in your body.

  • Explain two ways to determine your cardiorespiratory endurance intensity?
    • The rating of perceived exertion (RPE) scale has numbers and pictures that relate to how easy or difficult you feel the aerobic activity you are doing is for you.
    • Target heart rate is a range of two numbers that you want to ideally stay in when exercising to get the most benefit from your workout. Target heart rate should be at 60 to 75 percent of your maximum heart rate.
  • Summarize the benefits of regular muscular strength and muscular endurance exercise?

    Keeping bones strong; increasing energy levels; helping maintain correct posture; increasing lean body mass; reducing the risk of injury; and helping perform everyday tasks, such as climbing stairs, more easily.

  • Describe what influences your range of motion?

    Your range of motion is influenced by the mobility of the muscles and tendons that surround the joint.

  • Define the six skill-related fitness components.

    Speed is the ability to perform a movement or cover a distance in a short period of time. Agility is the ability to change the position of your body quickly and control your body’s movements. Balance is the ability to keep an upright posture while standing still or moving. Power involves both strength and speed and is the ability to use strength quickly. Coordination is the ability to use your senses together with your body parts or to use two or more body parts together. Reaction time is the amount of time it takes you to move once you realize you need to move.

Assessment

Complete one or more of the following assessment tasks for this lesson.

  • Quiz: Have students take the Lesson 5.2 Quiz.
  • Vocabulary Review: Collect the Lesson 5.2 Vocabulary Review Worksheets, and evaluate them for accuracy.
  • Note-Taking Guide: Collect the completed Lesson 5.2 Note-Taking Guides, and spot check one or more items for completion and accuracy.
  • Skill-Building Worksheet: Have students submit the Lesson 5.2 Using I Messages and Active Listening Worksheets, and use the Healthy Communication Holistic Rubric to evaluate their skill development.
  • Journal Question: Ask students to respond to the journal question again, adding information they learned from today’s class. Require a one-paragraph response that uses proper grammar.

Take It Home

Create a strength and endurance workout plan that uses all of the muscle pairs for someone in your family. Be sure to talk to the person you are creating the workout for so that you pick exercises that they like and can successfully do.