A winner of the Texty Award for textbook excellence with its first edition, Fitness for Life: Middle School is even stronger in its second edition.
Fitness for Life: Middle School is thoroughly updated to address the new national physical education standards, physical activity guidelines, FITT formulas, and USDA nutrition guidelines. In addition, it is greatly expanded and offers plenty of new material:
- New material on coordinated school health, nutrition, skills, and safety (making the book easy to use in schools with combined PE/health classes)
- New integration of fitness concepts into math, science, and language arts
- New technology sections that engage students in applying technology to their fitness
- A new student interactive web textbook
- A new teacher online bundle
New Interactive Web Texts Offer Great Benefits
The student interactive web textbook contains the same content as the p
Table of Contents
Unit I. Fitness and Activity for All
Chapter 1. Introduction to Physical Activity and Fitness
Lesson 1.1: Introduction to Physical Fitness
Lesson 1.2: Introduction to Physical Activity
Chapter Review
Chapter 2. Learning Skills for Enjoying Physical Activity
Lesson 2.1: Learning Motor Skills
Lesson 2.2: The Importance of Practice
Chapter Review
Chapter 3. Moderate Physical Activity
Lesson 3.1: Step 1 of the Physical Activity Pyramid
Lesson 3.2 Benefits of Moderate Physical Activities
Chapter Review
Unit II. Vigorous Aerobics, Sports, Recreation, and Muscle Fitness Exercises
Chapter 4. Vigorous Aerobics
Lesson 4.1: Step 2 of the Physical Activity Pyramid
Lesson 4.2: Benefits of Vigorous Aerobics
Chapter Review
Chapter 5. Vigorous Sports and Recreation
Lesson 5.1: Step 3 of the Physical Activity Pyramid
Lesson 5.2: Benefits of Vigorous Sports and Recreation
Chapter Review
Chapter 6. Muscle Fitness Exercises
Lesson 6.1: Step 4 of the Physical Activity Pyramid
Lesson 6.2: Benefits of Muscle Fitness Exercises
Chapter Review
Unit III. Flexibility, Body Composition, and Planning
Chapter 7. Flexibility Exercises
Lesson 7.1: Step 5 of the Physical Activity Pyramid
Lesson 7.2: Benefits of Flexibility
Chapter Review
Chapter 8. Body Composition, Physical Activity, and Nutrition
Lesson 8.1: Body Composition
Lesson 8.2: Energy Balance: Physical Activity and Nutrition
Chapter Review
Chapter 9. Planning for Physical Activity
Lesson 9.1: Personal Planning: Self-Assessing Fitness and Physical Activity
Lesson 9.2: Personal Planning: Setting Goals, Putting It in Writing, and Reassessing
Chapter Review
