Health and Physical Education

Health and Physical Education supports the development of physical and health literacy, builds movement acquisition and competence, and engages in health-enhancing physical activity needed to achieve and maintain a balanced, healthy lifestyle. The Physical Education Standards of Learning are grouped into five overarching grade-level content strands: Motor Skill Development, Anatomical Basis of Movement, Fitness Planning, Social and Emotional Development, and Energy Balance. The Health Education Standards of Learning are grouped into three overarching grade-level content strands: Essential Health Concepts, Healthy Decisions, and Advocacy and Health Promotion.

Health and Physical Education supports the development of physical and health literacy, builds skillful movement competence in dynamic settings, and engages in the health-enhancing physical activity needed to achieve and maintain a balanced, healthy lifestyle. The Physical Education Standards of Learning are grouped into five overarching grade-level content strands: Motor Skill Development, Anatomical Basis of Movement, Fitness Planning, Social and Emotional Development, and Energy Balance. The Health Education Standards of Learning are grouped into three overarching grade-level content strands: Essential Health Concepts, Healthy Decisions, and Advocacy and Health Promotion.

Health and Physical Education supports the development of physical and health literacy, builds skillful movement competence in dynamic and complex applications, and engages in the health-enhancing physical activity needed to achieve and maintain a balanced, healthy lifestyle. The Physical Education Standards of Learning are grouped into five overarching grade-level content strands: Motor Skill Development, Anatomical Basis of Movement, Fitness Planning, Social and Emotional Development, and Energy Balance. The Health Education Standards of Learning are grouped into three overarching grade-level content strands: Essential Health Concepts, Healthy Decisions, and Advocacy and Health Promotion.

Students must complete both Health and Physical Education 8 Part 1 and Part 2. The Health and Physical Education 8 course is delivered throughout Part 1 and Part 2. See Health and Physical Education 8 for course information.

Students must complete both Health and Physical Education 8 Part 1 and Part 2. The Health and Physical Education 8 course is delivered throughout Part 1 and Part 2. See Health and Physical Education 8 for course information.

A local elective course that extends the eighth-grade health and physical education course and its overarching content learning strands: Essential Health Concepts, Healthy Decisions, Advocacy and Health Promotion, Motor Skill Development, Anatomical Basis of Movement, Fitness Planning, Social and Emotional Development, and Energy Balance. This course includes the opportunities to participate in a variety of movement activities and settings including developing and improving one's fitness level and is taken in addition to the required Health and Physical Education 8 course.