NY STANDARD #1: Personal Health and Fitness. Students will have the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain physical fitness, participate in physical activity and maintain personal health. 1. Students will perform basic motor and manipulative skills. They will attain competency in a variety of physical activities and proficiency in a few select complex motor and sports activities. Example: Demonstrate basic motor skills (run, climb, hop, manipulative skills (throw, catch, strike), and non-locomotor skills (balance, weight transfer) using mature motor patterns while engaged in a variety of activities. Apply the concepts and principles of human movement to the development of new skills (catching objects while moving, throwing objects using opposition). a. Participate in physical activities (games, sports, exercises) that provide conditioning for each fitness area. b. Develop physical fitness skills through regular practice, effort, and perseverance. c. Demonstrate mastery of fundamental motor, nonlocomotor, and manipulative skills, and understand fundamental principles of movement. Example: adjust performance of skill as a result of monitoring or assessing previous performance (moves closer to target or throws at altered angle of release following toss that falls short). d. Understand the effects of activity on the body, the risks associated with inactivity, and the basic components of health-related fitness (cardiovascular, muscle strength, muscle endurance, flexibility, and body composition) Example: engage in physical activity and frequent monitoring of pulse rate to reach and maintain a target heart rate for an appropriate amount of time. e. Demonstrate and assess their fitness by performing exercises or activities related to each health-related fitness component, and establish personal goals to improve their fitness. Example: performing additional push- ups each day to improve upper body strength, additional stretches to improve flexibility, and additional running to develop cardiorespiratory fitness. perform appropriate warm-up and cool-down exercises before and after vigorous activity to avoid muscle injury. Example: set a personal physical activity goal and track progress toward its achievement. f. Understand the relationship between physical activity and individual well being. NY STANDARD #2: Safe and Healthy environment. Students will learn the knowledge and ability to create and maintain a safe and healthy environment. NY STANDARD #3: Resource Management. Students will understand and be able to manage their personal and community resources.