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									New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards | 
							
								|  | • Subject
									: Comprehensive
									Health and Physical Education (2004) | 
							
								|  | • Standard
									2.6: 
									(FITNESS) ALL STUDENTS WILL APPLY HEALTH-RELATED AND
									SKILL-RELATED FITNESS CONCEPTS AND SKILLS TO DEVELOP AND
									MAINTAIN A HEALTHY, ACTIVE LIFESTYLE. | 
							
								|  | • Range/Grade
									Level 0: 
									Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding
									grades, by the end of Grade 8, students will: | 
							
								|  | • Strand
									A: Fitness
									and Physical Activity | 
							
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												Progress Indicator 1 : 
												Summarize the potential short- and long-term physical,
												social, and emotional benefits of regular physical
												activity. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 2: Differentiate
												how body systems adapt to acute exercise vs. regular
												exercise over a period of time. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 3: Predict
												how factors such as health status, interests,
												environmental conditions, and available time impact
												personal fitness. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 4 : Analyze
												the positive and negative impacts of technological
												advances on exercise, health, and fitness. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 5 : Describe
												ways to achieve a healthy body composition through
												healthy eating and physical activity. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 6 : Distinguish
												between facts and fallacies regarding the marketing of
												fitness products, services, and information. |  
 
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								|  | • Strand
									B : Training | 
							
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											|  Cumulative
												Progress Indicator 1: Recognize
												signs and symptoms that warrant exercise termination and
												possible follow- up with a healthcare professional. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 2: Apply
												training principles to establish a progression of
												activity that will improve each component of fitness. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 3 : Describe
												and demonstrate various training methods, including
												isotonic, isometric, interval, and circuit methods. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 4 : 
												Investigate the physical, behavioral, legal, and
												competitive consequences of the use of anabolic steroids
												and other performance enhancing substances. |  
 
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								|  | • Strand
									C : 
									Achieving and Assessing Fitness | 
							
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											|  Cumulative
												Progress Indicator 1 : Engage
												in a variety of sustained, vigorous physical activities
												that enhance each component of fitness. |  
 
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											|  Cumulative
												Progress Indicator 2: 
												Perform at the intensity level needed to enhance
												cardiovascular fitness, as determined by target heart
												rate, perceived exertion, and recovery heart rate. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 3 : Monitor
												physiological responses before, during and after exercise
												and compare changes. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 4 : Use
												health data and information from internal and external
												sources to develop a personal fitness plan, and use
												technology to evaluate the implementation and outcomes of
												the plan. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 5: 
												Demonstrate age- and gender-specific progress towards
												improving each component of fitness. |  
 
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								|  | • Range/Grade
									Level 0: 
									Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding
									grades, by the end of Grade 12, students will: | 
							
								|  | • Strand
									A : 
									Fitness and Physical Activity | 
							
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											|  Cumulative
												Progress Indicator 1: Predict
												the short- and long-term physical, social, and emotional
												benefits and potential problems associated with regular
												physical activity. |  
 
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											|  Cumulative
												Progress Indicator 2: 
												Summarize the causes, influences, and responses of body
												systems during exercise. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 3: Describe
												how preventive healthcare, physiological monitoring,
												hydration, a safe environment, and exercising with a
												partner contribute to safe fitness activities. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 4: Evaluate
												the role of genetics, gender, age, nutrition, activity
												level, and exercise type on body composition. |  
 
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								|  | • Strand
									B : Training | 
							
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												Progress Indicator 1 : 
												Develop and implement a training program to maximize
												health benefits and prevent exercise-related injuries and
												illnesses. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 2 : Apply
												training principles to establish a progression of
												activity that will improve each component of fitness and
												justify the use of each principle. |  
 
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											|  Cumulative
												Progress Indicator 3 : Compare
												and contrast the use of drugs, fitness products, and fads
												to achieve fitness. |  
 
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								|  | • Strand
									C : 
									Achieving and Assessing Fitness | 
							
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											|  Cumulative
												Progress Indicator 2 : 
												Perform at the intensity level needed to enhance
												cardiovascular fitness, monitor physiological responses
												before, during, and after exercise, and modify exercise
												appropriately in response. |  
 
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											|  Cumulative
												Progress Indicator 3: Assess
												personal level of fitness, design a personal fitness plan
												considering current health and fitness status, goals and
												interests, skill level, accessibility and costs, and use
												technology to implement, monitor, and evaluate the plan. |  
 
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											|  Cumulative
												Progress Indicator 4 : Demonstrate
												age and gender-specific progress towards the achievement
												of fitness goals for each component of health-related and
												skill-related fitness. |  
 
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											|  Cumulative
												Progress Indicator 5 : 
												Modify a fitness plan to accommodate for injury, illness,
												pregnancy, aging, and disability. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 6 : Discuss
												the use of body mass index, body fat percentage, and fat
												deposition as measures of fitness. |  
 
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												Progress Indicator 1 : Engage
												in a variety of sustained, vigorous physical activities
												to enhance each component of fitness. |  
 
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