By the end of Grade 9

Other Pennsylvania Health, Safety, & Physical Education sets

Concepts of Health

  • A.

    Stages of Growth and Development

    1. A.

      Analyze factors that impact growth and development between adolescence and adulthood.<ul><li>relationships (e.g., dating, friendships, peer pressure)</li><li>interpersonal communication</li><li>risk factors (e.g., physical inactivity, substance abuse, intentional/unintentional injuries, dietary patterns)</li><li>abstinence</li><li>STD and HIV prevention</li><li>community</li></ul>10.1.9.A

  • B.

    Interaction of Body Systems

    1. B.

      Analyze the interdependence existing among the body systems.10.1.9.B

  • C.

    Nutrition

    1. C.

      Analyze factors that impact nutritional choices of adolescents.<ul><li>body image </li><li>advertising</li><li>dietary guidelines</li><li>eating disorders</li><li>peer influence</li><li>athletic goals</li></ul>10.1.9.C

  • D.

    Alcohol, Tobacco and Chemical Substances

    1. D.

      Analyze prevention and intervention strategies in relation to adolescent and adult drug use.<ul><li>decision-making/refusal skills</li><li>situation avoidance</li><li>goal setting</li><li>professional assistance (e.g., medical, counseling. support groups)</li><li>parent involvement</li></ul>10.1.9.D

  • E.

    Health Problems and Disease Prevention

    1. E.

      Analyze how personal choice, disease and genetics can impact health maintenance and disease prevention.10.1.9.E

Healthful Living

  • A.

    Health Practices, Products and Services

    1. A.

      Identify and describe health care products and services that impact adolescent health practices.10.2.9.A

  • B.

    Health Information and Consumer Choices

    1. B.

      Analyze the relationship between health-related information and adolescent consumer choices.<ul><li>tobacco products</li><li>weight control products</li></ul>10.2.9.B

  • C.

    Health Information and the Media

    1. C.

      Analyze media health and safety messages and describe their impact on personal health and safety.10.2.9.C

  • D.

    Decision-making Skills

    1. D.

      Analyze and apply a decision-making process to adolescent health and safety issues.10.2.9.D

  • E.

    Health and the Environment

    1. E.

      Explain the interrelationship between the environment and personal health.<ul><li>ozone layer/skin cancer</li><li>availability of health care/individual health</li><li>air pollution/respiratory disease</li><li>breeding environments/lyme disease/west nile virus</li></ul>10.2.9.E

Safety and Injury Prevention

  • A.

    Safe/Unsafe Practices

    1. A.

      Analyze the role of individual responsibility for safe practices and injury prevention in the home, school and community.<ul><li>modes of transportation (e.g., pedestrian, bicycle, vehicular, passenger, farm vehicle, all-terrain vehicle)</li><li>violence prevention in school</li><li>self-protection in the home</li><li>self-protection in public places</li></ul>10.3.9.A

  • B.

    Emergency Responses/Injury Management

    1. B.

      Describe and apply strategies for emergency and long-term management of injuries. <ul><li>rescue breathing</li><li>water rescue</li><li>self-care</li><li>sport injuries</li></ul>10.3.9.B

  • C.

    Strategies to Avoid/Manage Conflict

    1. C.

      Analyze and apply strategies to avoid or manage conflict and violence during adolescence.<ul><li>effective negotiation</li><li>assertive behavior</li></ul>10.3.9.C

  • D.

    Safe Practices in Physical Activity

    1. D.

      Identify and use safe practices in physical activity settings (e.g., proper equipment, knowledge of rules, sun safety, guidelines of safe play, warm-up, cool-down).10.3.3.D

    2. D.

      Analyze the role of individual responsibility for safety during organized group activities.10.3.9.D

Physical Activity

  • A.

    Physical Activities That Promote Health and Fitness

    1. A.

      Analyze and engage in physical activities that are developmentally/individually appropriate and support achievement of personal fitness and activity goals.10.4.9.A

  • B.

    Effects of Regular Participation

    1. B.

      Analyze the effects of regular participation in moderate to vigorous physical activities in relation to adolescent health improvement.<ul><li>stress management</li><li>disease prevention</li><li>weight management</li></ul>10.4.9.B

  • C.

    Responses of the Body Systems to Physical Activity

    1. C.

      Analyze factors that affect the responses of body systems during moderate to vigorous physical activities.<ul><li>exercise (e.g., climate, altitude, location, temperature)</li><li>healthy fitness zone</li><li>indivdual fitness status (e.g., cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular endurance, muscular strength, flexibility)</li><li>drug/substance use/abuse</li></ul>10.4.9.C

  • D.

    Physical Activity Preferences

    1. D.

      Analyze factors that affect physical activity preferences of adolescents.<ul><li>skill competence</li><li>social benefits</li><li>previous experience</li><li>activity confidence</li></ul>10.4.9.D

  • E.

    Physical Activity and Motor Skill Improvement

    1. E.

      Analyze factors that impact on the relationship between regular participation in physical activity and motor skill improvement.<ul><li>personal choice</li><li>developmental differences</li><li>amount of physical activity</li><li>authentic practice</li></ul>10.4.9.E

  • F.

    Physical Activity and Group Interaction

    1. F.

      Analyze the effects of positive and negative interactions of adolescent group members in physical activities.<ul><li>group dynamics</li><li>social pressure</li></ul>10.4.9.F

Concepts, Principles and Strategies of Movement

  • A.

    Movement Skills and Concepts

    1. A.

      Describe and apply the components of skill-related fitness to movement performance.<ul><li>agility</li><li>balance</li><li>coordination</li><li>power</li><li>reaction time</li><li>speed</li></ul>10.5.9.A

  • B.

    Motor Skill Development

    1. B.

      Describe and apply concepts of motor skill development that impact the quality of increasingly complex movement.<ul><li>response selection</li><li>stages of learning a motor skill (i.e. verbal cognitive, motor, automatic)</li><li>types of skill (i.e. discrete, serial, continuous)</li></ul>10.5.9.B

  • C.

    Practice Strategies

    1. C.

      Identify and apply practice strategies for skill improvement.10.5.9.C

  • D.

    Principles of Exercise/Training

    1. D.

      Identify and describe the principles of training using appropriate vocabulary.<ul><li>specificity</li><li>overload</li><li>progression</li><li>aerobic/anaerobic</li><li>circuit/interval</li><li>repetition/set</li></ul>10.5.9.D

  • E.

    Scientific Principles That Affect Movement

    1. E.

      Analyze and apply scientific and biomechanical principles to complex movements. <ul><li>centripetal/centrifugal force</li><li>linear motion</li><li>rotary motion </li><li>friction/resistance</li><li>equilibrium</li><li>number of moving segments</li></ul>10.5.9.E

  • F.

    Game Strategies

    1. F.

      Describe and apply game strategies to complex games and physical activities.<ul><li>offensive strategies</li><li>defensive strategies</li><li>time management</li></ul>10.5.9.F

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 9
When were these standards adopted?
2002