Fitness and Body Systems High School Lesson Plans

FITNESS LESSON PLANS

Lesson #1 - Components of Fitness

In this lesson you will teach your students about five parts of the physical activity. They are cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, muscular endurance, muscular strength and body fat.

Also, you will present six skills-related components. They are agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time and speed.

Components of fitness lesson plan

Lesson #2 - Importance of Physical Activity

This lesson will show your students seven factors that influence their physical stamina and introduce many benefits of being physically active.

Importance of physical activity lesson plan

Lesson #3 - Exercise Safety

First this lesson focuses on creating a cascading book. Then you will see important information about preventing injuries. It explains R.I.C.E. formula and also tells your students what to do in life-threatening emergency.

Exercise safety lesson plan

Lesson #4 - Body Types

This lesson plan will teach your students about three body types. They are endomorphs, mesomorphs and ectomorph. Also - your students will learn some tips on how to stay healthy when someone has one of those body types.

Body types lesson plan

Lesson #5 - Karvonen Formula

This is an interesting lesson plan where your students will figure out their target heart rate zone by using Karvonen formula.

Karvonen Formula lesson plan

BODY SYSTEMS

Lesson #1 - Body Systems

This lesson will familiarize your students with seven body systems and their functions. In addition - it will also teach healthy ways of keeping systems healthy.

Body systems lesson plan

Lesson #2 - Nervous System

In this lesson your students will learn about structure of the nervous system and how to keep nervous system healthy.

Nervous system lesson plan

Lesson #3 - Circulatory System

After studying this lesson your students should be able to understand the structure of the circulatory system. Also - name ways of keeping this system healthy.

Circulatory system lesson plan

Lesson #4 - Muscular and Skeletal Systems

It is one of my favorite lessons. When you will teach this lesson - afterward your students will be able to recall structures of both systems. In addition - students will be able to list points of keeping bones and muscles healthy.

Muscular and skeletal systems lesson plan

Lesson #5 - Digestive and Excretory Systems

In this lesson your students will understand how digestive and excretory systems are related. In addition - your students will be able to identify ways of keeping these systems healthy.

Digestive and Excretory systems lesson plan

HEALTH IS WELLNESS

Lesson #1 - Three elements of health

This Three Elements of Health interactive lesson is very basic lesson. It will teach your students about three parts of health. It will provide specific examples for each part. To assess your students’ knowledge about this lesson - they will execute basic drag and put exercises on the Promethean whiteboard.

Three elements of health lesson plan