Fitness for Life

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Fitness for Life

• The original, award winning high school fitness
  text

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Fitness for Life is fully updated to help students

• meet national, state, and local physical
  education grade-level standards
• learn about and meet national health goals for
  the year 2010
• become informed consumers on matters related to
  lifelong physical activity and fitness
• learn self-management skills that lead to
  adopting healthy lifestyles

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Fitness for Life is fully updated to help students

• take personal responsibility for program planning
  and setting individualized goals
• recognize and overcome the barriers to reaching
  their activity and fitness goals
• use technology to promote healthy living and to
  separate fact from fiction and
• assess personal progress using a variety of
  tools, including FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM.

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Fitness for Life can be adapted to any schedule

• Fitness for Life can be taught as a semester- or
  year-long course.
• Suggestions for fitting into several common
  schedules are covered in the introduction to the
  lesson plans.
• No matter what the schedule, Fitness for Life
  offers the flexibility teachers need.

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Fitness for Life offers assessment options

• FITNESSGRAM assessments are woven throughout the
  text.
• More worksheets than a teacher would ever use are
  included in the ancillaries.
• Fitness for Life offers several options for
  chapter and unit exams.
• Chapter review in the textbook
• Exams in the Teacher Resources and Materials
• Online Test Bank
• Online study guide allows students to complete
  activity worksheets and chapter reviews online.
• These worksheets can be submitted to the teacher
  electronically and saved to build an electronic
  portfolio of their work.

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Fitness for Life was developed by a highly
respected author team

• Dr. Chuck Corbin
• Widely recognized as a pioneer in research and
  practice related to personal fitness and teaching
  about personal fitness
• First author of the national physical activity
  standards for children
• Arizona State University Professor for more than
  20 years
• Fitness for Life won the Texty Award Text and
  Academic Authors Association award for an
  outstanding student text
• Video segments from the DVDs won two Telly Awards
  for excellence in educational videos

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Fitness for Life was developed by a highly
respected author team

• Dr. Ruth Lindsey
• Professor emeritus at California State University
  at Long Beach, now deceased
• Recognized leader in physical activity and
  fitness with special expertise in biomechanics,
  kinesiology, questionable exercises, nutrition,
  and physical activity for senior adults
• Authored or coauthored more than 20 books,
  including Fitness for Life, which received the
  Text and Academic Authors Associations Texty
  Award, and Concepts of Physical Fitness, which
  received their McGuffey Award for excellence over
  a long period

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A Sample Lesson

• We will be going through Chapter 11 from the book
  and the associated ancillary materials.
• This sample lesson will allow you to see how the
  many ancillaries work together to make your job
  easier!
• Refer to Chapter 11 from the textbook (pages
  174-199).
• First, a look at the elements found in every
  chapter of the student text.

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Every chapter of the fully updated student text
includes the following elements

• Two Physical Activities in each chapter.
• Chapter 11 examples are found on pages 174
  192-198

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Activities
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Every chapter of the fully updated student text
includes the following elements

• Two Lessons designed for the classroom portion of
  the class.
• Lesson 11.1 covers pages 175-184, Lesson 11.2
  covers pages 185-191

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Lessons
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Every chapter of the fully updated student text
includes the following elements

• Self Assessment described in the student text,
  with a corresponding worksheet in the Student
  Workbook section of the Teacher Resources and
  Materials CD-ROM (or hard copy).
• Pages 181-184

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Self-Assessment
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Every chapter of the fully updated student text
includes the following elements

• Taking Charge (self-management concept)
• Page 190

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Taking Charge
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Every chapter of the fully updated student text
includes the following elements

• A Self-Management Skill (reinforces Taking
  Charge)
• Page 191

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Self-Management Skill
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Every chapter of the fully updated student text
includes the following elements

• A Chapter Review
• Page 199

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Chapter Review
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Fitness for Life ancillaries
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Fitness for Life Wraparound Teacher Edition and
Resources Kit

• Combines all ancillaries necessary for teaching
  the course into one easy-to-use package.
• Lesson plans and thumbnails of the other
  ancillaries wrapped around a smaller view of the
  student text.
• Clearly shows when and how to use the other
  ancillary materials, but also provides
  step-by-step guidance on how to deliver each
  lesson.

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Wraparound Teacher Edition and Resources Kit
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The Wraparound ancillary includes

• Wraparound format lesson plans with thumbnail
  versions of worksheets and activity and
  vocabulary cards
• Fitness for Life Lesson Plans CD-ROM
• Fitness for Life Teacher Resources and Materials
  CD-ROM
• Fitness for Life Activity and Vocabulary Cards
  CD-ROM
• Fitness for Life Presentation Package CD-ROM
• Physical Education Soundtracks Package (includes
  volumes 1 2 on two CD-ROMs)
• Fitness for Life DVD Lifetime Fitness
• Fitness for Life DVD Wellness

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Chapter 11 Wraparound
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Activity 11.1
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Activity Cards
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Teacher Resources Physical Activity Worksheet
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Use the Presentation Package to guide the
in-class lesson
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Online Study Guide

• Accessible via www.FitnessforLife.org.
• Available free to teachers and students at
  schools that have adopted the Fitness for Life
  text.
• Helps students complete the lessons and
  activities included in Fitness for Life.
• Use it as an study aid for students who are
  unable to attend class, a make-up assignment for
  a student who missed class, or as a supplement to
  regular classes.

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Online Study Guide
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Online Test Bank

• Accessible via www.FitnessforLife.org.
• Available free to teachers whose schools adopt
  the Fitness for Life text.
• Teachers can quickly and easily create exams from
  over 500 multiple choice, essay, and matching
  questions.
• Pull in questions from multiple chapters,
  customize wording, order, and point values for
  each question
• An alternative to the already made tests (and
  answers) on the Teacher Resources and Materials
  CD-ROM
• Customize the material covered in the exam or
  create multiple versions
• Secured for teacher-only access

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Online Test Bank
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Spanish E-Book

• The entire text of the student book has been
  translated into Spanish and presented on a
  CD-ROM.
• Print out the sections, chapters, or the whole
  text for students who need the text in Spanish,
  or send it home with students whose parents read
  Spanish.

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In-Service DVD

• A presentation of the Fitness for Life
  philosophy, objectives, methods of class
  organization, suggestions for using supplemental
  instructional materials, and instructions for
  preparing student workbooks.
• Includes information for conducting Fitness for
  Life self-assessments and physical activities, as
  well as suggestions for using in-class materials.

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FitnessforLife.org Web site

• Web site provides more information for students
  and teachers, and integrates technology into the
  classroom.
• URLs are placed throughout the book to provide
  students access to additional content.

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FitnessforLife.org Web site

• Includes supplemental information for teachers so
  they can delve more deeply into any topic they
  choose from the text
• Helps students learn how to use technology to
  gather information and provides many links to
  other sites
• Human Kinetics will also use the Web site to
  provide immediate updates for both students and
  teachers, as new research is published and new
  information sources become available.

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Chuck Corbins Fitness for Life DVDs

• DVDs enhance instruction and brings content to
  life.
• Vary your instruction technique and illustrate
  the key concepts, activities, and assessments
  featured in the Fitness for Life text.

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Chuck Corbins Fitness for Life DVDs

• The Lifetime Fitness DVD includes five 20-minute
  segments
• Introduction to Physical Activity
• Cardiovascular Fitness
• Muscle Fitness
• Flexibility
• Body Composition

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Chuck Corbins Fitness for Life DVDs

• The Wellness DVD consists of five 20-minute
  segments
• Introduction to Wellness
• Nutrition
• Stress Management
• The Activity Pyramid
• Planning Healthy Lifestyles

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Physical Education Soundtracks

• Cadence and music CDs add fun to gym time. Two
  CDs contain
• cadence for FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM tests,
  including the PACER, the push-up, and the curl-up
  tests, as well as cadences for the step test, and
  
• music intervals for use with activity cards, as
  well as music for use in exercise routines such
  as aerobic dance, step aerobics, and line
  exercise.

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Physical Activity Pyramid Posters

• Durable 2 X 3 posters perfect for your gym,
  multipurpose room, cafeteria, or hallway

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FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM
FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM 8.0 NOW AVAILABLE!

• Developed by the Cooper Institute,
  FITNESSSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM provides health-related
  physical fitness testing and assessment, physical
  activity management, and more.

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FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM

• Chuck Corbin, one of the authors, is an original
  member of the FITNESSGRAM Scientific Advisory
  Board
• FITNESSGRAM assessments are woven throughout
  Fitness for Life All FITNESSGRAM test components
  are included as self-assessments in Fitness for
  Life

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Fitness for Life Training available through NASPE

• ALL NEW EDITIONS!
• NASPE conducts Physical Best training workshops
  on how to conduct the Fitness for Life course.

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In-Service training is available through NASPE
and Physical Best

• Fitness for Life workshops are available in
  conjunction with Physical Best.
• Teachers and students will benefit the most from
  a program when teachers have been shown all the
  features in a workshop.
• In-Service DVD is another training option.
• Human Kinetics representatives, including the
  author at HKs discretion, are also available to
  do in-service training by calling Human Kinetics.

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NASPE Physical Best Workshops

• For more information on Fitness for Life
  in-service training opportunities through
  Physical Best, contact NASPE at
• 1-800-213-7193, ext. 489
• physicalbest_at_aahperd.org
• www.aahperd.org/naspe/physicalbest

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1-800-747-4457K12Sales_at_hkusa.com
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