NAC389.386. Eighth grade: Physical education.

By the end of the eighth grade, pupils must know and be able to do everything required in the previous grades for courses in physical education offered in public schools. Instruction in the eighth grade in physical education must be designed so that pupils meet the following performance standards by the completion of the eighth grade:

     1. Pupils must understand and be able to apply concepts relating to movement to the learning and development of motor skills, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:

     (a) Describe, using the appropriate vocabulary, strategies relating to movement and games;

     (b) Describe and apply the advanced elements of forms of movement and game strategies;

     (c) Evaluate forms of movement for the improvement of skills; and

     (d) Recognize the physical benefits of exercise during and after physical activity.

     2. Demonstrate competency in many forms of movement and proficiency in a few forms of movement, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:

     (a) Refine locomotor and nonlocomotor movements in a sports setting;

     (b) Refine previously learned manipulative skills;

     (c) Demonstrate the basic elements of more advanced manipulative skills; and

     (d) Explain how scientific principles apply to movements relating to weight transfer and balance.

     3. Understand dance through the use of skills, techniques and choreography, and as a form of communication, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:

     (a) Identify and demonstrate basic dance steps, positions and patterns from two different theatrical styles or traditional styles, or both theatrical and traditional styles;

     (b) Observe and describe the actions and qualities of movement in a dance sequence, using appropriate vocabulary relating to movement;

     (c) Accurately transfer a rhythmic pattern from the aural, verbal or visual form, or any combination thereof, to a kinesthetic form, with some assistance from a teacher; and

     (d) Perform traditional style dance or theatrical style dance, or both, from different times, periods or cultures, and describe the differences in the steps and style of movement.

     4. Achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of individual fitness for an active lifestyle, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:

     (a) Design a personal health-related program of fitness based on an accurately assessed profile of fitness;

     (b) Understand principles of training or conditioning and apply those principles to regular activities for fitness;

     (c) Identify or participate in, or both identify and participate in, a variety of health-related activities in both the school and the community; and

     (d) Compare exercises which are safe with exercises which are unsafe, and demonstrate exercises which are safe.

     5. Practice personal responsibility, positive social interaction and respect for diversity in settings in which physical activities occur, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:

     (a) Analyze potential consequences when confronted with a choice in behavior;

     (b) Work cooperatively within a group to achieve goals in cooperative and in competitive situations;

     (c) Engage in behaviors that are supportive and inclusive of all levels of abilities of other persons in settings in which physical activities occur; and

     (d) Demonstrate a sport, dance or game, or any combination thereof, from another culture.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R033-00, 6-20-2000, eff. 7-1-2000)