WHAT IS FITNESS FOR LIFE: MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Fitness for Life: Middle School is a comprehensive program designed specifically to help middle school students to become active, fit, healthy, and well. Fitness for Life: Middle School fulfills a need for specific programs for middle school youth and prepares students for advanced level study at the high school level. NASPE standards for the middle school were used as a basis for developing the program. In addition to the central focus on healthy lifestyles, special features are included to help students learn about social interactions, diversity in physical activity settings, and the application of biomechanical principles.
The nation's first personal fitness textbook for middle school youth is accompanied by a complete set of integrated resources, including:
- a Teacher’s Guide with classroom and activity lesson plans,
- a CD-ROM of worksheets, quizzes, class materials, and more,
- a test bank of questions for creating customized quizzes, and
- Web-only student discussions tied to content in the student textbook
Fitness for Life: Middle School is also fully integrated with Physical Best and FITNESSGRAM/ACTIVITYGRAM.
MATERIALS FOR INSTRUCTORS
The page is for use by certified Fitness for Life instructors and people interested in locating a certified Fitness for Life instructor. Instructors have been trained in special workshops conducted by Physical Best/NASPE to present workshops for teachers interested in implementing a Fitness for Life program. Physical Best Basic Instructor certification is required prior to participation in Fitness for Life instructor training. Teachers interested in Fitness for Life instructor certification can contact Susan Schoenberg at sschoenberg@aahperd.org. Some materials on this page are available only to Fitness for Life instructors.
- Fitness for Life: Middle School program overview
- Computer programs for review and reinforcement
- Test package
- FFL instructors list
- Student textbook introduction
- Sample workshop agenda: half-day middle school
- Sample workshop agenda: half-day high school
- Sample workshop agenda: full-day combined middle school/high school
- Sample workshop agenda: full-day middle school
- Sample workshop agenda: full-day high school