Full Description
Jump Start 7 & 8 is written specifically to reflect the content and values behind the Level 5 Victorian Essential Learning Standards for Health and Physical Education. This engaging text provides the appropriate balance between Health and Physical Education, and includes stimulating activities with strong links to other domains, particularly communication, thinking processes, interpersonal development and personal learning. This highly visual new text features: * A diverse range of fun, practical activities for individuals and groups that incorporate a range of learning styles * The most contemporary issues and up-to-date information available * In-depth coverage of key issues, including identity, relationships, food and nutrition, harm minimization, movement and manipulative skills and components of fitness * A user-friendly approach to using ICT * An electronic version of the textbook on the free student CD Additional Teacher CD and support is available.
Contents
Part I. Getting Personal - Exploring Health: Identity And Values: 1. Getting to know you; 2. What is health?; 3. Looking after your health; 4. All about you! Understanding personal identity; 5. Valuing values; 6. Influencing sense of right and wrong; 7. Valuing health; 8. Looking back; 9. Test your knowledge; Part II. An Amazing Journey - Changes, Relationships and Seeking Help: 10. The human lifespan; 11. Adolescence and culture; 12. Changes everywhere; 13. Social and emotional changes; 14. Accessing health resources; 15. Looking back; 16. Test your knowledge; Part III. Risky Business - Risks, Decisions and Health of Young People: 17. Health issues and concerns for young people; 18. Needs of young people; 19. Decision-making and risk-taking; 20. Harm minimisation; 21. Looking at sexual health; 22. Looking at drugs; 23. Looking back; 24. Test your knowledge; Part IV. Food Glorious Food - Understanding Food Needs, Issues and Choices: 25. Influences on food choice; 26. Topical eating issues; 27. Nutritional requirements across the lifespan; 28. Food selection models; 29. Nutritional information provided in product labels; 30. Looking back; 31. Test your knowledge; Part V. Skill it Up - Understanding, Developing and Refining Skills: 32. Skill classification and development; 33. Factors that affect skill development; 34. Information processing; 35. Fundamental motor skills; 36. Gymnastics; 37. Hockey; 38. Looking back; 39. Test your knowledge; Part VI. Out and About - Swimming and Outdoor Recreation: 40. Swimming; 41. Water safety; 42. Rules for swimming and water safety; 43. Rescue skills; 44. Survival skills; 45. Outdoor recreation; 46. Looking back; 47. Test your knowledge; Part VII. Why Get Physical? - Physical Activity and Fitness: 48. A changing world; 49. Physical activity; 50. Promotion of participation in physical activity; 51. Benefits of physical activity; 52. Physical fitness; 53. Components of fitness; 54. Fitness testing; 55. Looking back; 56. Test your knowledge; Part VIII. Be Your Best - Sports Performance and Behaviours: 57. Playing the game; 58. Strategy and tactics; 59. Analysing performance; 60. Sporting behaviours; 61. Communication; 62. Conflict resolution; 63. Diversity and individual differences; 64. Cooperation, teamwork and leadership; 65. Looking back; 66. Test your knowledge; Useful weblinks; Glossary; Index.
