Authors: Charles B. Corbin, PhD, Darla M. Castelli, PhD, Benjamin A. Sibley, PhD, Guy C. Le Masurier, PhD
- Student Text
- Table of Contents
- Authors
- Teacher Pack Tools
- Interactive Web Text
- Spanish Version
- Ordering
Fitness for Life Florida provides the most comprehensive and current evidence- and standards-based content available to help students become physically literate and physically active throughout their lives. Customized specifically to meet the standards and requirements of Florida’s Personal Fitness course, the Florida edition of this Texty Award–winning text is based on established education theory and follows a pedagogically sound scope and sequence. Combined with valuable learning aids and teaching resources, it guides students as they take responsibility for their own activity, fitness, health, and wellness.
Fitness for Life Florida is more than a fitness education book—it’s a conceptual physical education (CPE) program that addresses all Florida state physical education standards. It empowers students to be in control of the decisions that affect their fitness and health by teaching them how to
- use self-assessment tools to evaluate their own fitness and prepare a personal plan for improvement,
- develop self-management skills that promote healthy lifestyles for a lifetime, and
- become informed consumers and critical users of fitness, health, and wellness information.
Employing Dr. Chuck Corbin’s proven H.E.L.P. (Health for Everyone for a Lifetime in a very Personal way) philosophy, Fitness for Life Florida uses universal design principles to provide content that is accessible for all students. With its emphasis on physical literacy and health literacy, accompanied by skill-building elements incorporated throughout the text, this book will help students build the foundation they need to live healthy, physically active lives.
Unit I. Building a Foundation
Chapter 1. Fitness, Health, and Wellness for All
Lesson 1.1 Lifelong Fitness, Health, and Wellness
Lesson 1.2 Developing Health and Physical Literacy
Chapter 2. Physical Activity and Healthy Lifestyles for All
Lesson 2.1 Adopting Healthy Lifestyles
Lesson 2.2 Learning Self-Management Skills
Chapter 3. Goal Setting and Program Planning
Lesson 3.1 Goal Setting
Lesson 3.2 Program Planning
Unit II. Safe and Smart Health-Enhancing Physical Activity
Chapter 4. Safe and Smart Physical Activity
Lesson 4.1 Readiness for Physical Activity
Lesson 4.2 Safe and Injury-Free Physical Activity
Chapter 5. Social, Health, and Wellness Benefits of Physical Activity
Lesson 5.1 Benefits of Social Interactions in Physical Activity
Lesson 5.2 Health and Wellness Benefits of Physical Activity
Chapter 6. How Much Is Enough?
Lesson 6.1 How Much Physical Activity Is Enough?
Lesson 6.2 How Much Fitness Is Enough?
Unit III. Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity
Chapter 7. Moderate Physical Activity and Avoiding Sedentary Living
Lesson 7.1 Moderate Physical Activity Facts
Lesson 7.2 Preparing a Moderate Physical Activity Plan
Chapter 8. Cardiorespiratory Endurance
Lesson 8.1 Cardiorespiratory Endurance Facts
Lesson 8.2 Building Cardiorespiratory Endurance
Chapter 9. Vigorous Physical Activity
Lesson 9.1 Vigorous Aerobics, Sports, and Recreation
Lesson 9.2 Anaerobic Activities, Mixed Fitness Activities, and Vigorous Activity Planning
Unit IV. Muscle Fitness and Flexibility
Chapter 10. Muscle Fitness Basics
Lesson 10.1 Muscle Fitness Facts
Lesson 10.2 Building Muscle Fitness
Chapter 11. Muscle Fitness Applications
Lesson 11.1 Core Fitness, Posture, and Back Care
Lesson 11.2 Muscle Fitness Exercise Planning and Ergogenic Aids
Chapter 12. Flexibility
Lesson 12.1 Flexibility Facts
Lesson 12.2 Preparing a Flexibility Exercise Plan
Unit V. Skills, Skill-Related Fitness, Body Composition, and Program Planning
Chapter 13. Skill-Related Fitness, Skills, Tactics, and Strategy
Lesson 13.1 Skill-Related Physical Fitness and Skills
Lesson 13.2 Strategy and Tactics
Chapter 14. Body Composition and Energy Balance
Lesson 14.1 Body Composition Facts
Lesson 14.2 Energy Balance: Nutrition and Physical Activity
Chapter 15. Planning and Maintaining Active Lifestyles
Lesson 15.1 Preparing a Comprehensive Physical Activity Plan
Lesson 15.2 Maintaining Active Lifestyles
Unit VI. Living Well: Making Healthy Choices
Chapter 16. Choosing Nutritious Food
Lesson 16.1 A Healthy Diet
Lesson 16.2 Making Healthy Food Choices
Chapter 17. Stress Management
Lesson 17.1 Facts About Stress
Lesson 17.2 Managing Stress
Chapter 18. Risky Behaviors: Threats to Fitness, Health, and Wellness
Lesson 18.1 Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drugs
Lesson 18.2 Risky Driving, Risky Internet Use, and Help for Risky Behaviors
Chapter 19. Making Healthy Choices and Planning for Health and Wellness
Lesson 19.1 Lifestyle Choices for Fitness, Health, and Wellness
Lesson 19.2 Healthy Lifestyle Planning
Unit VII. Moving Through Life
Chapter 20. Making Good Consumer Choices
Lesson 20.1 Health and Fitness Quackery
Lesson 20.2 Evaluating Health Clubs, Equipment, Media, and Internet Materials
Chapter 21. The Science of Active Living
Lesson 21.1 Moving Your Body
Lesson 21.2 Moving Implements and Objects
Chapter 22. Taking Advantage of Opportunities
Lesson 22.1 Active Living Opportunities
Lesson 22.2 Physical Education and Career Opportunities
Glossary
Index
Credits
Charles B. (“Chuck”) Corbin, PhD, is a professor emeritus of the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University. He is internationally recognized as an expert in physical activity, health, and wellness promotion and in youth physical fitness. Dr. Corbin has authored or coauthored more than 100 books, including Fitness for Life, Fitness for Life: Middle School, Fitness for Life: Elementary School, and Concepts of Fitness and Wellness, all of which have earned excellence awards from the Text and Academic Authors Association. He has also published more than 200 journal articles on fitness, health, wellness and physical activity.
Dr. Corbin has presented keynote addresses at more than 40 HPERD state conventions, made major addresses in more than 15 countries, and presented numerous named lectures. He is a lifetime member of SHAPE America and has received several of its most prestigious awards, including the Hall of Fame Award, the Luther Halsey Gulick Award, and the Scholar Award. Dr. Corbin served the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition in many capacities and earned their Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a past president of the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK) and the recipient of its highest award: the Hetherington Award. In addition, he is a fellow of several national organizations, including the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education (NAKHE), and the North American Society of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance Professionals (NAS). He served for more than 20 years as a member of the science board of FitnessGram. In 2023 Dr. Corbin received the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from the President of the United States.
Darla M. Castelli, PhD, is a professor in the department of kinesiology and health education at the University of Texas at Austin. She strives to understand how physical activity can reverse the effects of health risk and has been working with students in physical activity settings for more than 25 years, leading several physical activity interventions, including Kinetic Kids, FITKids, FITKids2, Active + Healthy = Forever Fit, and Fitness 4 Everyone.
Dr. Castelli has received teaching awards in both the public school setting (Maine Physical Education Teacher of the Year) and in higher education (University of Illinois Teaching Excellence Award and University of Texas at Austin Kinesiology and Health Education Graduate Teaching Award). She is a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK) and of the SHAPE America Research Council. A recipient of the National Association for Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education (NAKPEHE) Young Scholar Award and the International Association for Physical Education in Higher Education (AEISEP) Young Scholar Award, her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the American Dietetic Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education. She has presented her work at U.S. Congress and Senate briefings in Washington, D.C., in support of the FIT Kids Act. Dr. Castelli has been a member of two Institute of Medicine committees: one on fitness measures and health outcomes in youth physical activity and one on physical education in the school environment. She received a BS from Plymouth State University, an MS from Northern Illinois University, and a PhD from the University of South Carolina.
Benjamin A. Sibley, PhD, is a professor in the department of recreation management and physical education at Appalachian State University. Dr. Sibley received a BS in exercise science from Wake Forest University, an MAT in physical education from the University of South Carolina, and a PhD in sport and exercise psychology from Arizona State University. He is designated as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), is certified as a CrossFit Trainer (CF-L3), and has served as a NASPE Physical Best Instructor. He has been a member of SHAPE America since 2003, currently serves on the SHAPE America Professional Preparation Council, and has served on the editorial board of Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (JOPERD). Dr. Sibley has published and presented numerous papers on physical activity among children and adults, in particular addressing motivation for physical activity and the relationship between physical activity and cognitive performance.
Guy C. Le Masurier, PhD, is a professor of sport, health, and physical education at Vancouver Island University in British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Le Masurier has published numerous articles related to youth physical activity and physical education, and he has given more than 50 research and professional presentations at national and regional meetings. He is the lead author of Fitness for Life Canada and coauthor of Fitness for Life, Seventh Edition; Health Opportunities Through Physical Education; Fitness for Life: Middle School; and Fitness for Life: Elementary School. Dr. Le Masurier has served as an editorial board member for Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport and International Journal of Physical Education, and he reviews research for numerous professional journals. Dr. Le Masurier is a research fellow of SHAPE America.
All you need to implement Florida's Personal Fitness course!
This Fitness for Life Florida Teacher Pack provides you with all of the tools to readily implement an evidence-based fitness education program, including 110 comprehensive daily lesson plans.
Along with a digital version of the student text, the Teacher Pack features a teacher’s guide with detailed lesson plans, strategies for assessment, ideas for differentiated instruction, and best practices for delivering the content. Extensive resources for use by teachers are customizable to best suit your context and your students. Chapters can be assigned via HKPropel* and student progress can be tracked to see at a glance whether the chapter is not started, in progress, or completed.
The Teacher Pack interfaces easily with the student textbook. The student textbook has 22 chapters that contain two lessons per chapter (44 lessons total). The teacher’s guide has detailed lesson plans for all 44 lessons in the student textbook. These lesson plans can be delivered to students in a classroom setting and are supported by the following resources:
- PowerPoint presentations for every classroom lesson
- Student worksheets for every classroom lesson
- Student quizzes for every classroom lesson
- Self-assessments and activity lessons
- Chapter tests for all 22 student textbook chapters
- Unit tests for all 7 units
- An online test bank that allows you to create your own chapter tests, unit tests, or course exams
- Teen interview videos that promote class discussion (available to teachers and students on the web resource)
- Video clips demonstrating all the self-assessment exercises (available to teachers and students on the web resource)
- Video clips demonstrating all the exercises in chapters 10, 11, 12, and 17 (available to teachers and students on the web resource)
Additionally, the teacher guide provides three activity lesson plans for each chapter of the student textbook. These activity lesson plans reinforce the chapter content, include a student self-assessment activity, and provide an opportunity for students to develop their physical fitness. The activity lesson plans are supported by the following resources:
- Activity cards with instructions and pictures for student use
- Student worksheets for recording self-assessment scores and logging physical activity
All 110 detailed lesson plans (44 classroom lesson plans and 66 activity lesson plans) and the associated resources are completely modifiable. Furthermore, all the 110 detailed lesson plans in the teacher guide provide you with several pedagogical features that will support your high-quality physical education program:
- Ideas for connecting with teachers and staff in your school to enrich students’ experiences
- Universal design for learning (UDL) considerations to help make your content and activities accessible to all students
- Ideas for integrating technology
- Ideas for assessing and evaluating students
- Take It Home activities that encourage students to use their knowledge and skills outside school
- Supplemental learning activities that you can use to reinforce course concepts, like Taking Charge, where students consider a case and provide guidance for an individual’s decision making.
*HKPropel is a digital content delivery and learning platform. It can be integrated with your learning management system that supports Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) 1.3 and provides LTI Advantage services such as Assignment and Grade Services and Deep Linking.
Choose the format that works best for your students.
The interactive web text combines the textbook with the features available in the student web resource in one convenient place. Embedding the digital elements within the text provides exceptional engagement designed to enhance the learning experience of students.
Pop-up definitions throughout the text, audio pronunciations for vocabulary terms in English and Spanish, worksheets, and chapter reviews engage students directly in the chapter context. Additionally, videos are readily accessible and demonstrate self-assessments and exercises for different parts of fitness within the context of the chapter. Similarly, student interview videos are integrated within the interactive web text and can be used as prompts for student discussions and reflection.
The interactive web text in HKPropel* is a powerful, unparalleled tool that students can access from a computer, tablet, or mobile device. To learn more, watch the student text video above (interactive web text discussed at the 2:04 minute mark).
*HKPropel is a digital content delivery and learning platform. It can be integrated with any learning management system that supports Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) 1.3 and provides LTI Advantage services such as Assignment and Grade Services and Deep Linking.
All student facing resources are available in Spanish. This includes a complete, unabridged Spanish version of the ebook or interactive web text as well as worksheets, tests, quizzes, and PowerPoint presentations used for classroom lectures.
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