Grade 8 Overall Expectations:
Active Participation
Actively participate according to their capabilities in a wide variety of program activities
- Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for Children and Youth (Website Guideline PDF)
- The Ability Toolkit: A Resource for Parents of Children and Youth with a Disability (Website)
- Time Management for Teens: “Scheduling is Power” (Website Article)
Demonstrate an understanding of factors that contribute to their personal enjoyment of being active as they participate in a diverse range of physical activities in a variety of indoor and outdoor environments
Demonstrate an understanding of the factors that motivate or impede participation in physical activity every day to be physically active
- What Teens Think About: Role Models (YouTube Video)
- Kids Can Help Parents Get Healthier (Website Poster)
- Overcoming Obstacles to Physical Activity (Website Article)
- Beating the Odds | 6 Stories That Prove Anything Is Possible (YouTube Video)
Physical Fitness
Daily Physical Activity (DPA): participate in sustained moderate to vigorous physical activity, with appropriate warmup and cool-down activities, to the best of their ability for a minimum of 20 minutes each day
- 5 of the Best TikTok Dance Challenges (Website Article)
- 30-Minute Hip-Hop Tabata to Torch Calories (YouTube Video)
- 30-Minute Hip-Hop Fit Workout (YouTube Video)
- Fun HIIT Circuit for Kids (YouTube Video)
- How to Stay Active As a Teen (Website Article)
Recognize the difference between health-related components of personal fitness and skill-related components, and explain how to use training principles to enhance both components
- Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines (Website Guideline PDF, see page 3)
- 8 Fitness Tips for Teenagers (Website Article)
- Planning for Physical Fitness (Web Resource Lesson Plan)
Assess their level of health-related fitness during various physical activities and monitor changes in fitness levels over time
- DPA Tracker (Website Physical Activity Tracking Sheet)
- How to Feel Your Heart Beat (YouTube Video)
- What Happens To Your Body When You Start Exercising Regularly (YouTube Video)
Develop, implement, and revise a personal plan to meet short term, health-related fitness goals and physical activity goals
- Examples of Short-Term Fitness Goals (Website Article)
- What Are Your Goals: Motivational Video (YouTube Video)
Safety
Demonstrate behaviours and apply procedures that maximize their safety and lessen the risk of injury, including the risk of concussion, for themselves and others during physical activity
- How to Be Safe When You’re in the Sun (Website Article)
- Ultraviolet Radiation (Website Article)
- Sun Safety Basics (Website Article)
- Melanoma (Website Article with Video)
- Indoor Tanning (Website Article)
- Tips for Taking Care of Your Skin (Website Article)
Demonstrate a basic understanding of how to deal with emergency situations that may occur while participating in physical activity
- How To Stay Calm Under Pressure (YouTube Video)
- First Aid & Emergencies (Website)
- What are the Signs and Symptoms of Anaphylaxis? (YouTube Video)
- How to Use a Defibrillator (AED) (YouTube Video)
- Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) (Website)