The physical education program is based on the Maryland Physical Education Content Standards and the Maryland State Curriculum that includes skillfulness, exercise physiology, biomechanical principles, social psychological principles, motor learning, and physical activity appropriate to the multi-age levels. Students will learn to work cooperatively with a partner. They will learn to manipulate objects with a partner (throwing, catching, striking, kicking, bouncing, and rolling. Students will demonstrate the correct techniques for using manipulative including throwing, catching, striking, and dribbling. Student will learn to analyze their performance in order to learn or improve a movement skill. Students will learn fitness concepts and participate in a variety of fitness development exercises, and learn to assess their personal fitness. Working in small groups, students will learn to accept personal differences (maturity levels, physical differences, physical cultures, and gender differences.
