COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Lesson Plan Template

School: Antonine College, Pascoe Vale
Topic:
UNIT: Fitness Components and Training
Methods

Class: Year 9 Health (Boys)

Aims

Lesson Number: 1
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Lesson: Defining Fitness and Health

Related Fitness Components

Students will gain a general

understanding of what the term
Fitness means, the different types of
fitness and be able to define healthrelated fitness components

Health and Physical Education

AusVELS
Level 9: They investigate different
components of fitness, how these vary
between activities and how they
contribute to the wellbeing of people at
different stages of their lives

Location / Setting

Organisation / Student Groups

Classroom management strategy

Health Classroom

24 Male Students

Desks organised into groups of 6.

Separate troublesome pairings

Key Vocabulary

Materials, Resources and Equipment

References/Sources

Fitness
Health-Related Fitness Components
Aerobic Capacity, Anaerobic Capacity,
Muscular Endurance, Muscular Strength,
Flexibility, Body Composition

Slides
YouTube Videos
Worksheet

www.youtube.com
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INTRODUCTION
Connecting, Engaging and Modelling Inquiry
Explain class outline and
learning aims for the lesson
(1 minutes)
Fitness Brainstorm. (4
minutes)
Class brainstorm words
and ides the associated
with fitness and leave
on board for class
duration as reference
point. (Slide 2)
Defining Fitness (3 minutes)
Student create their
own definitions of
fitness in their
workbooks and rate
their own fitness based
on their definition.
Select a few students to
read theirs out. Then
students presented with
a textbook definition of
Fitness.

MAIN BODY
Guiding Inquiry and Practise
Health Related Fitness.
Class attempts to complete the
Mix & Match worksheet (2
minutes)
Go through each of the HealthRelated fitness components
using the slides and YouTube
videos.
Read definition of each, play
YouTube video to enhance
description, allow students to
give examples of how it
contributes to peoples health at
different stages of life, and give
time to copy into workbook.
Use key points below to guide
discussion
(Slides 5-9)

Components of Fitness Intro

(3 mins)
With reference to
brainstorm, define the
two sub sections of
fitness components.
Health Related &

Aerobic Capacity: (5 minutes)

- Important in most common
sports
- VO2 Max
- Requires strong/healthy lung &
heart
Anaerobic Capacity: (5 minutes)
- Speed
- Power
- Short duration
Muscular Strength: (5 minutes)
- Strength vs Power
- Hypertrophy vs Strength

CONCLUSION
Sharing, Explaining and Reviewing Inquiry
Class Discussion.
Self-Evaluation of own fitness and
health now with an understanding
of Health-Related fitness. (2
minutes)

Question Time (5 minutes)

-Take student questions
-Ask recapping questions to
refresh and ensure understanding.
- eg. Which fitness components
are most/least important for
particular athletes (eg Sprinter vs
Tennis Player)
If any time permits briefly
introduce next weeks topic.

Fitness Related. (Slide

3-4)

- (Body builder vs Strongman)

Muscular Endurance: (5 minutes)

- Brief Slow Twitch vs Fast Twitch
- Genetic/Heredity?
Flexibility: (5 minutes)
- Males vs Females
- Injury Reduction with aging
Body Composition: (5 minutes)
- Endo/Ecto/Mesomorph
- All important for specific sports
Allow the students to make
corrections to their worksheet.