Physical Education Area

PATHFI1
Midterm Examinations

“Circuit training is a method of fitness training that is designed to develop general, all-round physical and cardiovascular fitness.” -
Scholich (1990:40)

Guidelines for Creating Circuit Stations

1. Do one round of the EIGHT exercises, performing each exercise for 20 seconds with just 20 seconds rest in-between.
2. Incorporate exercises under the health and skill related component of fitness.
3. Include the following exercises: upper body exercises, lower body exercises, core exercises and cardio exercises.
4. Identify which station the exercise will be executed and the target muscle of each exercise.
5. Include warm-up and cool down exercises.

Complete the table. This will be the teacher’s guide for your performance

Station Exercise Target Muscle

1 Sit-up Core

NAME TOTAL Warm Up Work Cool Down Understanding and Implementation

Activity ethic Skill
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
 4 3 2 1
Warm Up Activity Warm up was quick and Warm up activity was Warm up activity was Absolutely no warm up
hit on all major muscle done, with some major done, with few muscle activity was done
groups and body parts. muscle groups and groups and body parts. before circuit started.
body parts.
Warm up was successful Warm up did not get
in elevating body temp, Warm up did not get the body temp, heart
heart rate, and the body temp, heart rate, and breathing
breathing rate. rate, and breathing rates elevated.
rates elevated.
Work ethic Student is trying the Student is trying Student is trying a little Student is just going
entire time majority of the time of the time through the motions
heart rate at maximal heart rate elevated Heart rate elevated and not trying. Heart
range significantly slightly rate not elevated
Cool Down Cool down activity was Cool down activity was Cool down activity was Absolutely no cool
done and properly done, but with minimal done, but with down activity was done
returned the body to its effect to return body to insignificant effect to
resting state resting state return body to resting
state
10 8 6 4
Understanding and Skill Student displays an Student displays a very Student displays a good Student displays lack of
excellent sense of good sense of sense of understanding understanding of the
understanding the skill, understanding of the the activity, able to activity, lacks skill in
able to do them all skill, able to complete display a fair amount of the activity. Student
correctly, completes all all stations correctly skill during the activity, tries some stations but
stations & assists completes most of the no effort to complete
classmates stations all.
15 13 10 5
Implementation Implemented all of Implemented most of Implemented some of Insufficient evidence of
planned activities. planned activities. planned activities. implementation of
-All instructions and -Instructions and -Instructions given but program.
demonstrations are demonstrations are demonstrations are -Instructions and
given . given. missing. demonstrations are not
-FITT information -FITT information -FITT information given.
provided for all provided for (50%) of provided for some -FITT information not
activities. activities. (25%) of the activities. present or confusing to
-All safety covered. -Safety covered. -No safety gone over. reader.
-All students active. -All students active. -Some students active. -No safety gone over.