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Components of Fitness

Sixth graders learn the components of physical fitness — heart fitness, strength, flexibility, endurance, and rest — and discover enjoyable activities that build each one, so they can stay active in ways they love.

Grade 6Fitness45 minutes1 class periodSHAPE / Skills-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Name the parts of fitness.
  • ✓Match activities to components.
  • ✓Value rest.
  • ✓Enjoy staying active.
Essential Question

Being “fit” isn’t just one thing — it’s several! A great runner and a great gymnast are fit in different ways. What are the parts of fitness, and how do we build each one?

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Interactive Task
Explore · Interactive

The Fitness Explorer

Project this and tap each part. Have students explore the components of fitness and activities that build each one.

💪 Explore the parts of fitness — tap eachTry it

The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

45 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

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Warm-Up — More Than One Thing

5 min

A runner and a gymnast are fit in different ways — what are the parts of fitness?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show two athletes.
  • Ask how they’re fit.
  • Get moving.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Consider.
  • Get ready.
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Learn — The Components

11 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to the Fitness Explorer.
  • Name each component.
  • Note activities.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Tap each.
  • Name them.
  • Note activities.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Try an activity for each.
  • Sort activities by component.
  • Include rest.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Try them.
  • Sort them.
  • Rest too.
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Apply — Apply

11 min

Students apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Plan a balanced activity week.
  • Choose activities you enjoy.
  • Include recovery.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Plan it.
  • Choose them.
  • Recover.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

5 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a component.
  • Give an activity.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Give one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to SHAPE America National Health Education & Physical Education Standards.

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PE.3

Achieve and maintain health-enhancing fitness.

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PE.2

Apply concepts related to movement and fitness.

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HE.1

Comprehend concepts about physical fitness.

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HE.7

Practice health-enhancing behaviors.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Component + activity cards.
  • Sentence frame: “___ builds ___.”
  • Demonstrate activities.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with cardio and strength.
  • Use pictures.
  • Try one activity.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Design a fitness circuit.
  • Explain the FITT idea.
  • Set an activity goal you enjoy.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🏃Open space to move
  • 💻The Fitness Explorer
  • 🎵Music
  • 🚩Cones / markers
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

fitnesshow well your body performs activitycardiovascularrelating to the heart and lungsstrengthhow much force muscles produceflexibilityhow far joints can moveendurancehow long muscles keep workingrecoveryrest that helps your body get strongeractivitymoving your bodybalancea mix of different activities
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Name two components of fitness.
Sample: cardio (heart fitness), strength, flexibility, endurance, or rest.
QUESTION 2
What activity builds flexibility?
Stretching or yoga.
QUESTION 3
Why is rest part of fitness?
Your body needs sleep and recovery to get stronger and stay healthy.

Cool-Down: a fitness you enjoy.

Have students pick one activity they enjoy for each fitness component and plan to try it this week. A printable fitness sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Components of FitnessPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: activity, balance, cardiovascular, endurance, fitness, flexibility, recovery, strength
  1. how far joints can move
  2. a mix of different activities
  3. relating to the heart and lungs
  4. how much force muscles produce
  5. how long muscles keep working
  6. moving your body
  7. how well your body performs activity
  8. rest that helps your body get stronger

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Name two components of fitness.
  2. What activity builds flexibility?
  3. Why is rest part of fitness?
Answer key — Part A: 1) flexibility · 2) balance · 3) cardiovascular · 4) strength · 5) endurance · 6) activity · 7) fitness · 8) recovery
Part B: 1) Sample: cardio (heart fitness), strength, flexibility, endurance, or rest. 2) Stretching or yoga. 3) Your body needs sleep and recovery to get stronger and stay healthy.