Personal Health...
  : How Fit?  
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It is important to know how fit you are.

Make a plan which shows what you could do to test your own fitness. Ask the teacher if you want help with the writing.

My plan for finding out how fit I am

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 % responses
y4
y8

Aspects mentioned:

muscular endurance
cardiovascular
flexibility
speed
power
body weight

50
50
12
12
12
15
67
68
9
24
17
8

Focus:

health
sport
elements of both

16
46
21
19
44
28

Ideas about measurement of fitness:

very clear
some idea
none

0
5
95
8
23
69

How systematic?

very
somewhat
not

0
5
95
5
22
73
Commentary
This task was designed to see if students could suggest ways to check fitness. The students placed main emphasis on endurance and cardiovascular fitness. Very few had clear ideas about how to measure fitness systematically.
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