8^th Grade: Physical Education
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Explore introductory outdoor skills (e.g., backpacking, hiking, boating, cycling, ropes courses).
Perform a variety of simple folk, country, and creative dances.
Practice appropriate ways of learning new skills or sports on his or her own.
Improve and maintain appropriate body composition.
Describe long-term physiological, psychological, and other benefits that may result from regular participation in physical activity.
Recognize in playing team sports that rules are fair to all and allow for safe participation.
Understand how growth in height and weight influences the mechanical nature of performance in physical activities.