Concepts of physical fitness Active lifestyles for wellness.doc

Concepts of Physical Fitness: Active Lifestyles for Wellness, twelfth editionby Charles B. Corbin (Arizona State University), Gregory J. Welk (Iowa State University), William R. Corbin (Yale University) and Karen A. Welk (Mary Greeley Medical Center)0-07- 284374-8 / 2005 / softcover / 480 pages; List of SupplementsIntegrated Instructors Resource CDOrganized by chapter this instructor CD includes all the resources you need to help teach your course. The CD will work in both Windows and Macintosh environments and includes the following:· Course Integrator Guide This guide includes all the features of a useful instructors manual, such as learning objectives, suggested lecture outlines, suggested activities, media resources, and web links. It also integrates the text with all the related resources McGraw-Hill offers, such as the Online Learning Center, HealthQuest CD-ROM, and Health and Human Performance Discipline Page, etc. The guide also includes references to relevant print and broadcast media.· Test Bank This file includes more than 1000 questions, including multiple choice, true-or-false, and short essay. It has been rewritten to enhance clarity, and it now includes critical thinking questions and more applications questions.· Computerized Test Bank Brownstones Computerized Testing is the most flexible, powerful, easy-to-use electronic testing program available in higher education. The Diploma system (for Windows users) allows the test maker to create a print version, an online version (to be delivered to a computer lab), or an internet version of each test. Diploma includes a built-in instructor gradebook, into which student rosters and files can be imported. The CD-ROM includes a separate testing program, Exam VI, for Macintosh users.· PowerPoint A complete PowerPoint lecture for the course is included in the instructors portion of the Online Learning Center. This presentation, ready to use in class, was prepared by professional in the field of health and fitness. It corresponds to the content in each chapter of Corbin, making it easier for you to teach and ensuring that your student can follow your lectures point by point. You can modify the presentation as much as you like to meet the needs of your course.Online Learning CenterThe Online Learning Center to accompany this text offers a number of additional resources for both students and instructors. Many study tools are open to all students. Premium content such assessments and PowerWeb require student registration using the passcode that comes free with new books. Visit this web site to find useful materials such as:For the instructor:· Downloadable PowerPoint presentations· Interactive web links activities· Course Integrator GuideFor the student:· Self-scoring chapter quizzes and online study guides· Flashcards and crossword puzzles for learning key terms and their definitions· Learning objectives· Web Resources with additional information· Interactive activities· Web links for study and exploration of topics in the text· Online labs· Wellness Worksheets· PowerWeb· Newsfeeds · Internet GuideHealthQuest CD-ROM, by Bob Gold and Nancy AtkinsonThe HealthQuest CD-ROM helps students explore their wellness behavior using state-of-the-art interactive technology. Students can assess their current health status, determine their risks, and explore options for positive lifestyle change. Tailored feedback gives students a meaningful and individualized learning experience without using valuable classroom time. Modules include the Wellboard (a health self-assessment); Stress Management and Mental Health; Fitness; Nutrition and Weight Control; Communicable Diseases; Cardiovascular Health; Cancer; Tobacco; Alcohol; and Other Drugs. An online Instructors Manual presents ideas for incorporating HealthQuest your course.Fitness and Nutrition LogThis logbook helps students track their diet and exercise programs. It serves as a diary to help students monitor their behaviors. It can be packaged with any McGraw-Hill textbook for a small additional fee.PowerWebThe PowerWeb website is a reservoir of course-specific articles and current events. Students can visit PowerWeb to take a self-scoring quiz, complete an interactive exercise, click through an interactive glossary, or check the daily news. An expert in each discipline analyzes the days news to show students how it relates to their field of study. PowerWeb is part of the Online Learning Center. Students are also granted full access to Dushkin/McGraw-Hills Student Site, where they can read study tips, conduct web research, learn about different career paths, and follow fun links on the web.Wellness WorksheetsThis collection of activities and assessments help students become more involved in their own wellness and better prepared to implement behavior change programs. It includes 120 assessments under the topics of General Wellness and Behavior Change, Stress Management, Psychological and Spiritual Wellness, Intimate Relationships and Communication, Sexuality, Addictive Behaviors and Drug Dependence, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Exercises, Weight Management, Chronic Diseases: Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer, Infectious Diseases, Aging, Dying and Death, Consumer Health, Personal Safety, and Environmental Health. They are available online in the premium content or may be package at minimal cost with the text. NutritionCalc Plus (ISBN 0-07-292084-X) NutritionCalc Plus is a dietary analysis program with an easy-to-use interface that allows users to track their nutrient and food group intakes, energy expenditures, and weight control goals. It generates a variety of reports and graphs for analysis, including comparisons with the Food Guide Pyramid and the latest Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs). The ESHA database includes thousands of ethnic foods, supplements, fast foods, and convenience foods, and users can add their own foods to the food list. NutritionCalc Plus is available on CD-ROM or in an online version.Introduction To Wellness And Wellness Training videotapeThis instructional video defines wellness and puts wellness, health and fitness in perspective for both students and instructors. This video provides the basic foundation to study wellness. Introduction to Physical Fitness and Fitness Testing VideotapeThis video includes a statement of fitness philosophy, a look at important fitness objectives including the "Stairway to Lifetime Fitness" and a complete description of the fitness tests included in the Concepts books. Test descriptions include estimated IRM for strength, the trunk rotation test for flexibility, and the curl-up test for muscular endurance. All other fitness test descriptions have also been newly described. The H.E.L.P. (Health, Everyone, Lifetime, Personal) philosophy is part of the flow of the video presentation of concepts.Video LibraryThe McGraw-Hill Video Library contains many quality videotapes, including selected Films for Humanities and all videos from the award-winning series Healthy Living: Road to Wellness. Digitized video clips are also available (see Healthy Living Video Clips CD-ROM). The library also features Students on Health Video, a unique video filmed on college campuses across the country which includes eight brief (8 to 10 minutes) segments featuring students involved in discussion and role-play on health issues. Lastly, a new videoMcGraw-Hill Health Videois available. This video features brief clips on a wide range of topics of interest in personal health courses. Talk with your sales representative about eligibility to receive videos. Classroom Performance SystemsClassroom Performance System (CPS) brings interactivity into the classroom/ lecture hall. It is a wireless response system that gives instructors and students immediate feedback from the entire class. The wireless response pads are essentially remotes that are easy to use and engage students. CPS is available for both IBM and Mac computers.PageOut: The Course Website Development CenterPageOut, free to instructors who use a McGraw-Hill textbook, is an online program you can use to create your own course web site. PageOut offers the following features:· A course home page· An instructor home page· A syllabus (interactive and customizable, including quizzing, instructor notes, and links to the texts Online Learning Center)· Web links· Discussions (multiple discussion areas per class)· An online gradebook· Links to student web pagesContact your McGraw-Hill sales representative to obtain a password.Course Management SystemsNow instructors can combine their McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center with today's most popular course-management systems. Our Instructor Advantage program offers customers access to a complete online teaching website called the Knowledge Gateway, pre-paid, toll-free phone support, and unlimited e-mail support directly from WebCT and Blackboard. Instructors who use 500 or more copies of a McGraw-Hill textbook can enroll in our Instructor Advantage Plus program, which provides on-campus, hands-on training from a certified platform specialist. Consult your McGraw-Hill sales representative to learn what other course management systems are easily used with McGraw-Hill online materials.Primis Online Primis Online is a database-driven publishing system that allows instructors to create content-rich textbooks, lab manuals, or readers for their courses directly from the Primis website. The customized text can be delivered in print or electronic (eBook) form. A Primis eBook is a digital version of the customized text (sold directly to students as a file downloadable to their computer or accessed online by a password). Concepts of Physical Fitness, twelfth edition is included in the database.