Edexcel AS PE Student Book

Part of the Edexcel A Level PE series

Delivers all you need for the new Edexcel specification

The AS Student Book offers complete coverage of the new specification with a strong focus on assessment throughout. The Exam Café feature provides every student with a motivating way to thoroughly prepare for their exams. Exam Café contains the following to help with assessment and revision:

• Exemplar Material – model questions with to grade answers, plus feedback to help show students what they need to do to improve.
• Content coverage checklists – to ensure students know what they are required to know and understand for each chapter.
• 'Revise as you go' sections provide a series of questionsat the end of each chapter and the answers at the back of the book to help students see how they are progressing.
• Student tips provide handy advice from fellow students about general revision and exam experiences.
• Tips and hints – advice specific to the Edexcelqualification.

Additional content to support with assessment:

• 'Take it further' features contain stretch questions to test the more able student.

Other features of the Student Book include:

• In each chapter - learning outcomes at the start, and content summaries at the end to ensure students are aware of the learning they need to achieve.
• 'Key terms' – a boxed feature containing explanations of key words.
• Case studies of real-life examples with questions to extend the learning point.
• 'Apply it!' features give examples to reinforce how the theory is used in practice, in real-life situations.
• 'Hot links' are website-related activities to help with additional research.

Contents Listing

Unit 1 Participation in Sport & Recreation
Part A Healthy And Active Lifestyles
Chapter 1 The development of active leisure and recreation
Chapter 2 Healthy lifestyle
Chapter 3 Effects of exercise - responses and adaptations of the body systems
Chapter 4 Fitness and training

Part B Opportunities and Pathways
Chapter 5 The development of competitive sport
Chapter 6 Performance pathways
Chapter 7 Lifelong involvement
 
Unit 2 The Critical Sports Performer
Part C Overview
Chapter 8 The critical sports performer

Sample Content