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- Fitness with a jumpstick
- The lesson includes a variety of activities for strength, endurance, and flexibility with the use of a jumpstick. Intervals of jogging and exercises of major muscle groups include an element of fun. The teacher's leading role adds intensity and excitement to these activities.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Healthful Living)
- By Bozena Mielczak.
- Primary fitness skills unit
- The main focus of this unit is primary physical fitness skills assessment and development. With PE class scheduled once a week, fitness assessment becomes a challenge. This unit keeps students moving and at the same time assesses their primary fitness skills in each lesson.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Healthful Living)
- By Bozena Mielczak.
- Fitness fun
- This lesson introduces fun cardiovascular exercises that raise the heart rate.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Healthful Living)
- By Sharon Serine.
- Bones and muscles
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.4
- In this lesson for grade seven, students draw bones inside an outline of a human body, and then conduct experiments exploring how muscles work.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
- By John Boyd.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- A Santana quad tandem in the River City Cycling Club in Elizabeth City, NC
- This is a quad tandem cycle in the River City Cycling Club in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
- Format: image/photograph
- Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education
- "Specializes in developing programs for youth to address health concerns like childhood obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy food choices, tooth decay, drug and alcohol abuse, unintentional injuries, and teen pregnancy."
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Millis Regional Health Education Center
- Visitors are sure to have fun while they learn about the human body and how to stay healthy at this health education facility.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Profile of a rural Vietnamese woman in a palm leaf sunhat
- A rural Vietnamese women wears a traditional style, broad-brimmed palm leaf sunhat. The hat is shaped like a wide cone, and it it held on by a drak cloth chin strap. The woman is a farmer or other rural laborer who lives in central Vietnam in what was called...
- Format: image/photograph
- When will I ever use this in real life?
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.8
- In this lesson for grade seven, students research careers and determine how people with these occupations use English, math, and science skills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
- By Jen Presley.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- The importance of recess
- How classroom elementary teachers can promote physical education.
- By Timothy Meyler and Sarah Banks.
- Breathe in, breathe out
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.3
- In this lesson for grade seven, students will discuss lung capacity and brainstorm careers in which it's important to have a good lung capacity. Students will conduct an experiment to measure their lung capacity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
- By John Boyd.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- Designing your gym class
- From classroom organization to warm-up procedures, one physical education teacher provides a blueprint for a structured physical education program.
- By Bozena Mielczak and Kim Campbell.
- Rolling a ball
- More than a Physical Education lesson plan! The main focus of this manipulative activities lesson is rolling a ball. Students will roll other objects and practice rolling themselves. Additionally, you will find many ideas for structuring and managing a PE class.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–3 )
- By Bozena Mielczak.
Resources on the web
- iEmily.com
- This site provides health information for young adult girls, addressing topics such as nutrition, fitness, puberty, mental health, and sexual health. Some issues addressed by this site are controversial (STDs, pregnancy, drug abuse, depression), and parental... (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: iemily.com
- BAM! Body and Mind
- A healthy lifestyle site that focuses on topics such as stress and physical fitness, using kid-friendly lingo, games, quizzes, and other interactive features. (Learn more)
- Format: website/activity
- Provided by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- PElinks4u
- This informative website is packed with information and links to outstanding physical education links that will be helpful in the classroom. (Learn more)
- Format: website/lesson plan
- Provided by: Central Washington University
- Nutrition & Physical Activity
- Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control, this comprehensive website features information about healthful living through nutrition, physical fitness, and obesity prevention. (Learn more)
- Format: website/activity
- Provided by: Center for Disease Control
- How Stuff Works
- Gives explanations of how everything around us actually works. Find information on credit, computers, cell phones, and more. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: How Stuff Works, Inc.
- Action for Healthy Kids
- Learn how to improve children's nutrition and physical activity to promote good health and the readiness to learn. (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
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- Benjamin Franklin: An Extraordinary Life, An Electric Mind
- A rich, diverse website that examines the life of Benjamin Franklin from many angles using a variety of activities to engage the learner. (Learn more)
- Format: website/lesson plan
- Provided by: PBS
