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Health | P. E. | Nutrition

Health

  1. Adolescent Health On-Line - posted by the American Medical Association.
  4. A Puff Doesn't Make You Cool Stuff - project-based lesson using Excel
  5. A Brush Chart which can be printed and colored. A reminder to brush your teeth at least twice a day.
  6. BAM - Body and Mind - BAM! Body and Mind is a resource for you to incorporate CDC health, safety, and science topics into your classroom.
    The site also offers your students interactive content to investigate topics for school or for a personal interest.
  7. Your Body - From growing up to getting braces, popping pimples to catching some ZZZs, this section gives you the basics on your
    changing body - from head to toe. For teens.
  8. Bio Medical Lab - The Walker - See how one walks when variables are moved. Interactive site.
  9. Breakfast Basics - K-3 lesson plan This is an Adobe Acrobat document
  10. "Bright Smiles, Bright Futures." Tooth care from Colgate" (Caution: You must register to use this site)
  11. Build a Healthy Lunch Tray - 2nd -4th grade lesson plan; How to make good food choices in the cafeteria
  12. Calories - How many calories am I burning when I exercise?
  13. Clean Hands and Good Manners - Manners and hand-washing go “hand in hand” when it comes to a safe and
    pleasant cafeteria environment. This is an Adobe Acrobat document
  14. CoolSpot - Teen place for information on Alcohol and resisting peer pressure
  15. Drugs and Alcohol - A 13-issue soap opera comic book about young people dealing with substance abuse and addiction.
  16. Drug Database - Prescription, Nonprescription and Herbal medicine database collections from Web MD
  17. Drug Information - Find information about more than 7,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications, including common uses of a drug, the proper ways to use the medicine, possible side effects, and other helpful information.
  18. Drug Testing - Withstanding the test of time -NCAA drug-testing program has been more than an effective deterrent for substance abuse
  19. Drug Use in Sports - links to articles about drug usage in sports.
  20. Emerging and Infectious Diseases - Lesson plans and interactive material for students.
  21. Environmental Change and Our Health - Lessons, activities, news resource.
  22. Fighting Disease: Health At The End Of The Millennium - Another Wired Curriculum from The United Nations CyberSchoolBus
  23. First Aid Action - Packed with practical, up-to-the-minute advice, the course lets you learn at your own pace
  25. Health Information explained by Health Touch On-Line
  26. Health Lesson Plans for Block Scheduling - integrate health with other subject areas
  27. Health News daily from the New York Times
  28. Health Resource Directory from Health Touch On-Line
  29. The Heart - Online Exploration
  30. HeartPoint - site to help in the understanding of the heart and heart disease
  31. How High will it Fly? - incorporate science into your P. E. program
  32. Human Anatomy Online - Learn about the body systems
  33. InteliHealth - Interactive Tools, Quizzes, and Illustrations
  34. KidsHealth.org - trainloads of information on infections, behavior & emotions, food & fitness, and growing up healthy, as well as cool games and animation
  35. Live Healthier, Live Longer - the relationship between cholesterol and coronary disease
  36. Looking Good, Feeling Good - Grades 6-8 - interactive site with lesson plans.
  37. Martindale's Health Science Guide containing over 52,000 teaching files
  38. Mind over Matter - Help adolescents learn about the effects of drug abuse on the body and the brain.
  39. Obesity - Video Discussion by teens on their fights with obesity. Quizzes, body image and eating disorders included.
  40. Obesity - Healthy and Active Kids - interactive site for students in grades 4-8
  41. OnHealth: Your Personal Guide to Health - Special reports and news items related to health are the focus of this site. The conditions database offers a wealth of information. Acne, AIDS, and Alzheimer's are just a few I found in the A category of their conditions database.
  42. PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs - Look up any prescription drug.
  43. Pedometer - Gmaps pedometer - Find out how many miles you run. Track your distance with gmaps.
  44. Quackwatch - Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions
  45. Sleep Disorders - Lesson plan and interactive material for students.
  46. Smart Mouth - Learn about foods
  47. The Sneezer Pleaser - Learn the correct way to fight germs when you have to sneeze! Coloring Picture that goes along with the story K-2
  48. A Tour of the Kitchen - K-3 lesson plan This is an Adobe Acrobat document
  49. Walk in My Shoes - an activity project that reaches across generations and teaches young people about growing older and the physical changes that occur with age.
  50. What's your Real Age? - Your Real Age is the biological age of your body, based on how well you've maintained it. Take this online quiz

P. E.

  1. 5StarHoops - for coaches
  2. Archery - Videos and lecture hand outs from MIT
  3. Badminton - Play the game virtually and then take a quiz on the rules.
  4. Body Conditioning - article about conditioning the body
  5. Awesome Library: Physical Education - lesson plans, papers and projects
  6. Coach's Clipboard - Basketball coaching
  7. Coaches' Training Bulletin - Sports Coach - Inside: the complete guide to successful coaching
  8. Why Am I Dehydrated? - Get yourself a glass of water and keep reading to find out!
  9. Elementary Objects - Standards based information, printable materials, interactive activities, work sheets, videos, or other educational resources. Grades K-8 Select a grade, then click on Physical Education.
  10. The Exercise and Physical Fitness Page - posted by Georgia State University
  11. ElectriKids - lesson plans, games and quizzes
  12. Energizers - Classroom-based physical activities ( K-2, 3-5, K-5) This is an Adobe Acrobat document
  13. Ethics -Is the Use of Advanced Materials in Sports Equipment Unethical? - have students debate pros and cons
  14. Exercise Targeted Areas of the Body - interactive site that gives suggestions for activities for various body part fitness
  15. Exercise training programs - wide range of FREE exercises and exercise training prgrams
  16. ExRx - "ExRx.net (Exercise Prescription on the Net) is a free resource for the exercise professional, coach, or fitness enthusiast." ExRx.net consists of over 2000 pages"
  17. First Grade Fitness Lesson Plan - student-centered fitness activities that can be integrated into classroom subjects such as physical education, math, science, and health education.
  18. Sports and Physical Education Resources - Posted by McNeese State University
  19. Fit4Fun- Kids' Fitness - game instructions in text format
  20. Fitness Tests - 100 individual fitness tests
  21. Game Coaching Tool - A "Must See" site! Interactive virtual whiteboard tool for sports coaches. This is a British site and the names of the games will be different from the ones used in America.
  22. Games
    1. Basketball Golf - Make shooting fun and competitive - high school
    2. Castle Ball -practice working together as a team while playing both offense and defense - high school
    3. Games and more - worksheets, lesson plans, and ideas (scroll down to see the list)
    4. Games Kids Play - All those games you played as kid out in the backyard
    5. Gametime Enterprises - Skill Games
    6. Great Game List - Children's Games
    7. Javascript Database of Games
    8. Jump into a Healthy Life - Jump rope Thinkquest
    9. Outdoor Games for kids - Many ideas
    10. Parachute Games - ideas on how to use this in class
    11. PE Activities - many game ideas (Caution: This site may be blocked by some school filters)
    12. P. E. Ideas - ideas to use in your PE program
    13. Playground Games around the World - Ideas and games for outdoors
    14. Plus One Volleyball - move towards the ball while maintaining a body position that permits them to pass the ball to their team mates - high school
    15. Ultimate Frisbee -try to advance the Frisbee past the end line of the basketball court by throwing it to their teammates
  23. Girl Power - Sports and Fitness
  24. Injuries - How to deal with sports injuries - MDAdvice.com is an award winning internet-based medical site providing highest-quality health information
  25. List servs related to health and PE with instructions on how to subscribe.
  26. Line Dancing - Step by Step directions (Caution: This site may be blocked by some school filters)
    1. How to Dance the Macarena - instructions and a great animation at the top of the page
    2. Another How-to do the Macarena page
    3. Macarena - music only
  27. Making Bodyweight Exercises More Challenging - Information on how to do bodyweight exercises; discusses form
  28. Muscles - What is a muscle and how does it work?
  29. Muscles - Strength Training - How many reps?
  30. PE Central - The Ultimate Web Site for Health and Physical Education Teachers. Weekly activities, lesson plans and lots of links.
  31. Pedometer - Gmaps pedometer - Find out how many miles you run. Track your distance with gmaps.
  32. Physical Activity Cards - Learn what muscle groups and parts of the body are involved in each sport along with instructions on how to play.
  33. Physical Education Interval Workout - Lesson Plan
  34. Physical Education Lesson Plans - Jr High and High School
  35. Physical Education Lesson Ideas
  36. Physical Education Lesson Plans -
  37. Physical Education Lesson Plans - from Educator's Reference Desk
  38. Physical Education Lesson Plan Page - The page is stored on a free server and if it is over-viewed, Tripod (the free server people), will turn the page off for about two hours.
  39. Physical Education Online - Teacher Resources, Activity Ideas, Lessons and more!
  40. Racing Crouch - crouch technique to start a race.
  41. Run For Your Life: A Twist on Aerobic Exercise - all about aerobic exercise
  42. Sports
    1. Free Sports Instruction - free video instruction and tips for many sports
    2. Baseball - The History of Baseball
    3. Basketball - The History of Basketball
    4. Cross Country Running - history of the sport
    5. Field Hockey - rules of the game
    6. Football - The rules of the game.
    7. Hockey Facts Quiz - A fun way to help you students understand more about hockey
    8. Soccer Skills Quiz - educational and fun quiz about the history and techniques of soccer.
    9. Sports Info - Information on over 30 sports.
    10. Swimming Tips and Advice - site is presented in German and English, side-by-side
    11. Volleyball - Mastering the skills
    12. Volleyball - Plus One Volleyball - Lesson plan.
    13. Volleyball Drills -74 drills with instruction
    14. Volleyball Quiz - [this link opens on a new page] 12 question quiz
  43. Sports for Lifetime Wellness - site is presented in German and English, side-by-side
  44. Sportsmanship - Learn the ways to be a good sport from this NBA Jr. site.
  45. Sportsmanship Education - guide to promoting Sportsmanship in your school
  46. Sports Muscles and their Functions - Sports Anatomy, Muscular Contraction & Speed Training
  47. Strength Training for Women - Exercises with examples on how to perform them.
  48. Strength Training - The benefits of a periodized strength training plan; many articles and information
  49. National Sportsmanship Day - Sign up for this year's event!
  50. Teaching Good Sportsmanship - from the Family Education Network
  51. TripleJump Technique - video showing and explaning technique.
  52. Using Technology to Support Physical Education in High School - report on ways to use technology with P. E.
  53. Walk to school month - Oct 4th
  54. Warm-up and Cool-down Ideas -P.E. ideas and resources
  55. Weight Training and Strength Training Exercises -
  56. Weight Training - Fitness goals
  57. Weight Training - Lesson Plan This is an Adobe Acrobat document
  58. Weight Training Programs - See examples of training programs
  59. Weight Training Videos - See correct techniques on video. Get the lecture handouts also!

Nutrition

  1. 5 a Day from Dole - Nutrition education and fun activities for kids. In the virtual classroom students have daily assignments for a week. One example, "If you were in charge of your school cafeteria, what fruits and vegetables would serve?"
  2. Apple Juice on the Internet - Welcome from AJ and the Jammin' Juicers!
  3. Calorie Calculator - enter a food item and get information on calories
  4. FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
  5. Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the USDA
  6. Eating Disorders - index to information about aq variety of eating disorders
  7. Food Fit - a really nice food pyramid, and a good explanation of each group.
  8. Food Allergy - science behind the most common food allergies and intolerances
  9. Healthy Eating - (Elementary grades) interactive whiteboard screens with basic nutritional information
  10. The Healthy Refrigerator - Open the door to a healthy heart. [This page opens in a new window. When you are finished at the Healthy Refrigerator, close the window to return to this list]
  11. Index of Food and Nutrition Internet Resources - Compiled by the Food and Nutrition Information Center of the USDA.
  12. Learn to be Healthy - for teens; have to register, but it is free, journal food choices, activities to select to help make healthy choices.
  13. Milk - Where's your mustache?
  14. MyPyramid - Posters, tips for healthy eating, activities and more
  15. Nutrition Explorations - Kid-friendly site. The fun and easy way to learn about nutrition.
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