University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Eating and Exercise
Interactive animated simulation allows students to make connections between the real world and the physical world. Uses interactive tools to explore issues such as calories, exercise, diet, fitness, and weight control.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Teacher's Corner: The Energy Equation [Pdf]
Students research recommended sleep, eating, and exercise guidelines for their age. They also investigate the roadblocks they may face to achieve these guidelines and the benefits that may be gained. With this knowledge, a plan is...
Curated OER
Kids Health: Kids and Exercise
Information about kids and exercise. Includes an age-appropriate guide to the type and the amount of daily exercise children should be getting.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Kids and Exercise
Information about kids and exercise. Includes an age-appropriate guide to the type and the amount of daily exercise children should be getting.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Healthy Hopping
Jumping rope is great exercise! Learn nine different single rope stunts along with jump rope rhymes and games. Also, includes tips on healthy eating.
Government of Canada
Public Health Agency: Healthy Living
Videos, reports and interactive media help readers learn how to live a more healthy life.
Other
British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life (11 14): Energy and Nutrients
Students learn about the energy and nutrient requirements of humans in this comprehensive tutorial. They will look at dietary sources of energy, what the human body needs, changes in those needs during life's stages, the energy required...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Healthy Weight
Whether studying health or physical education, this site explains the importance of lifestyle when trying to lose weight and get in shape.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Heart Health and Care
This is a simple guide from The Franklin Institute to keeping your heart healthy through proper exercise, a varied diet, and a clean lifestyle. Here, read about how to exercise and eat to avoid heart disease.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Heart Health: How Does Heart Rate Change With Exercise?
Your heart starts beating before you are born and keeps right on going through your whole life. Over an average lifetime, the human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times. Keeping your heart healthy means eating right, not smoking, and...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Choosing Healthy Foods
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Foods such as whole grain breads, fresh fruits, and fish provide nutrients you need for good health. But different foods give you different types of nutrients. You...
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Kids Health: Staying Healthy
Find yummy recipes for food to make yourself! There are also articles about the reasons for vitamins and minerals, how to eat when you're playing sports, and a number of other important topics.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Nutrition Introduction
The CDC offers a wealth of information regarding several specific topics that fall under nutrition including good health, exercise, diet and more.
Other
Nourish Interactive: Nutrition Education
Games for children teach nutrition concepts, while tools for parents and teachers help promote eating healthy, exercising daily, and setting nutrition and fitness goals. Access to entire collection of resources requires free registration.
Other
Nourish Interactive: Nutrition Education
Games for children teach nutrition concepts, while tools for parents and teachers help promote eating healthy, exercising daily, and setting nutrition and fitness goals. Access to entire collection of resources requires free registration.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Figuring Out Fat and Calories
Most people know that fats and calories are connected to our weight, but what is their correlation? This article analyzes their relationship and how an understanding of these items can benefit your body. Links to related articles are...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Caribbean Sea: How Do Healthy Habits Affect Your Bones and Muscles?
We all need good habits to be healthy and strong. Take a trip to a turtle farm set in the Cayman Islands to learn about exercise, eating right, correct posture, and bone health. Win stars for every correct answer and earn a certificate...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fizzy's Lunch Lab
Fizzy's Lunch Lab provides an informative overview of food and nutrition topics with an emphasis on fruits, vegetables and whole grains. The Lunch Lab will provide practical and positive examples of healthy eating and regular exercise...
PBS
Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: Teaching Gude: Healthy Choices
Through this activity, high school students keep track of what they eat everyday and compare their nutrient intake with the minimum requirements for good health.
US Department of Agriculture
Choose My Plate: Health and Nutrition Information for Educators
Find sets of lesson plans for children grades one through six about the healthy food choices. Includes posters, worksheets, and coloring pages.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Female Athlete Triad
The female athlete triad is composed of three disorders that all stem from a woman's obsession with how she looks. Conditions in this triad result in weakness and damage to one's body. This condition is outlined in a detailed manner in...
Curated OER
Kids Health: A Guide to Eating for Sports
Television ads and magazines are littered with new sports drinks and supplements that claim to enhance performance for athletes. Are these claims proven to be true or just cunning marketing schemes? This article delves into the hype and...
Ingles Mundial
Ingles Mundial: Health (La Salud)
An exercise designed to teach Spanish-speaking ELLs about healthy eating and the vocabulary of food and nutrition. Students answer comprehension questions based on a short reading about losing weight. Instructions in Spanish; exercise in...
Curated OER
Kids Health: What's the Right Weight for Me?
This article addresses concerns and controversies often surrounding the topics of dieting and weight control. Here, learn how weight is affected through diet and exercise and read tips on how to maintain a healthy weight and body image.