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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Minute to Win It Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
This instructional activity is based on the popular game show, Minute to Win It. Learners work as a whole class to perform various exercises for one minute in order to gain points.
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California Obesity Prevention Initiative: Do More, Watch Less [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here is a complete program to help children understand how much time they spend in front of the television or computer screen, what effects that can have, and how to find activities that will help them get moving instead of watching.Find...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Physical Activity and Health at a Glance

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides notes on exercise, its health benefits, and its role in helping all people feel healthier and stronger. Learn about different types of exercises you can do to improve you health. Also, read facts about adults and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Tips for Grown Ups

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn ways to stay active with your children, in this guide from Arthur: "Arthur Weighs In."
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Tips for Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Help children learn easy ways to stay physically fit, in this guide from Arthur.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Body and Mind: U Can Do It 2

For Students 3rd - 8th
Do you ever wonder whether you can be an athlete? Anyone can. At this website, read about individuals who have overcome their disabilities and have become world-class athletes. Be inspired to be a great athlete, too, and learn about the...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Jamaica: Human Body: Healthy and Hygienic Habits During the Day

For Students K - 1st
Surf the waves with Courtney. Find out how to stay fit and healthy, just like her.
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Topend Sports Network: Fitness Testing: Tests of Cardiovascular Endurance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Perfect for teachers of physical education or simply those who have a hankering to test out their strength, these fitness tests have been created to assess your cardiovascular endurance. Tests include a step-by-step procedure, the...
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PBS

Pbs: Now With Bill Moyers: Motivating Youth to Get More Exercise

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Determine the primary cause for the increase in overweight youth in the U.S., and examine associated health risks. Investigate media targeted to youth, strategize a plan to motivate teens to exercise more, then implement the plan.
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Thinkport Education

Maryland Public Television: Topston Fitness Trail [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The city council in Topston wants to build a fitness trail in a nearby park to help its citizens become more physically fit and puts you in charge of the task. This workbook will help guide you in making the big decisions and experience...
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Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Health House: Food, Fitness and Fun: 24/7

For Teachers K - 1st
Engage your students in what it means to live a healthy life. They'll learn how to read food labels and understand basic nutrition. They'll take part in fun active play and learn about exercise benefits. Learn why healthy habits such as...
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BBC

Bbc: Health & Fitness: Improve Your Aerobic Fitness

For Students Pre-K - 1st
BBC provides exercises and ideas to keep you healthy and in shape with aerobic exercise. Site includes exercises with a treadmill, exercise bike and skipping. Links to a plethora of other fitness and sport-related subjects.
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Getting Healthy: Physical Activity: Get Moving!

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the health benefits of exercise. Content includes helpful tips on how to incorporate activity into your daily life and a link to the association's guidelines for improving heart health through fitness.
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Read Works

Read Works: Fat and Fed Up

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains arguments about the problem of obesity in America. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Fitness Four Square

For Teachers 6th - 8th
At this website, learn about a game that combines four square and other aerobic exercises. Includes ideas for assessing students' participation in the activity as well as adapting the activity for students with physical disabilities.
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Physical Fitness

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Physical Fitness. Other links, including Just Move and Shape Up America, are also included.
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English Club

English Club: Vocabulary: Physical Exercise Game 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about different types of physical exercise. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Por Que Es Inteligente Hacer Ejercicio?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives information on the physical health benefits of exercise and fitness. Follow their suggestions to increase your exercise activities. In Spanish.
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Other

Hhs: Physical Activity Fundamental to Preventing Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, read statistics from the US Department of Health and Human Services concerning exercise and its key role in preventing chronic illness and premature death. Use these findings from medical studies in which diseases were studied in...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Is Lactic Acid a Four Letter Word?

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay by exercise physiologist Patti Finke and fitness consultant Warren Finke describes the process by which our bodies transform food energy into energy that our cells can use.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Birthday Fitness Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this lesson, surrounding a theme children love, their birthdays, students will exercise, move and stretch in way you might while celebrating a birthday.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Deal or No Deal Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
This lesson plan is very similar to the popular television show Deal or No Deal. Students are chosen one by one to pick an exercise card. Once a card is selected they decide if they want to take the deal by showing a thumbs-up or decline...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Are You Stronger Than a Fifth Grade Teacher? Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson is a spin-off of the popular television show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Students are chosen one by one to pick an exercise card that will also have a point value on it. Once a card is selected as a class, students...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Move That Math: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Combine addition of numbers identified from playing cards with physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a twenty to twenty five minute series of activities that require two decks of...

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