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The Grain Chain: Stepping Out: Pedometer Experiment [Pdf]
Use your skills of estimation, observation, and data collection to calculate the amount of energy used during your normal walking throughout the day. Use of a pedometer is suggested, but walking steps could be counted by students while...
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Read Works: Fit for Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes the information about how to stay healthy for life. This passage is intended as a guided passage to instruct students how to classify and categorize information.
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Kids Health: Pilates
Many people use and support Pilates, a form of resistance training. Learn more about the background of Pilates and how you can incorporate it into your exercise rourtine. Links to similar sites are also provided.
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Kids Health: Strength Training
Strength training isn't just for people wanting to develop larger muscles. This article discusses many of the benefits associated with weight training and how to determine your appropriate level of involvement. Links to related articles...
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Kids Health: T'ai Chi
T'ai Chi is a form of martial arts that has benefits beyond self-defense. Check out this article to see how T'ai Chi can improve your flexibility and strength. Links to related sites are also included.
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Read Works: Big League Injuries
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the injury, treatment, and precautions against an ACL tear as an athlete. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Kids Health: What Do Food Labels Really Say?
An overview of food labeling history and importance, how to read food labels, basic components of a food label, and a comparison of different foods.
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Centers for Disease Control: Physical Activity Introduction
Who needs physical activity? How can it help? Find out here with this introduction to physical activity from the CDC.
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Personal Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor Certificate
This site tells of a correspondence course that you can take to become certified. It also has information on career opportunities.
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Kids Health: Por Que Es Inteligente Hacer Ejercicio?
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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Pbs: Host a Family Olympics
Design and build a track with obstacles you must go over, under, around or through. Participate in a non-competive event with a variety of games that develop gross motor skills.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Toning & Building Muscle
A series of videos on toning and building muscle and the importance of exercise and a proper diet. Videos vary in length. Twenty-nine video lessons followed by a comments section.
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Pbs Learning Media: Deal or No Deal Lesson Plan
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 Learning Media: Are You Stronger Than a Fifth Grade Teacher? Lesson Plan
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 Learning Media: Move That Math: Lesson Plan
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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Pbs Learning Media: Musical Math Facts: Lesson Plan
Combine mental math with physical activity to engage young scholars and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a twenty to twenty five minute series of activities that require pre-made math flashcards that can be easily...
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Pbs Learning Media: Jumping Math: Lesson Plan
Combine counting sequences with physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a fifteen to twenty minute series of activities that can be easily tweaked to work in any elementary classroom.
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Pbs Learning Media: Odd Todd & Even Steven: Lesson Plan
Combine multiplication, determining if a product is odd or even, and physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a twelve to fifteen minute series of activities that can be easily tweaked...
New York Times
New York Times: Health
[Free Registration/Login Required] The New York Times maintains daily coverage of the latest in health news, including children's health, fitness, the health care policy, and more.
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Pbs Learning Media: Spanish Action Verbs Lesson Plan
In this interactive lesson plan, students learn about Spanish action verbs while exercising!
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Pbs Learning Media: Rock Paper Scissors Lesson Plan
This lesson puts a physical twist on the traditional game, rock, paper, scissors! Students get into pairs to play rock, paper, scissors. However, in this game the person who does not win the match is rewarded with exercise by doing...
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Hhs: Physical Activity Fundamental to Preventing Disease
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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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...
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Pbs Learning Media: Action Verbs Lesson Plan
In this lesson students connect exercise and literacy. The teacher reads a sentence aloud and students must identify the action verb that was read and then act it out accordingly.
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