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Read Works: Fatty Foods

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage discusses the effects of fattening foods. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Fatty Foods Flunk Out of School

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses how junk foods are being eliminated from many school cafeterias. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies...
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Read Works: Focus on Adhd

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage explains ADHD, its effects, and explanations from students who are living with the condition. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential...
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Read Works: All in a Day's Work

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses some possible jobs associated with health care. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works: Fire Safety

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains a how-to checklist for safety. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
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Read Works: Weekend at Sawyer Farm

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passages is about a weekend visit to Sawyer Farm in New York. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for...
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Read Works: Is It Time for a New Toothbrush?

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains questions and teacher guides and...
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Read Works: School of Skate

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about after school skateboarding classes being offered at some schools. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Winter Workouts

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how to stay physically fit during the cold winter months. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Aahperd Archive Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance archives located at Springfield College in Springfield, MA.
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US Department of Agriculture

Choose My Plate: Tips for Increasing Physical Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to "make physical activity a part of the day." This brief article suggests incorporating simple and fun activities into your daily routine while at home, at work, and at play. Includes great tips for people of all ages.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Aerobic Frisbee Golf

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The physical activity described at this website combines cardiovascular fitness exercises (frisbee, push-ups, jumping jacks) and academic subjects math and science.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Plans: Push Up Routine

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Because push-ups are part of most fitness-related tests, it is important that students practice push-ups and, in the process, improve upper body strength. Students able to do push-ups and able to "hold a push-up position for at least 30...
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Human Kinetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent resource for high schoolers on sports biomechanics and sports medicine.
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US Department of Agriculture

Choose My Plate: What Is Physical Activity?

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a brief definition of "physical activity" as well as examples of "moderate physical activities" and "vigorous physical activities."
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US Department of Agriculture

Choose My Plate: How Much Physical Activity Is Needed?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how much physical activity you should partake in every day in order to maintain good health and weight in this brief essay. Also learn when it is necessary to consult your physician before starting a physical activity routine.
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WebMD

Web Md: Achilles Tendon Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from WebMD Health provides great information on the problems that can arise from the Achilles Tendon. Includes several pictures, quite a few links, and answers to commonly asked questions. This article has sections on causes,...
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Read Works: Marathon Kids

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a program called Marathon Kids that is designed to teach children to be physically active. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Take the Plunge

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the positive effects of swimming. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

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