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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: You Are What You Eat!

For Students 6th - 8th
Thinking about improving your sports performance? Want to help friends and family make the most of their physical fitness activities? One factor to consider is food. Whether you realize it or not, what you eat does change your body. It...
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Nutrition.gov

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a comprehensive resource for information pertaining to health, nutrition and well being. Explore this site to learn more about food safety, food facts, health management and more.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nutrition Background Information

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Teach children about nutrition with this guide from Arthur: "D.W. the Picky Eater."
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World Health Organization

World Health Organization: Obesity

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the facts and health consequences of being overweight. Also learn about how diet and physical activity contribute to your overall well-being.
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New Mexico State University: Nutrition Decision

For Students 3rd - 8th
Simple games that explore the connection between nutrition, serving size, physical activity, and health. Using what they learn, students design a poster to promote physical activity among youth.
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P.e. Links 4 U: Elementary Physical Education

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Find articles on health and nutrition, teaching ideas for the season, and featured web sources on this site. You can sign up for a subscription to be updated via email. There is even a bulletin board available to communicate with other...
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National Institutes of Health

Nih Curriculum Supplement Series: The Science of Energy Balance

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A great resource for teachers to help explain the balance between calorie intake and physical activity. There are many student activities that reinforce the need for physical activity in a healthy life style. Included are a teacher's...
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Sesame Street

Sesame Street: Healthy Habits for Life

For Teachers Pre-K - K
This comprehensive resource will give you the tools you need to teach children about eating right and being physically active so that they can establish healthy habits for life. Included are easy-to-use, fun lessons and activities that...
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American Academy of Family Physicians

Family doctor.org: Passing Healthy Habits on to Your Children

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Teach your children how to live healthy when they are young. This helps them avoid making unhealthy choices and developing lifelong bad habits. This article offers examples of ways for parents to positively influence their children's...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Kids and Exercise

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Information about kids and exercise. Includes an age-appropriate guide to the type and the amount of daily exercise children should be getting.
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Kids Health: Kids and Exercise

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Information about kids and exercise. Includes an age-appropriate guide to the type and the amount of daily exercise children should be getting.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Be a Fit Kid

For Students 2nd - 5th
There's a lot of talk these days about fit kids. People who care (parents, doctors, teachers, and others) want to know how to help kids be more fit. Here are five rules to live by, if you're a kid who wants to be fit.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nutrition Tips for Grown Ups

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn tips to foster healthy behavior in children, in this guide from Arthur: "D.W. the Picky Eater."
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: What's Happening to Your Body?

For Students 6th - 8th
This lesson plan site focuses on the changes that adolescents go through and delves into their nutritional, physical, and mental health needs.
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US Department of Agriculture

Choose My Plate: Health and Nutrition Information for Educators

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Find sets of lesson plans for children grades one through six about the healthy food choices. Includes posters, worksheets, and coloring pages.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Staying Healthy

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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PBS

Pbs: In Defense of Food Curriculum

For Students 6th - 8th
PBS: In Defense of Food Curriculum. It is designed to help adolescents develop something valuable:practical tools for healthier eating. It helps students learn why it is important to eat healthfully, investigate how food companies...
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Healthfinder: Activity & Menu Planners

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Organize your day with these interactive and printable physical activity logs and menu planners.
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Frozen Ropes: Baseball and Softball Training

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on a baseball/softball training camp. Read up on the style of the training and how it has been successful in the past.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Science Ambassador Fellowship: Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site gives many lesson plans for teaching middle and high school students about current and relevant science topics like autism, ADHD, Diabetes, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, birth defects, genetics, and more. The lessons are based on...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Healthy Weight

For Students 9th - 10th
Whether studying health or physical education, this site explains the importance of lifestyle when trying to lose weight and get in shape.
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PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: How Far to Mount Katahdin

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Organized into 5 parts, this lesson combines physical activity with academic subjects including math, health, and geography. In part I, students calculate how many steps it would take to complete the Appalachian Trail. In parts II and...
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Philip Mc Rae: From Distraction to Addiction?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To better understand the scope of physical, mental and social consequences of digital technologies in areas such as exercise, homework, identity formation, distraction, cognition, learning, technology compulsions, nutrition and sleep...
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American Fitness Professionals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains how to become a certified personal trainer or fitness instructor. It includes an index of health articles and a listing of seminars and home study courses related to health and physical fitness.