The Inside Story of Muscles, Bones and Exercise

Get children's blood pumping with this primary grade lesson on the human heart. After learning about the important role this muscle plays in the human body, students monitor their heart rates and discover the importance of staying active.

Students explore the different themes and strategies of dancing by performing in class.  In this physical education activity, students practice moving specific joints and muscles as they train to perform a dance.  Students perform a...

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...

Learn about the functions of our bones and muscles and their importance in helping us move. [1:00]

Students record their daily physical activity in a chart. In this physical fitness lesson plan, students and adults exercise and see how many repetitions they can do in a given amount of time. They record this in a chart over a period of...

Hosting a Healthy Field Day will take a lot of planning and organization, but with a lot of parent participation it can come together very well. The resource describes seven stations of the ten that were presented. Each of these has a...

What kinds of physical activity should youngsters do more of? What kind of activities should they do enough of? What kind of activities should they do less of? Studies say that children should be doing about an hour of vigorous activity...

What are some of the benefits of physical activity? Young learners take a look at not just the physical benefits, but also the emotional and social benefits of being physically active. There is a heart rate activity to count their...

In this animated video segment adapted from the Eagle Books series produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mr. Eagle describes to Rain That Dances and Thunder Cloud, two American Indian boys, how people used to be...

These Fizzy's Lunch Lab videos provide an informative overview of calcium. Students learn what foods provide good sources of calcium, and how calcium helps grow strong and healthy bones. [4:02]