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Resources, Lessons, and Activities for Physical Education
May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, but kids need physical education all year! Education World offers a full roster of stories, lessons, resources, and activities focused on PE! So take a look at the ideas here for including sports and physical fitness in the curriculum and helping your students be physically fit!
- Girls and Sports -- A Winning Combination!
Can playing with dolls deliver harmful messages to young girls? Why are noncompetitive sports important for girls’ development in the early years? How can educators encourage girls to embrace sports? Those are some of the questions Education World posed to husband-and-wife team Gil Reavill and Jean Zimmerman, authors of Raising Our Athletic Daughters: How Sports Can Build Self-Esteem and Save Girls’ Lives.
- "Be Fit for Life," Says P.E. Teacher of the Year
Named best high school physical education teacher for 2000 by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, Dale Kephart -- a former Olympic gymnast -- uses fun and music to help kids get fit for life.
- Computers and Phys Ed Do Mix!
Students and teachers in Hood River, Oregon, use a spreadsheet program to track progress in physical fitness. Included: Teachers share their reactions and the reactions of students and parents.
- Great Sites for Teaching Physical Fitness
Here are Web sites that are among the best for teaching about physical fitness.
- The Web Puts 'Fizz' Into Phys-ical Fitness!
May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, the perfect time to reinforce the value of exercise and physical activity for better health. The Web has just the resources to help you with games, ideas, and lessons that will make your students jump for joy!
- Fit for Life: Online Resources for Teaching Physical Fitness
Actor and bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger said that the human body has "the performance capability of a Ferrari and the durability of the Chevy." Whether you consider yourself a Mustang or a Model-T, you can help your students see the value of exercise and activity during May, National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Your trainers are waiting for you on the Net!
- Emphasizing Sportsmanship in Youth Sports
Coaches, Teachers, and parents serve as role models for sportsmanlike behaviors in children. This story from the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports examines the latest research on the topic of developing sportsmanship.
- Sports Math Scores Points With Students AND Teachers!
Looking for math activities to connect with this week's big game? Teachers can grab students' interewt with a site that teams math with sports -- and everyone comes out a winner!
- Let's Get Physical
Celebrate National Physical Fitness and Sports Month with Education World's tour of physical fitness Web sites. Get your students moving with hundreds of active-ities -- with the emphasis on active!
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