Join the fun as Penny and the KidVision kids go to the beach! They learn sun safety, meet lifeguards, learn to read beach safety signs, find seashells, splash in the ocean, and end the day with a game of beach ball.
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This resource provides information about Body Composition and Body Mass Index and provides a B.M.I. calculator and B.M.I table as a student learning tool. The waist circumference tool also provides an idea of whether your B.M.I. combined with your waist circumference increases your risk for developing obesity-associated diseases or conditions.
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A colorful eye-catching visual for teaching the F.I.T.T. principle to students. This is a free download and a great resource to print or display for classrooms.
This link leads you to a list of several downloadable resources. You will see the Fitness - F.I.T.T. link in the resources.
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108°: Critical Response looks at the seriousness of heat illness and its underlying causes, as well as how to treat and prevent exertional heat illness.
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This learning activity provides students with opportunities to improve hand dribbling skills. Many variations are included to integrate other academic subjects.
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In this activity, students will fill out their own “physical reactions to stress” inventory and graph the class results. Then they will work in pairs to learn more about the body mechanisms that cause physiological stress symptoms, such as a fast heartbeat, cold hands, and dry mouth, or even longer-lasting symptoms such as a headache and sleeplessness. Finally, students will discuss their own reactions to stress and understand that many physiological stress reactions are part of the body’s normal functioning. Students will also look at ways of dealing with stress
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Free PDF to print for a K-2 hand dribbling activity. Challenges, modifications, academic language, depth of knowledge questions, and video of the mature form included.
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This is a video about "What you need to know about exercising for your heart and lungs". The video talks about resting heart rate, how to measure resting heart rate, and how to improve your cardiovascular fitness.
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The weather is warming up, the days are longer and there's more time to be outside doing all kinds of fun things! But if you're going to be out in the sun, especially on a hot day, you need to stay safe. This resource will tell you how.
This article discusses the prime time to stay out of the sun, hydration, and sunscreen.
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In this activity, students work together to cross a "toxic river". The purpose of this activity is to teach students to work together cooperatively and think outside the box. This lesson can be modified and adjusted based on the equipment that is available.
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This activity is designed for students to learn how to use a compass and reach multiple checkpoints through an activity-based scavenger hunt. This will allow students to use STEM-based practices in the physical education classroom while being active and learning skills to help them navigate using a compass.
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A cold is an infection of the upper respiratory system. This just means it can affect the nose throat, and sinuses. A cold virus gets inside your body and makes you sick. The rhinovirus is the most common cold virus, but more than 200 viruses can cause colds. Because there are so many, there isn't a vaccination, or shot, to prevent you from getting colds. This resource presents information on colds, their causes, cold prevention, and care.
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This classroom resource is a lesson plan for teaching students about healthy eating. The lesson begins with an activity in which students consider two plates of food: one composed of healthy choices and one composed of less healthy choices. Students then learn about the importance of nutrition, watch a video about healthy eating habits, and discuss the role of fruits and vegetables in a healthy diet. Next, students investigate snacks and learn about the difference between "every day" and "sometimes" foods. They watch a video about how to choose healthy snacks and then participate in an activity that challenges them to make healthy choices while preparing a plate of food for a friend. Finally, students learn about where to find both "every day" and "sometimes" foods.
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This free resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention teaches students the effects of tobacco use on the body. In this lesson, students conduct an experiment that demonstrates what goes into a person’s lungs with each puff of a cigarette. Then, students will view an interactive Web animation that gives a 360-degree view of the organs in the human body and an explanation of how tobacco use affects each organ.
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In this activity, students will use a beach ball to practice their volleying skills. Students will volley the ball to themselves and hit it up in the air with an open hand. Students will next volley the ball up in the air, let it bounce on the floor and volley it up again. Students will then volley the ball off of a wall. A tapeline can be added to the wall to make sure it is volleyed high enough up in the air. The next progression of this activity incorporates another student. Volleying the beach ball between two students can now occur, with both students continuing to use proper technique.
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This informational web page helps students to understand the basics of self-esteem and ways to increase self-esteem.
This resource is appropriate for younger elementary grades.
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The purpose of this activity is for students to dribble the ball at a pace in which they can be successful. Students will line up on the one sideline and dribble across the court to the other sideline maintaining ball control. If students lose control they must start over. If students make it to the other side, they must stay there and continue dribbling in their own personal space until the activity is ended by the teacher.
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This free resource from PE Central is a jump rope skills assessment. Students assess whether or not they can perform certain jump rope skills, and describe why or why not. The students will then create a routine based on combining two or more skills and will teach that routine to a partner.
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This free activity from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will teach students the importance of washing their hands. In this activity, students will conduct an experiment on washing their hands. They will learn that “clean” hands may not be so clean after all and the critical importance of washing their hands as a way to prevent the spread of disease.
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Explore the problems and tensions created by misunderstandings and the inability to listen to diverse points of view in this video from the PBS KIDS series ARTHUR.
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This informational webpage explains what stress is, what causes stress, how to find a balance, and how to prevent stress.
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This informational webpage shares the following resources:
Managing and Preventing Stress for Teens
What is Stress
Symptoms of Stress
Preventing Stress
Informative video for stress and techniques to ease stress in teens
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This activity will teach scoring and positioning of players on a tennis court during a game of tennis.
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This free video resource from PBS LearningMedia teaches students about nutritious food and healthy eating habits. This Fizzy's Lunch Lab video and related lesson plan provide an informative overview of food and nutrition topics with an emphasis on vegetables. Using these materials, students will learn that veggies contain specific nutrients that promote health and prevent disease.
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This free video resource from PBS LearningMedia teaches students about healthy food choices. This stop motion animation shows what a healthy meal should look like based on the USDA My Plate model. Narrated by a young child who wants to fill her plate with dinner rolls and an adult who explains why that is not a balanced meal, A Healthy Plate provides an easy-to-follow visual that breaks down portion sizes for grains, fruits, vegetables, protein, and dairy.
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This free video resource from PBS LearningMedia teaches students the importance of visiting the dentist. Like any new experience, going to the dentist can be scary for young children. In this video, two brothers take us on a trip to the dentist that explains what is happening at every step. The older brother introduces the people who work in the office, describes their jobs, and explains how each instrument is used.
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Learn how far coughs, sneezes, and vomit travel, in this episode of Gross Science from NOVA. Scientists can use technology to track the liquids that fly out of noses and mouths and study how far germs can travel. Researchers at MIT used high-speed cameras to reveal that the droplets in a cough or sneeze travel in an invisible gas cloud, which can carry germs much farther than people previously thought.
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This resource is a poster outlining benefits of sleep and drawbacks of lack of sleep for children. This poster is outlined in a "do" and "don't" format.
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In this activity, students are dribbling in free space using the proper cues of the tap and bump technique. Students dribble around the space and try not to get tagged. Students get tagged when the balls from other students collide. If this happens, students hug their ball and spread their legs until one of the untagged students kicks their ball through the open legs of the tagged student. A tagged student can now dribble again once this occurs.
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A multi-skills work booklet including questions and tasks for students to complete. This is a great resource to accompany a topic on skill/health-related fitness. Includes images, questions, and explanations of tests for each component of skill.
Note: You will need to create a free account on the website before you can view this resource.
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Following along with their teacher, students learn about the various upper body muscles we have such as the bicep and pectoral muscles and learn how to give them a good stretch and exercise. This lesson engages students by focusing on psychomotor and cognitive skills.
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This resource is a lesson plan that could be developed into a Unit Plan. The resource provides an extensive amount of information and resources on Heart Disease. The resource includes approved videos to show to your class as an introduction, along with note guides, assessments, and writing props to expand your lesson.
The main objective of the lesson plan is to inform students on heart disease and the risk factors associated with the disease.
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In this activity, students will practice jumping rope starting with making big wheels with their arms first. Students will start by placing their arms out in front of them and making big circles with their arms in a big wheel or "windmill" fashion. This will extend the full ROM of the shoulder joint. Students will then bend their knees each time they see their hands pass their eyes. Students will continue to do this an add a jump to the movement. Students will then get a jump rope that fits them appropriately, by holding the handles and stepping on the middle of the rope. The rope should be between the shoulders and underarms. You can tie knots in the rope if the rope is too long. Students will toss the rope from behind the heels to the front of the body and then jump over the rope (jumping rope).
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This resource is a hand dribbling activity for K-2 students. This activity could work for large group activities.
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This resource is a worksheet for personal fitness for grades 4-6. The worksheet can be used to help students plan a game or activity of their own. This helps promote critical thinking and imagination, along with personal fitness.
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