How does water pollution happen? Water pollution happens when trash, chemicals, or other substances enter a body of water, like a lake or ocean. It makes the water unsafe for plants and animals that need the water.
This resource includes talking points and three videos about the implications of water pollution.
This resource is a series of prompts educators can use to get their students to write about mental health strategies. Teachers could copy the resource and use it as a handout in class or as homework. Teachers could also use select prompts to stimulate class discussion.
Having a conversation about mental health might be uncomfortable, but it can make all the difference. Check out these tools – from conversation guides to tips –that can help you help those in need.
This is a comprehensive resource center for teens to have access to numerous topics related to mental, physical, and emotional health. This would be a good site for students to be made aware of adolescent health issues.
There’s an urgent need for sports officials in this nation. We need more people stepping up to do the tough job of making sure sports are fairly played, well-managed and safe environments for all participants and spectators. Say Yes to Officiating is all about providing resources that help recruit new sports officials, retain the ones already working, instill excellence, and celebrate the officiating experience
This resource includes many training videos for officiating football. These videos are in both slow motion and regualar speed to allow the watcher to recognize what rules are being observed.
In this short video, students will learn about the roles and responsibilities of sports officials and referees.
In this short video, students will learn about the roles and responsbilities of an athletic trainer.
In this short video, students will learn about the duties of exercise physiologists. An exercise physiologist's job is to assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility.
In this short video, students will learn about a career as a recreation worker. Recreation workers conduct recreation activities with groups in public, private, or volunteer agencies or recreation facilities. They organize and promote activities, such as arts and crafts, sports, games, music, dramatics, social recreation, camping, and hobbies, taking into account the needs and interests of individual members.
This is an interactive running pace calculator. Students can enter key pieces of data to determine their pace or their distance. Pace calculators are useful for both new runners and expert runners. Whether someone is running their first race, trying to PR, or going on a training run, knowing their pace can help them train and run better.
Ever ask yourself, "how do I find my target heart rate?" Finding your target heart rate is easy with our target heart rate calculator. Target heart rate calculation can be determined for any age and activity level, enabling you to use a heart rate monitor and get the most benefit from your workouts.
Your workout motivation—or rather un-motivation—could be directly linked to dehydration. This mini-slideshow can help students understand the benefits of properly hydrating the body and the affects when the body exhibits dehydration.
This resource lists many frequently asked questions about the field of kinesiology. Listed in interview style, these questions could be used to ask a professional about their experiences or can be read as a way to better understand the field.
Kinesiology is the scientific study of human or non-human body movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, biomechanical, and psychological mechanisms of movement. Applications of kinesiology to human health (i.e. human kinesiology) include biomechanics and orthopedics; strength and conditioning; sport psychology; methods of rehabilitation, such as physical and occupational therapy; and sport and exercise. Studies of human and animal motion include measures from motion tracking systems, electrophysiology of muscle and brain activity, various methods for monitoring physiological function, and other behavioral and cognitive research techniques.
This is a comprehensive website full of strength, conditioning, fitness, flexibility, and self-care activities. These resources can be used by the physical educator to create fitness-type workouts or students can use this website to develop their own workouts.
Students can create their own workouts choosing from easy to insane and from each of the groups of cardio, core, legs, back, chest and arms. There are endless possibilities for utilizing with students. Whole class, sure! Share the link in Google Classroom as an announcement and let them experiment?
This website has a series of visuals that can be downloaded, printed, and displayed in the physical education gymnasium or class. These visuals range cover varying topics such as the FITT Principle, BORG Rating, and the Conflict Corner.
Every season, ACL injuries take thousands of students out of the game. To help you reduce the risk of ACL injuries for your student-athletes, the NFHS has partnered with the Hospital for Special Surgery to bring you this course.
This course is designed to teach you about the causes of ACL injury, how to identify and correct movement deficiencies that can lead to ACL injuries, and how to effectively lead a Neurodynamic Warm-Up before practices and games.
Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the number one cause of death in the United States for student-athletes during exercise. Caused by a structural or electrical problem associated with the heart, Sudden Cardiac Arrest happens when the heart unexpectedly stops beating and pumping blood. This is why the National Federation of State High School Associations, in partnership with Simon’s Heart, has developed the course Sudden Cardiac Arrest. This course could be taken by students or it could be used as informational material for teachers as they develop their lesson/unit plans.
Vaping is the act of inhaling an aerosol created by an e-cigarette or similar device. The term "vaping" misleads the user into thinking they are inhaling a vapor and something potentially safe or at least harmless. This is just one reason why the NFHS, with support from the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, has created Understanding Vaping and E-cigarettes. This course helps dispel such misconceptions and highlights specific risks such as nicotine addiction for youth who try vaping and e-cigarettes.
Social Media for Students has been designed to give students the information that they need to develop responsible social media habits. This course illustrates the long-term consequences that irresponsible social media usage can have on a student’s educational, athletic, and professional careers. It shows students ways in which they can use social media to promote their team, school, community, and their own personal brand. Social media has turned every user into a mass communicator. Learning how to skillfully and safely utilize it now, will greatly help you as you continue to use social media in the future.
Exertional Heat Stroke is the leading cause of preventable death in high school athletics. To help you minimize the risk of heat illness at your school, this course has designed to provide the fundamentals of a strong heat acclimatization plan and guidelines for limiting activities to account for changing environmental conditions and other contributing risk factors. It highlights the importance of an appropriate hydration plan and establishing an Emergency Action Plan in case of a suspected exertional heat stroke.
This course can be used as a stand alone assignment for students or teachers can use this to develop their unit/lesson plans.
Officiating Basketball is designed to assist individuals in becoming a better official and improving the experience for you and the student athletes. The course covers fouls against the ball handler, screening, post play, block/charge, intentional fouls, technical fouls, and a general overview of characteristics that help to make a person a better official. Officiating Basketball provides insight into the mechanics of making a correct call and shows examples of high school games to illustrate when calls should be made.
This course can be used as a stand alone assignment for students or teachers can use this to develop their unit/lesson plans.
This is a YouTube playlist of videos focusing on personal health and wellness. These videos can be used in a health classroom setting or assigned for students to view outside of class.
Topics in this playlist include: goal setting, growth mindset, mental health, and transformative moments.
This resource is 9 printables that can be used to explain hula hut team challenges. These activities can be used to practice teamwork, communication, and cooperation. These printables can be used in a station-style format or displayed digitally to explain before students participate.
This resource is printable and can be used to print and display in the gym. Alternatively, this resource could be projected digitally and used when discussing the aspects of sportsmanship.
This resource includes several videos and graphics about the importance of wearing a bicycle helmet and how to create a proper fit. These videos can be displayed during a class session and the graphics can be used to stem class discussion or can be printed to be displayed in the gym or bulletin board.
As an educator, you can play a vital role in teaching children about poison prevention. Young children are at the greatest risk for unintentional poisoning. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, in cooperation with Department’s primary contractor for poison information, the Nebraska Regional Poison Center, has created this lesson plan that makes it fun and easy to teach this important topic. The lesson plans are designed to provide you with tools to instruct and encourage poison prevention education for pre-school-age children and their parents. Many educators choose to use these lesson plans during National Poison Prevention Week, which occurs during the third week in March each year.
This 32 page resource is full of learning activities appropriate for Kindergarten through 3rd grade that focus on social-emotional learning. These learning plans and activities focus on feelings, communication, controlling our behaviors, and being flexible.
This novice mid to novice high German activity guides students as they create their own learning activity. Students start by researching the country of Austria and brainstorming cultural topics for their project. Once they select a theme, they create a list of vocabulary terms needed to complete their project and then work to locate websites that will teach other classmates about the chosen cultural topic. Finally, students create activities that can be completed by using the chosen resources. After finalizing their created activity, students share their activities with others. While this activity specifically focuses on Austria, this activity can be repeated with a variety of target language locations.
This interactive, hands-on French activity introduces students to the artist Claude Monet and his artistic style. The activity instructions and resources are in English, making it suitable for novice low to novice high French learners. This particular activity also connects directly with the national art standards allowing students to make direct connections between their French class and other subject areas. Students start by exploring Monet's background and then watch a short video clip about his artistic style. Students are then guided through an activity in which they apply Monet's techniques to create their own works of art.
This interactive hands-on French activity introduces students to the artist Henri Rousseau and his artistic style. The activity instructions and resources are in English, making it suitable for novice-low to novice-high French learners. This particular activity also connects directly with the national science standards as students discuss Rousseau's rainforest and the animals he chose to include in his work. Students start by exploring Rousseau's background and then explore ideas on why he chose to draw the rainforest. Students then create their own artwork while incorporating scientific elements like those found in Rousseau's work.
This lesson allows students to make connections between Latin, astronomy terminology, and Greco-Roman art. Students will be introduced to the Greco-Roman myth of Phaeton and how he created the Milky Way galaxy by critically analyzing The Fall of Phaeton by Rubens. The lesson provides a detailed background that explains the artwork, guiding questions that help transition from the art to a discussion of the constellations and astronomy, step-by-step activity instructions, and an optional extension. Middle school and High School Latin students should add to this assignment by creating a list of astronomy-related words that are influenced by Latin.
As a teacher in a kindergarten classroom, you can generate interest and excitement by encouraging children to use their five senses to explore the world around them. You can select a few of these activities to supplement your classroom lessons or use the entire kit for a full exploration of the senses.
The sense of hearing can be used to discuss good listening skills.
Although this article is written for parents, it can be helpful for teachers planning a lesson about identifying appropriate and inappropriate touches. This article also highlights the names and authors of books that could be used for this topic.
