This resource includes a collection of short video clips on different topics that relate to sports officiating.
Steroids. They’ve caused global scandals. They’re banned in most athletic competitions. Yet the same properties that help elite athletes and bodybuilders improve performance also make steroids valuable for treating many illnesses and injuries, such as AIDS and cancer. So if steroids are used as medicine, they must be safe to use recreationally, right? Anees Bahji explores the effects of steroids.
This is an article written for upcoming high school students about weight training techniques. The highlight of this resource is the collection of videos embedded within the resource explaining and demonstrating the proper way to perform specific weight training exercises.
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.
This TED-Ed learning activity unpacks muscle fatigue resulting from lifting weights. The first time feels easy, but each lift takes more and more effort until you can’t continue. Inside your arms, the muscles responsible for the lifting have become unable to contract. What’s going on? Christian Moro explains how exactly our muscles operate, and what causes them to become fatigued.
The activity includes a video, multiple choice and open-ended questions, additional resources to dig deeper, and a guided discussion.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
PaddleZlam has become widely accepted into Physical Education programs throughout the country. Physical education professionals have embraced the game and have quickly found ways to modify the game to encompass even the youngest of age groups. PaddleZlam is an action-packed game where 4 people, 2 teams of 2, compete with one another by hitting a pickleball into or against a plastic gaming cone. PaddleZlam is the perfect indoor/outdoor activity to create some friendly competition and to get your students to enjoy exercising again.
This is a free resource from PE Kansas.
This video, by The Cooper Institute, discusses muscular strength, endurance, and flexibility. After viewing this. students will have a better understanding of each of these fitness components. Because this is a short video, it can be shown in physical education class without using a large amount of activity time.
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.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
This activity is called Birdie in the Cage. The object of the activity is to practice underhand serves and to become more accurate when the birdie is served. The first partner will stand on the poly spot and serve the birdie with a swing low to high, trying to strike it into the hoop or the poly spot inside of the hoop. The other partner retrieves the birdies. After a set period of time, the partners will switch roles.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
The purpose of this video is to help children learn more about mirroring and matching (and some balancing) while mimicking the actions of superheroes in a video. This learning activity includes an embedded 4-minute video with superhero poses. You can pause the video on each pose to check students' poses for accuracy.
This material is from HEAL United, an Alabama organization with the premise to educate children to live healthier lives. This resource is a worksheet that can be printed and given to students as an assessment to see if students understand the difference between active and non-active play. This resource could also be displayed using a computer and projector for a discussion about this topic during class.
The activity will test aerobic and anaerobic capacity. The object of the activity is to complete the Cupid Shuffle using aerobic and anaerobic movements in order to feel our body’s physiological response.
Note: You will need to create a free account on openphysed.org before you can view this resource.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
This resource provides a self-assessment for locomotor and manipulative skills for students in K-2. Students will draw a face to show how well they think they did on a skill.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
Students will learn a dance that is frequently performed in the Philippines, as well as the legend and history surrounding the dance. They will also be introduced to the history of this country, along with the country’s geography and languages.
This website may be useful to identify benefits and resources for fitness-related careers such as physical trainers, nutritionists, youth fitness professionals, functional aging specialists, etc.
The resources can be used at the end of an educational gymnastics unit. The planning tool can be used to assist students as they design their own gymnastics series/routines, while the rubric allows teachers to assess the performance of the designed routines. Teachers should designate multiple lessons in order to provide ample time for students to design, practice, and perform routines as a culmination to the unit. Be sure to set clear guidelines for students regarding the skills that they may include in their routines. Prior to creating routines, each gymnastics skill should be explained with thorough safety instructions, demonstrated for students, and practiced in a variety of learning tasks.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
This activity is designed to give students the opportunity to create and design balances with a partner in a collaborative manner.
The Brain Bites video series teaches physical education concepts in short video bites! In this bite, how to build a fitness routine is taught using the F.I.T.T. Principle and the Overload Principle.
This is a fitness activity that promotes cooperation and teamwork. The goal is to complete the fitness orienteering stations, pick up a letter at each station, and return to the original starting point to unscramble "the secret word." Included in this resource are printable activity cards and an informative video.
Students analyze the provided scorecard and fill in the areas that are shaded grey to complete the scorecard. They will end the activity by answering the vocabulary matching questions.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
This resource includes an introductory video and middle school learning activities. Before you can contribute to a team, you must first be able to take responsibility for yourself. This ability includes being mentally, physically and emotionally ready to go on the voyage. Everyone has the occasional difficult day, so knowing how to support your team members is also important. These activities will strengthen your ability to care for yourself and your team.
This dance unit includes rich opportunities for learning as it explores strategies for provoking new ideas about dance while making connections to literature and visual arts. The theme explores dealing with the social/emotional challenges of being in middle school, including experiences with individuality, tolerance, and acceptance.
Life can be frustrating. You’re not always going to get along with your friends and family, and they won’t always get along with you. And anger and frustration are natural human emotions, so there’s no way you can avoid feeling them. But there are ways to disagree without being disagreeable—and in this BrainPOP movie on conflict resolution, you will learn all about them! First, you’ll find out why it’s a good idea to take a deep breath and collect yourself before you respond to a situation you’re not thrilled about. You’ll discover different ways to compromise, and how placing yourself in another person’s shoes can change a potential screaming match into a friendly discussion. Why risk alienating your friends and hurting people’s feelings, when you can settle your differences fairly
This strength training resource provides a week-long lesson plan that includes using free weights and cardiovascular components. The lesson plan includes daily assessments and evaluation for each student.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
A simple activity that allows students to reinforce previously learned skills. This learning activity can be used as a warm-up or cool down before or after another activity.
Running is one of the simplest and most basic ways the human body is built to move—which is probably why it’s on almost every physical education teacher’s agenda, regardless of their students’ ages or grade levels. But just because running is fundamental doesn’t mean it has to be boring. Instead of heading out to the track to run laps, why not spice up the routine? Here are twelve fun running games for kids of all ages to try out during your next PE class!
This video shows the V-Sit and Reach part of the Alabama Physical Fitness Test. The V-Sit and Reach tests flexibility.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
In this lesson, students will be taught to extend their bodies on the takeoff of the jump and encouraged to create soft and controlled landings.
School running clubs are an excellent, low-cost way to encourage physical fitness in a fun club environment. This resource contains suggestions to consider as you get your club started or ideas you may incorporate into existing running clubs.
Even if you are not considering a running club at your school, this resource includes games and activities you could use within your physical education program that teach the components of running.
This scooter board learning activity promotes cooperation, teamwork, and safe movement skills. This is also a great activity to reinforce math skills.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
In this book, the teacher will receive tips for using technology with students to motivate them towards an active lifestyle. The tips are designed to give the teacher ideas on how to use the information that heart rate monitors and activity monitors provide for students of any age.
This learning activity focuses on kicking with power and accuracy. The objective of the game is to kick the ball and knock over the other team's targets. While doing so, students will also be defending their targets by trapping the ball. This game is formatted to be played competitively (team against team), but teachers could modify this game to be a continuous format by having students be responsible to reset the targets.
This lesson will help students see that fitness can be fun and beneficial while also being involved in a team game. Additionally, this is a great game to teach students how to move into open spaces to receive passes from teammates. Students will also seek to elevate their heart rate to their Exercise Benefit Zone throughout the game.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
The purpose of this activity is to promote physical fitness and exercise beyond the physical education classroom. For one week, each student must keep a log of his/her daily physical activity.
This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.
This resource includes lesson planning, risk management policies, and emergency protocols for rock climbing.
