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This resource is part of the Frontline collection, describing the evolution of digital media from an industry that sought out teens to one in which teens seek out content to “like.” As school-aged children spend more time in digital spaces, companies are able to use information that they gather from their activities. This is different from how it once was. In 2001, corporations chased kids down and tried to sell cool teen culture back to them. Today, teens tell the world what they think is cool using the social currency of their generation: likes, follows, friends, and retweets. When kids like something online, it becomes part of the identity that they broadcast to the world.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Students are given a pre-designed activity log in which they chart physical activities they are doing at home or within the community. Some days, the activities are predetermined by the teacher to work on a certain component of fitness. Other days, students are given a list of activity choices to pick from. 

As a sport, mountain biking continues to grow in popularity across the globe. Well-run youth programs can provide a powerful entry-point to this life-long activity. This curriculum guide is designed to be a resource for leaders of introductory mountain bike programs. Within these pages, you will find information that will be applicable to both school-based and extracurricular settings.

Not every basketball player has been blessed with great talent, but every player regardless of ability can be a great teammate. Here are 12 qualities of a great teammate. Do these qualities describe you or your young player? This article has great points to share with young students.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

This is a 30-minute balance lesson. Students will develop and demonstrate movement skills in a variety of activities.

During this activity, students learn and use hand signals to indicate intention (turning and/or stopping) to avoid collisions. This activity helps students learn and practice space awareness. Additionally, these concepts can be transferred to help students ride bicycles safely. 

This video provides information about Fitness Ball Run. This is a fitness warm-up type activity that’s simple to set-up and simple to do! Players start by forming a line. That line will jog throughout the playing area. While they jog, they pass a ball back from person to person, and when it gets to the last person in line, that person sprints up to the front with the ball and becomes the new leader. 

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

This resource is a series of jump rope activities that students will use QR codes to access.  

You can share a Google Doc with students via Google Classroom as "Make a copy for each student" and they can simply click on the QR codes (which are linked) to access each video. Be sure to have the Chromebooks in a separate location from the ropes to avoid damage.

Or, you can print and place the file or pages of the file at different stations where students can use the QR scanner on their Chromebook to scan each skill to access the video.

Lastly, you could cut the paper into strips and have students randomly draw skills and use the QR code reader to play the video. This could be done in small groups so that you can put devices in a safe place (such as on the stage) while attempting the skill.

The purpose of this lesson is for students to demonstrate jumping and landing skills. This lesson resource includes station ideas as well as learning cues for the skill of jumping rope. Additionally, this resource includes song titles to go along with the activity of jumping. 

This game teaches striking, catching and throwing using multiple variations of the game of baseball.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit

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 activity is designed for students to understand the importance of a healthy, active lifestyle. Worksheets that link to PowerPoints for students to complete and make notes are attached. Also attached is a homework sheet that can be used for the section which will test the students' knowledge and understanding of healthy active lifestyles.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Durango Boot is a cross between Ultimate Flying Disc and Disc Golf. It gets its name because it was first played in Durango, Colorado, and boots were used instead of cones.

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.

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. 

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

This TED-Ed learning activity guides students through the explanation of how the lungs work in keeping us alive.

When you breathe, you transport oxygen to the body’s cells to keep them working, while also clearing your system of the carbon dioxide that this work generates. How do we accomplish this crucial and complex task without even thinking about it? Emma Bryce takes us into the lungs to investigate how they help keep us alive.

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.

The purpose of this activity is for students to practice overhand and underhand throwing. 

Stress isn’t always a bad thing; it can be handy for a burst of extra energy and focus, like when you’re playing a competitive sport or have to speak in public. But when it’s continuous, it actually begins to change your brain. in this TedEd video, Madhumita Murgia shows how chronic stress can affect brain size, its structure, and how it functions, right down to the level of your genes.

In this activity, students will be moving in general space and stay within their own personal space. Students will obtain a carpet square and place it where they have personal space. The space must be large enough that it does not interfere with other students (as large as an elephant). First students will put their foot on a carpet square and see how far they can reach that foot in all directions. Second students will place their hand on the carpet square and see how far they can reach in all directions. Students will then sit on the carpet square and move their arms in different ways. Students will try circles with their arms. They will reach high and low and reach from a kneeling position. Students will then try to become the shape that the teacher calls out. Students will become letters and numbers that the teacher calls out. Students can also make a shape and the other students can copy this shape. 

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

This resource provides a way to practice striking/volleying skills in a group setting.

Skill: I will strike the balloon upward using a paddle.

Cognitive: I will talk about differences between self and shared space.

Fitness: I will actively engage and work to improve my skill with a paddle.

Personal & Social Responsibility: I will safely move throughout shared space, respecting the personal safety of my classmates.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

The purpose of the activities is to get the students moving outside of school and to teach them about different aspects of healthy living. With these assignments, we are also attempting to get the community involved as well.

Foam roller exercises are an excellent self-myofascial release technique. Foam rolling improves mobility, posture, and performance in the gym. By including foam rolling exercises in warm-up routines for weight lifting,  along with dynamic and/or static stretching, they’ll help loosen and improve your mobility/range of motion.

This resource is a collection of videos showing proper techniques for foam rolling. 

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.