Module 3:  Physical Education and Other Physical Activity Programs

Physical Education/Physical Activity: A planned, sequential K-12 curriculum that provides cognitive content and learning experiences in a variety of activity areas such as basic movement skills; physical fitness; rhythms and dance; games; team, dual, and individual sports; tumbling and gymnastics; and aquatics. Quality physical education should promote, through a variety of planned physical activities, each student's optimum physical, mental, emotional, and social development, and should promote activities and sports that all students enjoy and can pursue throughout their lives. Qualified, trained teachers teach physical activity. Physical Activity should be encouraged daily.

Fitness Youth provides printable games for kids to play and teaching ideas about fun activities and safe exercises.
Physical Education Lesson Plans at PECentral lists lesson plan ideas broken down by grade level, Classroom Management ideas, health lesson ideas as well as ideas for field day activities.
Find rules for playground games, verses for jump-rope rhymes, and much more at Kids Games.
Poddercise offers free MP3 exercise and workout instruction .  Poddercising
is a great way to learn how to exercise.
Exertrack provides over 9000 exercises podcasts free.
I Want Fitness offers online Fitness Podcasts that focus on specific body areas such as lower body, upper body, arms, etc.
VERB encourages young people ages 9–13 (tweens) years to be physically active every day.
Assess Your Physical Activity evaluates your physical activity status and provides related energy expenditure information and educational messages.
The President's Challenge is a program that encourages all Americans to make being active part of their everyday lives. No matter what your activity and fitness level, the President's Challenge can help motivate you to improve.
PE Warm Up and Cool Down Ideas provides new physical education activities to bring to the classroom. Activities are grade appropriate (although keep in mind this is a British site and curriculum standards may differ).
 Neuroscience for Kids - has been created for all students who would like to learn more about the nervous system. Enjoy the activities and experiments as you learn about the brain and spinal cord.
Introducing the Physician's Rx: Exercise is a useful tool for parents and teachers wishing to motivate inactive children and adolescents. Includes information on the various benefits of exercise as well as a "Three-Part Plan for Your Physical Fitness," with simple ideas for getting fit.
 Out On A Limb - A Guide To Getting Along - This website is designed to help teach youth how to better manage conflicts and challenges they face on a daily basis. You can learn to manage conflicts peacefully while also having a lot of fun with Maria and her friends.

Jr. NBA offers advice that is great for all sport enthusiasts. Topics include team play, good sportsmanship, health and fitness, and more.

Healthy Hopping provides a collection of jump rope stunts, rhymes, games and snacks for you to share with your students!

Aerobic Fitness is a complete unit of lessons designed to increase student physical fitness through Aerobics.

P.E. Links 4U / Elementary Physical Education shares articles on health and nutrition, teaching ideas for the season, and a bulletin board available to communicate with other professionals in the P.E. field.

Hit the Wall Ball is a lesson plan with a new twist on a familiar game, dodgeball. instead of trying to hit a person, students gain points for their team by trying to hit the wall behind the opposing team.

Forest Avenue Box Castles (Lesson Plan) offers a way for children to get exercise as they race to build "castles" out of boxes.

Color Tag (Lesson Plan)  is a physical education game that can be varied it to fit your needs.

PE Central: Positive Ending offers an activity in which students sit in a circle and share their feelings and ideas while cooling down after physical activity.

CATCH Physical Education: Kids on the Move lists fun and challenging activities, for young children.

LessonPlansPage.com: Physical Education & Health provides a collection of physical education and health based lesson plans, simply choose the desired grade level.

Assess Your Physical Activity is an online service provided by the USDA and requires FREE registration.

University of Michigan:  Stretching and Fitness & Your Heart Rate and Exercises

 
   

 
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