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America's Running Routes - U.S. Track and Field

Grades 4 to 12

Get them moving! Create walk/run paths for your students to use both in school PE classes and at home using this interactive site from United States Track and Field. Follow simple instructions to use a clickable map as you designate the route. The site calculates the mileage, lets you print out the map with the route marked, or even add it to an online database of walk/run routes all over the U.S. Then place links to your recommended routes on your teacher or school web site. Get students and parents involved in fitness with their families. You can also look up routes in your area already registered by other fitness enthusiasts. Maybe even create an all-school walk/run event!
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Benefits of Physical Activity - American Academy of Pediatrics

Grades 1 to 12

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Chronic Illnesses and Sports - American Academy of Pediatrics

Grades 3 to 12

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Disney Healthy Kids - Disney

Grades 0 to 7

Use Disney's Healthy Kids to learn more about different foods and energy. Follow characters through challenges and quizzes to learn about balancing food, portion control, food pyramid, and exercise for a healthy lifestyle. Directions are spoken and written for many types of learners. View the orientation video clip to learn more about this interactive site!
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In the Classroom:
Use this as an introduction to a unit on nutrition or as a follow up to review what students have learned. Create a healthy living campaign at your school through creating of posters, newsletters, and mini lessons that when added up can make big changes. Have students create online posters on paper or do it together as a class using a tool such as Project Poster (reviewed here) or PicLits (reviewed here). Have students keep track of what they eat and compare diets to make recommendations for change. Consider creating a campaign of pledges that students and parents can take for healthier living.

Dole Superkids - Dole

Grades 0 to 6

Join Bam-Nana, Brocco Broccoli and many other super characters on their mission to promote healthy eating habits throughout school and households. Dole has provided an all-encompassing website that teaches nutrition in a cross-curriculum manner using nifty super-hero characters . Through lesson plans, videos, music, activities, and more, integrating health-conscious eating habits into the curriculum is a snap. The website is filled with facts and information to make preparing and teaching these topics much easier. Take the time to thoroughly review the Teachers tab to begin planning the unit and to tie the unit to cross-curricular subjects.
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In the Classroom:
Use the activities, videos, songs, and puzzles to reinforce the lessons during center time. Have students create their own superkids character using their favorite fruit or vegetable. Students can compile their own fact sheets using the information provided on the website. Have students report to the class all of the pertinent information they located about their assigned fruit or vegetable and the overall affects it has on their diet and within their body. Conduct a taste-testing for students to try new fruits and vegetables on the list. Check out Mia Mango's Recipe Maker by allowing students to create and name their own recipes and proceed to make them in class or at home. Be sure to catch some of the activities on video (if district policy allows) and share the video using a site such as Teachers.TV reviewed here. Consider having students video their own cooking show or short commercial.

Send a list of the superkids characters home and have families choose 5 new fruits or vegetables from the list to try together. Encourage families to post their comments about the new fruits and vegetables to the class blog.

Fitness and Your 6-12 Year Old - American Medical Association

Grades 1 to 6

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Fizzy's Lunch Lab - PBS Kids

Grades 1 to 4

Learn all about health, diet, and fitness at this interactive web site offered by PBSkids. Topics include how to prepare and find health snacks, discovering the difference between good and bad foods and what happens to food after it enters your body. Videos, games, food facts, music, and more are used to entice students to learn about good nutrition. Each month new videos and activities are being added to the site. As a culminating project have students create online posters ("glogs") using Glogster EDU, reviewed here.
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In the Classroom:
Teachers can use this site as part of their health and nutrition units. Lesson plans are available that correspond with each month's theme and activities. Use the games on your interactive whiteboard or projector to help spur classroom discussions on how to create nutritious meals and plan activities that will enhance a healthy lifestyle.

Get Up! Get Out! - Detroit Public TV

Grades 1 to 8

This website offers some fabulous information and ideas for raising awareness about the importance of healthy eating, exercise, and healthy living habits. Although the website was created to coincide with a television show seen on Detroit Public TV, the activities and information are useful to those not able to view the show. Students can print "Passports" to keep track of their "healthy achievements." Specific topics include Healthy Habits, Activity Ideas, Places to Go, Health & Safety Tips, and Parents & Educators . Some of the activities require Adobe Acrobat. You can get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page..
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In the Classroom:
Get ready to Get Up! and Get Out! - use this website to motivate your students to eat and live a healthy life. This is a perfect addition to a nutrition, physical education, or food group lesson.

Be sure to include this link in your class newsletter and on your class website. Highlight "Monthly Health Tips" that focus on the ideas provided at this website. This is a useful link for parents and students to do together. Your school may even want to feature the tips in a school-wide effort.

P.A.C.E. Trek 2009: An Adventure in Alaska - Paul James Staso

Grades 0 to 12

Ready or not - PACE Trek 2009 is coming soon. This challenge (created by a former 5th grade teacher), encourages students to get fit while virtually "racing" Paul James Staso. The PACE Trek 2009 is FREE and open to school groups of all ages (or individuals). The challenge runs from April 20, 2009 to May 12, 2009. And this year, students can learn about Alaska during this challenge! Students will encounter the Arctic Circle, Canada's border, glaciers, Denali National Park, Alaskan wildlife, native villages, vast wilderness, and more. The website provides specific details and requirements for students in elementary, middle, and high school.

The PACE Trek 2009 challenge all began because of a promise that Paul James Staso made to his daughter's 5th grade class. Mr. Staso promised that he would run solo across the United States. During the summer of 2006, Mr. Staso ran the 3,260 miles that he had promised. There is a video included at the website that highlights his journey. Since then, Paul James Staso has begun to challenge students to get fit (and he even teaches geography during the trek). This website requires FLASH. Get it from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page..
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In the Classroom:
For the PACE Trek 2009, classes need to walk or run every day during the 17-day challenge. This totals no more than 10-minutes per day. Registration is free. Click on your age group to read overall curriculum goals, expectations, and to register your "team". Why not include the challenge as a joint project between your Health/P.E. classes and geography curriculum?

Mr. Staso will also teach about the geography of Alaska as he travels. What a wonderful way to get your students excited about exercise. Now, get going!

The President's Challenge -

Grades 0 to 12

Dating back to the 1950's, The President's Challenge is a motivating program that promotes physical activity to all Americans. Students take a pledge to do 30 minutes of activity, five times per week for six weeks. The website provides a log for students to record their activity and length of time. Once they have completed their six week challenge, they can submit their logs and earn rewards such as bronze, silver and gold medals and The President's Challenge badges. The site also provides a list of activities to choose from and information on the importance of physical fitness. Although the site mentions “Log-In,” at the time of this review all features of the site were available without having to log-in.
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In the Classroom:
Challenge your individual classroom, school, or entire district to try The President's Challenge. Have younger students partner with older students to create a team affect. Classroom competitions such as jump rope contests, push-ups contests or silly relays can be loads of fun. Maintain statistics and results on the classroom homepage or district wide homepage. Students can record and maintain data on spreadsheets and present their findings with bar graphs and pictographs. Create a “Get Fit Wik” – a wiki for students to write about their weekly activities. Not familiar with wikis? Check out the Teacher’s First Wiki Walk-Through reviewed here.Provide this link on your class website for families to explore together.

White House Kids Sports - White House

Grades 4 to 8

The close relationship between promoting physical fitness and the White House can be followed through four links at this site: Baseball and the Presidents, Athletic Teams visiting the White House, the Tee Ball Tournament on the White House lawn, and the Fitness Initiative. This site requires Adobe Acrobat and Media Player. You can get both from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
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In the Classroom:
Health and PE teachers can collaborate with classroom teachers and present White House-related health initiatives while students are learning about the presidency in the classroom. Classroom and PE teachers may ask students to write reports on the various athletes that have been honored by the President. Your students might also enjoy accessing this site from home, so share it on your teacher web page.

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