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Kids Health: Kids and Exercise
Information about kids and exercise. Includes an age-appropriate guide to the type and the amount of daily exercise children should be getting.
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Universal Fitness Tester: Aerobic Fitness Information
Everything you could ever need to know about aerobic fitness. Modules include aerobic fitness information, why aerobic fitness is important, absolute and relative Vo2 max, methods for measuring aerobic fitness, fitness norms in the...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind Fitness Calendar
Put together your own, personalized fitness calendar. Think about a fitness plan, set fitness goals, track your own progress, and work on varying your fitness routine. After planning a week of activity, print out your calendar and keep...
Curated OER
Kids Health: It's Time to Exercise
This 4-page article provides tips for exercising and doing physical activities in a variety of situations. Learn how to exercise and have fun in different types of weather and read about ways to participate in physical activities in...
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Topend Sports Network: Fitness Testing: Tests of Cardiovascular Endurance
Perfect for teachers of physical education or simply those who have a hankering to test out their strength, these fitness tests have been created to assess your cardiovascular endurance. Tests include a step-by-step procedure, the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kids in Motion: Water Cycle Fitness Lesson Plan
For this lesson, students unite science and physical activity to learn about the water cycle!
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Give 'Crunning' a Try!
Article reports on a new fitness activity known as "crunning." Includes video.
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Fitness Partner: Activity Calorie Calculator
Let this exercise calculator figure the number of calories you burn while doing over 222 different physical activities.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Arthur Family Health: Fitness
Here are some resources to help you and your family understand the basics of staying fit. Read some facts, play some games, and take a quiz to check for understanding.
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Fitness Four Square
At this website, learn about a game that combines four square and other aerobic exercises. Includes ideas for assessing students' participation in the activity as well as adapting the activity for students with physical disabilities.
WebMD
Web Md: Fitness: Why Should I Exercise?
The long-term and short-term benefits of being fit are listed here. Also, in the "Topic Contents" bar to the right of the article, click on the three different types of fitness (flexibility, aerobic, and muscle-strengthening) for a chart...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Kids in Motion: Fitness Bingo
This activity is similar to traditional bingo. Each student gets a fitness bingo card. Creating space between them and their peers, students will act out the exercise if they have it on their bingo card. Students will continue this until...
Read Works
Read Works: Crunches Give You Six Pack Abs and Other Exercise Myths
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the facts behind five common myths in exercising. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Livestrong.com: Aerobic Fitness
A detailed description of how cardio and aerobic workouts can enhance a healthy livestyle. Brief sections concerning the history of aerobics, its function, benefits, types of workouts and other matters of consideration.
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Recreation & Health for Children
Japanese content. The site aims to promote physical fitness for children and provides news items and information on fitness tests, how to exercise, where you to play sports, and how to promote an active and healthy lifestyle. You can...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Tips for Grown Ups
Learn ways to stay active with your children, in this guide from Arthur: "Arthur Weighs In."
PE Central
Pe Central: Water Fitness
Find ideas for water fitness and aerobics at this website. While in a pool, you can use kickboards, water jugs, fins, and water resistant equipment as you participate in a variety of activities: a warm-up, stretches, cardiovascular...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Tips for Kids
Help children learn easy ways to stay physically fit, in this guide from Arthur.
Read Works
Read Works: Slim Gym
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how to exercise without a gym or equipment. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Heart Health and Care
This is a simple guide from The Franklin Institute to keeping your heart healthy through proper exercise, a varied diet, and a clean lifestyle. Here, read about how to exercise and eat to avoid heart disease.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Pilates
Many people use and support Pilates, a form of resistance training. Learn more about the background of Pilates and how you can incorporate it into your exercise rourtine. Links to similar sites are also provided.
BBC
Bbc: Health & Fitness: Improve Your Aerobic Fitness
BBC provides exercises and ideas to keep you healthy and in shape with aerobic exercise. Site includes exercises with a treadmill, exercise bike and skipping. Links to a plethora of other fitness and sport-related subjects.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Physical Fitness
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Physical Fitness. Other links, including Just Move and Shape Up America, are also included.
English Club
English Club: Vocabulary: Physical Exercise Game 2
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about different types of physical exercise. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
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