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Curated OER

Kids Health: Kids and Exercise

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Online Study Tools: Self Check Quiz on a Personal Fitness Program

For Students 9th - 10th
The online assessment demonstrates knowledge of exercise and fitness. The questions evaluate students on designing a personal fitness program.
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Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind Fitness Calendar

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Now With Bill Moyers: Motivating Youth to Get More Exercise

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Determine the primary cause for the increase in overweight youth in the U.S., and examine associated health risks. Investigate media targeted to youth, strategize a plan to motivate teens to exercise more, then implement the plan.
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Other

Topend Sports Network: Fitness Testing: Tests of Cardiovascular Endurance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Kids in Motion: Water Cycle Fitness Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
For this lesson, students unite science and physical activity to learn about the water cycle!
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Health & Fitness: Improve Your Aerobic Fitness

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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.
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Lesson Plan
PE Central

Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Fitness Four Square

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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.
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Article
WebMD

Web Md: Fitness: Why Should I Exercise?

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Activity
American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Getting Healthy: Physical Activity: Get Moving!

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the health benefits of exercise. Content includes helpful tips on how to incorporate activity into your daily life and a link to the association's guidelines for improving heart health through fitness.
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Website
Other

Presidential Youth Fitness Challenge

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out how you can take part in the President's Challenge to increase your physical activity and earn awards.
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Website
Other

Livestrong.com: Aerobic Fitness

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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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Article
Other

Universal Fitness Tester: Aerobic Fitness Information

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Tips for Grown Ups

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Learn ways to stay active with your children, in this guide from Arthur: "Arthur Weighs In."
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PE Central

Pe Central: Water Fitness

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Fitness Tips for Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Help children learn easy ways to stay physically fit, in this guide from Arthur.
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New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Physical Fitness

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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English Club

English Club: Vocabulary: Physical Exercise Game 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Exercise

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gets the students up and moving as well as thinking about the importance of exercise and the impact it has on the human body.
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Interactive
Other

Fitness Partner: Activity Calorie Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Let this exercise calculator figure the number of calories you burn while doing over 222 different physical activities.
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Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Nutrition Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
The CDC offers a wealth of information regarding several specific topics that fall under nutrition including good health, exercise, diet and more.
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Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: Give 'Crunning' a Try!

For Students K - 1st
Article reports on a new fitness activity known as "crunning." Includes video.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Minute to Win It Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson plan is based on the popular game show, Minute to Win It. Students work as a whole class to perform various exercises for one minute in order to gain points.
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Nourish Interactive: Nutrition Education

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Games for children teach nutrition concepts, while tools for parents and teachers help promote eating healthy, exercising daily, and setting nutrition and fitness goals. Access to entire collection of resources requires free registration.

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