Health and Physical Education
There are additional sites about food and nutrition on the Foods page.
8th grade websites for Health Reseach Paper
www.disease-reference.com
www.kidshealth.org/teen/diseases
www.WebMD.com
www.cdc.gov
www.personalhealthzone.com
www.cancer.org
www.healthfinder.gov
www.nmha,org
http://health.nih.gov/
www.mayoclinic.com
www.healthywomen.org
www.nabco.org
7th grade website for Drug Presentation Project
(this site offers many websites listed on the left side under links)
www.coragetospeak.org
6th grade website for Nutrition Project and Self Esteem Project
www.FoodPyramid.gov
Fitness and Exercise
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/BCPageDA/sec~GA~68249~PHYSED~
http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/wa/BCPageDA/sec~GA~23120~PHYSED~
The Reconstructors-game format-knowledge of drugs and effects on body
http://reconstructors.rice.edu/
Driving Under the Influence
http://library.thinkquest.org/23713/frameset.html
Kids Health
http://kidshealth.org/kid/
Sports and Nutrition
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hsnut/index.html
Sports Illustrated for Kids
http://www.sikids.com/
Bodies in Motions Minds at Rest
http://library.thinkquest.org/12153/index.html
Brainpop.com-MOVIES on health, science and technology
http://brainpop.com
Shape-up
http://www.shapeup.org/
Kids Sports Club-fantasy games, stats...
http://hometown.aol.com/Sftrail/steven.html
Physical Education/Health/Sports (teachers too-lots of links and info)
http://www.hccanet.org/patricks/
Games Kids Play-huge list of playground games, jump rope rhymes...
http://www.gameskidsplay.net/
Mind Over Matter-the effects of drugs on the brain
http://www.nida.nih.gov/MOM/MOMIndex.html
Step Online-Aims to teach about drug use and abuse
http://www.steponline.com/
Teen Health Club
http://www.teenhealthnet.com
Sports Science-find out why skateboarding is governed by the principles of momentum, gravity, friction, and centripetal force...also science of baseball, cycling, hockey
http://www.exploratorium.org/sports/index.html
Webquest on Olympics-Although this is a webquest for fifth grade phys ed students, it is listed here because of good links to information about summer olympic sports
http://www.arlington.k12.va.us/schools/barrett/webquest/olympic/index.html
PE Zone
http://reach.ucf.edu/%7Epezone/home.html
PE Central
http://pe.central.vt.edu/index.html
Teachers and Students-Sporting Articles
http://www.edgate.com/school_athletics/student/sporting_articles/
PELinks4U.org -lots of links including state standards
http://www.pelinks4u.org/
From Ayden Elementary School-Amazingly comprehensive site-400+ other PE links
http://schools.eastnet.ecu.edu/pitt/ayden/physed.htm
My Team-Designed for players, parents, fans, league administrators and officials. Includes skills, fitness, news, online games-even a printing section where you can print certificates etc
http://www.myteam.com
Awesome Library-Lesson Plans
http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/Library/Materials_Search/Lesson_Plans/Physical_Education.html
Physical Education Lesson Plans
http://members.tripod.com/~pazz/lesson.html
PE Digest
http://www.pedigest.com/
American Alliance For Health,Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
http://www.aahperd.org/
PE Lesson Plans and Activities
http://www.ping.be/sportsmedia/Lesson.htm
American Legacy Foundation-fighting for tobacco free society
http://www.americanlegacy.org/
Another Middle School PE Website
http://members.aol.com/pvmspe/index.html
Learn CPR
http://www.learncpr.org/
Drugs
http://www.freevibe.com/index.shtml
Tennisone
http://www.tennisone.com/
Tennis
http://tennis.com
Non Traditional Gymnastics
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Stadium/7261/
PE and Computers Mix-article
http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech022.shtml
Yo, It's Time for Braces
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5029/
Health Teachers
http://www.healthteacher.com/
Executive Summary of the Surgeon General's "Physical Activity and Health" Report
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/summ.htm
"Fact Sheet: Adolescents and Young Adults"
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/adoles.htm