Internet Resources for Health, Fitness, and Physical Education

Whether playing sports for fun or walking for fitness, physical activity is an essential life activity. Many resources are available online to help adults and children learn more about health and fitness.

Professional Organizations, Standards, and Materials
Starting Points
Resources for Teacher
Resources for Young Adults
Resources for Children

Professional Organizations, Standards, and Materials

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (AAHPERD)
http://www.aahperd.org/
An alliance of six national associations and six district associations and is designed to provide members with a comprehensive and coordinated array of resources, support, and programs to help practitioners improve their skills and so further the health and well-being of the American public

Starting Points

42explore Projects
http://42explore.com
Background information and links to quality websites, activities, webquests, and teaching materials

BrainPop
http://www.brainpop.com/health/seeall.weml
Short animation movies on health topics

Discovery Health from Discovery
http://health.discovery.com/
A wide range of health topics

Health from Blue Web'N
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/fr_Health.html
Locate reviewed tools, lessons, hotlist, resource, tutorial, webquests, and projects by content areas and grade levels

Health & Fitness from HomeWorkSpot
Organized, annotated links

Elementary School http://homeworkspot.com/elementary/health/
Middle School http://homeworkspot.com/middle/health/
High School http://homeworkspot.com/high/health/

Health & Safety from ThinkQuest
http://thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=6&cid=1
Explore a wide range of projects created by children and young adults for kids and teens

Health, PE & Fitness from Discovery School's Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/health/fitness.html
Quality links and descriptions

Matrix of WebQuest Examples
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html
Explore webquests in health and fitness for grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, or adults

PE Central
http://www.pecentral.org/
Lots of resources for health and physical education for children and young adults

Sports and Recreation from ThinkQuest
http://thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=15&cid=1
Explore a wide range of projects created by children and young adults for kids and teens

Resources for Teachers

Food Safety - Kids, Teens, and Educators
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsgkids.html
Information for kids, teens, teachers, and parents about food safety

Health from Discovery School Lesson Plans Library
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/health.html
Lessons for K-5, 6-8, and 9-12.

Health and Physical Education from Family Education Network's Teacher Vision
http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6565.html
Lessons, assessments, printables, and themes organized by Pre-K, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.

Keep Kids Healthy
http://www.keepkidshealthy.com/index.html
Resources for parents and teachers at each age

Live and Learn
http://www.liveandlearn.com/learn.html#top
Health and safety information for young children

National Safety Council
http://nsc.org/
Explore educational materials on safety

Team Nutrition
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/
Resources related to nutrition and school lunch programs

Tennessee Department of Health
http://www2.state.tn.us/health/kids/index.asp
Resources on leading a healthy life

Resources for Young Adults

Basal Metabolism Calculator
http://www.room42.com/nutrition/basal.shtml
Check out this online calculator

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/
Information about health travel, immunization, and health topics

Food Safety
http://www.foodsafety.gov/
Information about food and food safety

Health Resources from Chico High School Library
http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/heal.html
Health links on many popular issues and topics

Health Web
http://www.healthweb.org/
Health information by topic or search

Intelihealth
http://www.intelihealth.com/
Medical portal with information about health and health issues

MayoCinic.com
http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Information on health and medical issues

Medicine Net
http://www.medicinenet.com/
Medical information by disease and condition, procedures and test, and medications

MEDLINE Plus from the NLM
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Health topics, drug information, medical encyclopedia, dictionary, and directories

Mental Help Net
http://mentalhelp.net/
Information about mental health issues

National Health Societies

National Institutes of Health from the US Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.nih.gov/
Health information and grant information

WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/
Medical and health information

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/
Information about health around the world

Resources for Children

4 Girls Health from the Office on Women's Health
http://www.4girls.gov/index2.htm
Information for girls 10-16 on becoming a woman and making good choices

About Face
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/iyf/index.html
Information about face, skin, eyes, ears, and nose

BAM from the Center for Disease Control
http://www.bam.gov/
Information about fitness, disease prevention, body, and mind

Children's Health Month
http://www.childrenshealth.gov/forkids.html
Information for children about health and safety

Colgate's Kids World
http://kids-world.colgatepalmolive.com/
Dental, nutritional information and games

Dole 5 a Day
http://www.dole5aday.com/
Information about nutrition and foods

FDA's Kid's Home Page from the Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm
Food safety, animals, vaccines, and teen scene information

Food Finder
http://www.olen.com/food/
Find the calories in common fast food

Health Finder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/kids/
Information and games about health

Infection Detection Protection from American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/
Information about microbes, bacteria, infection, and prevention

KidsHealth
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/index.jsp
Great projects, activities, and idea for kids on health and safety topics

Milk Matters from the National Institue of Child Health & Human Development
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/kidsteens.cfm
Learn about the importance of milk for kids and teens

Nutrition Explorations
http://www.nutritionexplorations.com/
Learn about food and good nutrition

Powerful Girls Have Powerful Bones from the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/powerfulbones/
Information, quizzes, games, and links on building powerful bones

Research Starters: Olympic Games from Scholastic
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/olympics/index.htm
Glossary, articles, and links

Safety City from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administation
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/
Information and activities about safety at school home, and play

Star Sleeper from the National Institutes of Health
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/
Information for children about the importance of sleep

Thermy for Kids from Food Safety and Inspection Service
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/thermy/forkids.htm

Your Gross and Cool Body
http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/body/
Facts and activities related to the human body

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