Health & Phys Ed

General Resources:

Polar USA Tools for Phys. Ed. teachers, lesson plans, links, heart rate calculator

Learn to be Healthy Health Science Education Tools for Kids, sponsored by Highmark

Learn to be Healthy for Teens

Teach PE Free resource for teaching PE and Sports Coaching

John Wooden TED Talk Difference between winning and success

Medtropolis Interactive site for study of brain, heart, skeleton and more

Sleep Calculator

PE Central

Anatomy Resources:

BBC Science: Human Body & Mind-interactive site to explore organs, skeleton, muscles, nervous system, and puberty

University of Texas eSkeletons-comparative skeleton resource

Online textbook about human anatomy & physiology-visually learn about the human body with interactive animations

Inner Body Explorations- interactive online guide to human anatomy

Human Heart Resources

Visible Body WOW! online 3D images--costs about $36.00 per year but very worth it!

Human Anatomy by Physical Therapists-Many excellent resources pertaining to the human body and its many systems. A shout out to a group of kids who shared this page with our school! Thanks!

*NEW! Kids' Guide to Human Body Systems- A new resource shared with our school by a student and his parents who used some of our other resources. Thanks for letting us know we helped you and now you are helping us with a great new link!

Nutrition Resources:

My Pyramid U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - for kids, resources for the food pyramid, interactive resources

Daily Burn Track what you eat and record your workouts.

HealtheHuman track aspects of your health, including nutrition, exercise, vitamins, and tracking various data

Nutrition Data

Kids Health

Alternative Activities for Phys Ed Reports:
Research the Olympic Games and a host city