Trenton Public Schools
Technology Support: Health & Physical Education
2009-2010
Suggestions for integrating technology in Health and Physical Education
Wordprocessing Software
· Have students write stories, essays, or reports about famous sports people or other physical education topics.
Spreadsheet and Database Software
· Using a spreadsheet program, have students graph their own heart rates, running times, and other personal data to compare week by week and improve their health and performance.
Desktop Publishing and Graphic/Paint/Draw Software
· Using a desktop publishing program, have students create a poster advertising a game or fitness principle.
· Have students use a paint, draw, or graphics program to draw strategy plans for games such as football or basketball and then try them on the field or court.
Multimedia software such as PowerPoint, HyperStudio, or Web pages
· Students use HyperStudio (or other multimedia program) to create a fitness plan to advertise and/or implement.
· Have students create a short video showing steps in a skill or teaching a skill.
· Have students create multimedia presentations on information they have found such as information on the Olympic competitors for this year and previous years. Or the Olympic competitors from Michigan (See http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/bhl/olymp2/oltitle.htm)
· Have students create multimedia presentations on how to play a game and the rules involved.
Technology resources
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Trenton Public Schools
Technology Support: Health & Physical Education
2009-2010
· American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (AAPHERD)
· American Association for Health Education (AAHE)
· American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation (AAPAR)
· The National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS)
· National Association of Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)
· National Dance Association (NDA)
· Research Consortium (RC)
· Heart Monitors
· Pedometers
· Dance Dance Revolution
· Fitness videos
· Health videos
· WII- WII Fit
· Stethoscopes
· Blood pressure cuffs
· Scales
· Web Quests
· Weight rooms
· Elliptical machines
· Audio systems
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Trenton Public Schools
Technology Support: Health & Physical Education
2009-2010
Web sites:
American Council for Drug Education - Each lesson plan describes the objective of the lesson, background on the topic, resources and teacher tips, and then the activities to plan for this class time.
http://www.bam.gov/ Body and mind is a kids friendly site run by the CDC.
BrainPOP - effective and funny animated educational movies developed according to national standards, has released a new free movie that explains what steroids are and how they can be used as medication for some afflictions.
http://www.cdc.gov The Center for Disease Control has a lot of health information.
http://school.discovery.com Discovery School Education.
edHelper: Health Theme Units - Directory of Health lesson plans on topics including: Alcohol, Circulatory System, Digestive System, Disabilities, Drugs, Hygiene, Nutrition, The Five Senses and more!
Education World - PE sites.
Education World - Health & Safety.
http://encarta.msn.com Microsoft Encarta online, a variety or resources.
The Food Pyramid - From Encyclopedia Britannica. Includes 1230 articles including 1000 biographies, a four–part timeline, topical essays, study guide, video and audio pieces, and much more.
www.fi.edu Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
Heart Foundation - the most trusted source of heart health information and activities.
Healthfinder Kids discusses important safety issues for students, including healthy and not so healthy things for the body and a section on Internet safety.
Healthy Kids Mean Happy Classrooms (PreK-6) Begin your hand hygiene program today! HEALTHY HANDS.HEALTHY KIDS.® classroom lesson plans are available for you to download FREE. Created by educators and reviewed by health experts, HEALTHY HANDS.HEALTHY KIDS.® brings a world of experience, knowledge, and understanding to your classroom or home.
Online Health Science Curriculum - provides over 300 interdisciplinary activities designed to help students learn about blood, bones, the brain, cardiovascular system, diabetes, forces and motion, health careers, hearing, levers in the body, nutrition, obesity, oral health, population demographics, the pulmonary system, sleep, stereotypes, and vision.
HHMI - Howard Hughes Medical Institute has a website for educators.
www.howstuffworks.com A variety of knowledge.
The Incredible Human Body: The Five Senses - Students learn how each of the five senses work; compare and contrast the means by which the senses gather information about the world; and investigate a research question, analyze the results and present the findings.
http://www.innerbody.com The human body systems.
Human Body and Mind- a BBC website.
www.infoplease.com A Web site called Information please that covers many topics.
www.ipl.org The Internet Public Library has lots of resources.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick! Kids Click is child friendly resources from librarians.
The Museum of Human Disease - lists disease and gives interactive images.
http://www.madd.org Mothers against Drunk Driving.
National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity - A resource that enables administrators and PS teachers to help their students stay active.
National Center for Health Education: Growing Healthy -While Growing Healthy's planned, sequential curriculum provides a sound framework for a comprehensive health education program, it is Growing Healthy's activities that bring the curriculum to life. Here are just a few representative examples from each grade level.
National Health Museum - will explore the medical advances of tomorrow and find the information they need to make healthier decisions today.
http://www.teens.drugabuse.gov The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a component of the National Institutes of Heath (NIH), created this Web site to educate adolescents ages 11 through 15 (as well as their parents and teachers) on the science behind drug abuse.
http://www.freevibe.com Brought to you by the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign.
Nutrition - Links to elementary websites.
PBS - A large and extensive collection of health lessons. To view lesson plans and activities, select a grade range and topic.
PE Central - presents a large number of Health lesson ideas for you to use in your Health education program. These ideas are from teachers around the globe.
PE 4 You - Promoting active and healthy lifestyles.
Plastic Fork Diaries - Does what (and how) we eat affect who we are? Follow six middle school students as they experience first-hand the relationship between food and their changing bodies, cultural differences, the vanishing family meal, nutrition and athletic performance.
www.refdesk.com Reference Desk can find many things.
http://www.ash.org Action on Smoking and Health
Sports Media - Physical Education for everyone - Lesson plans, tips, drills, activities and other teaching aids for the physical education teacher.
Unite for Site - Teaches students about eyes and sight.
US Food and Drug Administration - Provides general information, games, quizzes, puzzles and resources for kids, teens and teachers on food safety.
http://www.webmd.com Web Medical Doctor Health related information.
Yahooligans - exercise
Yahooligans - jumping rope
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