The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) is the largest organization of professionals supporting and assisting those involved in physical education, leisure, fitness, dance, health promotion, and education and all specialties related to achieving a healthy lifestyle. It is 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.
This is a site about growing up with medical problems...any ole type. Its goal is to help people understand what it's like, from the perspective of the children and teens who are doing just that. These kids have become experts at coping with problems that most of you have never heard of. They'd like you to know how they do it, and they hope that you'll be glad you came to visit.
A discovery series for inquiring science and health students and their teachers.
The mission of the Fitness Jumpsite is to provide quality fitness, health and nutrition related information and education across the globe. The Jumpsite is a non-commercial labor of love. It is their intent to wholeheartedly contribute to the awareness and momentum of the health and fitness movement by providing resources and support that will cultivate happy, healthy, and fit lifestyles.
Health, Physical Education, and Guidance resources for K-12 provides fully developed lesson plans! Wonderful links!
Good interactive illustrations of the systems of the body.
Kathy Shrock provides a comprehensive list of high quality web sites relating to health, physical education, and fitness.
Answers kids questions about the way their bodies work or how to keep safe in a kids-only forum. Lots of articles and links.
NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by the faculty at the University of Cincinnati, The Ohio State University, and Case Western Reserve University. Teachers will find some great multimedia resources in the section on TeensLook@Health!
The ultimate web site for health and physical education teachers, parents, and students. Their goal is to provide the latest information about contemporary developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth. They encourage you to submit your own lesson ideas which are reviewed by their editorial team.
Good info for maintaining a healthy diet in today's world. Attractive site - will get kids' attention.
Interactive, curricularly aligned lessons organized in K-2 and 3-8 categories. Provides lots of links to other sites related to body systems.