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Government Sites

Activity and Nutrition - National program for families and communities to help children maintain a healthy weight focusing on three important behaviors: improved food choices, increased physical activity and reduced screen time.

Eat Smart. Play Hard.^TM Materials - is about making America's children healthier by giving practical suggestions that will help you motivate children to eat healthy and be active. Use these materials to help your class.

Education Modules - Train Like An Astronaut - Students participating in these activities will understand more about how physical activity and nutrition affect the human body.

Exercise, Diet and Weight Management Publications - Find free and low-cost publications about exercise and diet.

Physical Activity - Let's Move - Opportunities for kids to be physically active, both in and out of school and create new opportunities for families to be moving together.

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (2008) - Describes the types and amounts of physical activity that offer substantial health benefits to Americans.

President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition - Promote healthy lifestyles through fitness, sports and nutrition programs and initiatives that engage Americans across the lifespan.

Team Nutrition - Includes training and technical assistance for nutrition education for children and their caregivers; also school and community support for healthy eating and physical activity.

Tracking Physical Fitness - The activity that follows will show children the difference a little sustained physical activity can make to their fitness level.

Train Like an Astronaut - Involve your students in structured, hands- on science activities that relate physical Earth-based needs to the requirements of exploring space. Also assist students in the science behind nutrition and physical fitness.

Other Resources

Health and Fitness - This site offers a variety of fitness and nutrition lesson plans

Health and Fitness Resources for Teachers - Teachers can search the PBS resources by grade and topic.

High Performance Sports - This activity will help students understand how sports can affect a person mentally, physically and socially.

P.E. & Health - This website offers multiple fitness and health lesson plans by age groups.

PE Central - Lesson Plans - Lots of fitness and nutrition lesson plans at various grade levels.

Page Revised - 2/17/2012