Recommended PE Fitness and Activity Websites

Recommended PE Fitness and Activity Websites

Distance Learning has a dramatic impact on the opportunity for student to receive guided instruction from Physical Education Teachers. The resources and links below are free and accessible if you are connected to Wi-Fi.

Kindergarten2nd Grade

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PE Universe

About It:

PE Universe is a new kind of PE idea-sharing community. This website allows you to learn and share ideas with others who have a strong desire to provide the very best in physical education. Ultimately, the sharing of these excellent ideas will help inspire our students (and even adults) to be more active and understand the importance of leading a more healthy lifestyle. This community is entirely free to join and contains a wealth of information and ideas using PE teacher produced videos, blogs, and discussion topics. Go there now!

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GoNoodle

About It:

GoNoodle helps teachers and parents get kids moving with short interactive activities. Desk-side movement helps kids achieve more by keeping them engaged and motivated throughout the day and was designed with K-5 classrooms in mind.

FREE Key Features: Any teacher, anywhere, can create a free GoNoodle account and start using movement activities right away.

Research-based Activities: Using exercise science and cutting-edge research, we've designed all of GoNoodle's activities to be healthy for the body, engaging for the attention, and beneficial to the brain in specific ways.

Fast: Transition from listless to engaged in minutes. GoNoodle takes no time to setup, has content of a variety of lengths (from 1 minute to 20 minutes), and just requires you to press play.

Designed for Long-Term Engagement: GoNoodle makes earning minutes of healthy activity a game that your kids play together. Motivate kids to stay active. Each class chooses a Champ -- a virtual mascot -who grows as the class earns the points needed to advance to the next level. Reward them for engagement by helping them grow their Champ.

No sign-up required

The PE Shed

About It:

The PE Shed was born on October 2016 to provide Physical Education resources to people all around the world. It's mission is simple: To make Physical Education teaching simple, fun and engaging.

The PE activities and games which we have included are aimed at children in Elementary (Primary) and Lower Secondary School. The majority of activities can be adapted for all ages.

The lesson plans we have created will provide you with everything you need to teach fun and engaging PE lessons. Each lesson plan includes a focus, recommended age group and an image. We also explain:

? What PE equipment is needed. ? How to set up the PE activity. ? How to teach the PE activity. ? How to differentiate and change the PE activity.

3rd-5th Grade

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PE Universe

About It:

PE Universe is a new kind of PE idea-sharing community. This website allows you to learn and share ideas with others who have a strong desire to provide the very best in physical education. Ultimately, the sharing of these excellent ideas will help inspire our students (and even adults) to be more active and understand the importance of leading a more healthy lifestyle. This community is entirely free to join and contains a wealth of information and ideas using PE teacher produced videos, blogs, and discussion topics. Go there now!

Navigation and Sign-up Tutorial ? {Video}

GoNoodle

About It:

GoNoodle helps teachers and parents get kids moving with short interactive activities. Desk-side movement helps kids achieve more by keeping them engaged and motivated throughout the day and was designed with K-5 classrooms in mind.

FREE Key Features: Any teacher, anywhere, can create a free GoNoodle account and start using movement activities right away.

Research-based Activities: Using exercise science and cutting-edge research, we've designed all of GoNoodle's activities to be healthy for the body, engaging for the attention, and beneficial to the brain in specific ways.

Fast: Transition from listless to engaged in minutes. GoNoodle takes no time to setup, has content of a variety of lengths (from 1 minute to 20 minutes), and just requires you to press play.

Designed for Long-Term Engagement: GoNoodle makes earning minutes of healthy activity a game that your kids play together. Motivate kids to stay active. Each class chooses a Champ -- a virtual mascot -who grows as the class earns the points needed to advance to the next level. Reward them for engagement by helping them grow their Champ.

Select a Category e.g. Fitness ? Use the ALL Categories drop down filter or Advanced Search to select specific activities.

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PE Central 3-5

PE Central () is the most widely used Web site for health and physical education teachers, parents, and students. Resources on the site include over 2000 physical education and health lesson ideas and Best Practices, Professional Development online courses and on-site workshops, a growing media center including 100+ videos, and a series of programs designed to motivate children to improve their fitness levels (Log It), activity skills (The PE Central Challenge) and their health and nutrition knowledge.

6th-8th Grade

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About It:

PE Universe

PE Universe is a new kind of PE idea-sharing community. This website allows you to learn and share ideas with others who have a strong desire to provide the very best in physical education. Ultimately, the sharing of these excellent ideas will help inspire our students (and even adults) to be more active and understand the importance of leading a healthier lifestyle. This community is entirely free to join and contains a wealth of information and ideas using PE teacher produced videos, blogs, and discussion topics. Go there now!

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Fitness Blender

About It:

We believe fitness should be accessible to everyone, everywhere, regardless of income level or access to a gym. That's why we offer hundreds of free, full-length workout videos, the most affordable and effective workout programs on the web, meal plans, and helpful health, nutrition and fitness information.

Select a Category e.g. Fitness

Use the ALL Categories drop down filter or Advance Search to find specific Activities.

About It:

PE Central 6-8

PE Central () is the most widely used Web site for health and physical education teachers, parents, and students. Resources on the site include over 2000 physical education and health lesson ideas and Best Practices, Professional Development online courses and on-site workshops, a growing media center including 100+ videos, and a series of programs designed to motivate children to improve their fitness levels (Log It), activity skills (The PE Central Challenge) and their health and nutrition knowledge.

9th-12th Grade

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About It:

PE Universe

PE Universe is a new kind of PE idea-sharing community. This website allows you to learn and share ideas with others who have a strong desire to provide the very best in physical education. Ultimately, the sharing of these excellent ideas will help inspire our students (and even adults) to be more active and understand the importance of leading a healthier lifestyle. This community is entirely free to join and contains a wealth of information and ideas using PE teacher produced videos, blogs, and discussion topics. Go there now!

Free Workout Videos Filters ? {Workout Filters}

Fitness Blender

About It:

We believe fitness should be accessible to everyone, everywhere, regardless of income level or access to a gym. That's why we offer hundreds of free, full-length workout videos, the most affordable and effective workout programs on the web, meal plans, and helpful health, nutrition and fitness information.

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References for Physical Education, Fitness & Health Engagement

PE Central's Kids Quiz The Kids Quiz is a daily online quiz which challenges kids under the age of 18 and tests their knowledge about nutrition, fitness, health, physical education, sports, and a host of other topics and trivia. Features include answering a question each day with the chance for both the students and the teacher at the school to win weekly prizes in a drawing. Come register now teachers so your kids can enjoy this fun and educational program.

Kid's Running Online (The K-12 Running Site) The Kid's Running site for kids is an excellent page for kids (and parents/teachers) who are interested in running. Not only can kids see photos, learn about kids running events, answer questions, they can also read stories about running that other kids have contributed. The site is maintained by Carol Goodrow who is a first grade classroom teacher in Connecticut.

NCAA Basketball Kids Site The NCAA has launched a new basketball site geared toward middle school students and teachers.

Junior Links is a site built for kids, their parents, and the dedicated people who facilitate, coordinate and sponsor programs for junior golf and the future of the game. Check out their cool Golf Trivia Game! Lots of fun.

BAM! Aimed at youth ages 9 - 13, BAM! was created to answer kids' questions on health issues and recommend ways to make their bodies and minds healthier, tronger, and safer. BAM! also provides middle school health and science teachers with interactive activities that are educational and fun.

Kidnetic is a Web site that communicates healthy eating and active living information in meaningful and relevant ways to kids aged 9-12 and their families. is intended to encourage kids and their families to begin the process of behavior change toward healthy lifestyles. is the first component of ACTIVATE, a healthy eating and active living initiative. ACTIVATE is committed to promoting healthy family lifestyles to help prevent kids from becoming significantly overweight and to reduce their risk of suffering from obesity-related chronic diseases as adults.

Exploratorium: Sport Science Learn how different sports really work from the scientific point of view. Included are baseball, surfing, skateboarding, etc. Lots of really cool stuff located at the Exploratorium Site. Have fun!

Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls This colorful Centers for Disease Control site encourages young girls to take steps to promotes skeletal health. The site helps young girls understand the important contribution weight bearing physical activity makes to their health. Facts about bones and the importance of calcium to their development are given. There are interactive activities, such as a skeleton that shows the names of bones when the mouse is rolled over the words. Quizzes, interactive games, and relevant web sites are given to help girls learn the facts and test their ability to use the information to make informed decisions.

KidsHealth This site helps parents, children, and professionals find answers to commonly asked health questions. Topics include the benefits of different types of vitamins, the food pyramid, healthy children's recipes, how to read food labels, and keeping fit. Children can also submit their own questions. Check out the "Childhood Infections" section under "Parents" for information about appendicitis, meningitis, mumps, and more. For a good laugh, be sure to read the entry for that most common of all childhood afflictions, cooties. A great site but be patient this site may take a little longer to download.

Dole 5 a Day Based on the popular Dole 5 a Day CD Rom, this Web site, appropriate for elementary age children, uses fruit and vegetable characters to help children learn about the importance of eating at least 5 fruits and vegetables a day.

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids The National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids has a wonderful web site geared to protect children from tobacco addiction. There are abbreviated articles and current events that deal with smoking issues with

the bibliographies included. In the Kid's Corner, there is the opportunity for the children to learn the ABC's of what tobacco use can do to the body. It offers nice graphics and descriptions of the possible complications that can be caused by cigarette smoking. There is also a section of the current CDC Research, Data, and Reports.

Health and Nutrition Web Sites

Healthy Lifestyle Choices

Healthy Lifestyle Choices is a nonprofit organization empowering youth, families and educators with the knowledge, skills and tools to make healthier choices for a lifetime. Our work includes advocacy, developing and implementing proven educational programs, the use of media messages to reinforce key concepts and professional development opportunities. Focus areas include obesity prevention through nutrition and increased physical activity, conflict resolution, substance abuse prevention and safety. Our vision is to reduce the incidence of youth risk behaviors, enabling children to live longer, healthier more productive lives. If your school, afterschool or camp is looking for comprehensive, behavioral health curriculum, please consider HLC's Pre-K through Middle School programming. All of our curriculum is aligned with the National Health Education Standards and is research-based.

Take Action for Healthy Kids More than 30 national education and health organizations are working together on the Healthy Schools Summit: Taking Action for Children's Nutrition and Fitness. Healthy Schools Teams are now being formed at the state level. Join leaders in education and health in your state who are working to improve children's health.

The Scrub Club The Scrub Club () provides a fun way for kids to learn the importance of handwashing to fight infectious and food borne diseases. By watching the adventures of seven soaper-heroes, kids learn the six steps to proper handwashing. In addition to an animated Webisode, kids, parents and teachers can access: * Interactive games that are fun, yet teach you how to properly wash up. * Educational music and activities to download. * Public service announcements. * Tips for parents on teaching kids how to wash their hands. * Curriculum guide for teachers.

This website is all about educating families about nutrition and exercise in a fun way. They provide fun, interactive online games for kids that are designed to teach through animation, exploration, and decision-making. They are partners with the USDA and are listed as a resource on their site. is the first website to create "matching" nutritional tools, one for the parent and one for the child. These nutrition tools send similar messages to both the parent and child, so the entire family can work as a team to establish good nutrition at home.

ExerciseDaily! Magazine ExerciseDaily! is a specialized online tool which offers free access to the latest news in fitness, health and wellness. We offer information in 9 different languages. Articles are from around the world in their original format with contact details for further information. No registration is needed to access our web portal.

International Walk Our Children to School Day Walk Our Children to School Day is a day when school children from across the world walk to school together rather than taking the bus or getting a ride in the car to school (last year over 300,000 kids walked!) It promotes physical fitness, as well as pedestrian safety.

Kidnetic is a Web site that communicates healthy eating and active living information in meaningful and relevant ways to kids aged 9-12 and their families. is intended to encourage kids and their families to begin the process of behavior change toward healthy lifestyles. is the first component of ACTIVATE, a healthy eating and active living initiative. ACTIVATE is committed to promoting healthy family lifestyles to help prevent kids from becoming

significantly overweight and to reduce their risk of suffering from obesity-related chronic diseases as adults.

Smart- The Center for Science in the Public Interest introduces a web site designed to teach kids that healthy eating can be fun! This snazzy web site uses games to teach kids (and their parents and teachers) how to eat well and resist the food industry's marketing campaigns. Kids can see how their favorite restaurant foods stack up, play "true or false" with a food industry spokesman, and "bite back" by asking food companies and government officials to promote nutrition.

My Food Pyramid One size doesn't fit all. MyPyramid Plan can help you choose the foods and amounts that are right for you. For a quick estimate of what and how much you need to eat, enter your age, sex, and activity level in the MyPyramid Plan box. For a detailed assessment of your food intake and physical activity level, click on MyPyramid Tracker. Use the advice "Inside MyPyramid" to help you: make smart choices from every food group, find your balance between food and physical activity, and get the most nutrition out of your calories.

Food Group History Food Group History is dedicated to giving you a concise overview of the history of the USDA good groups. The standard guide has changed over the years ? it began as a simple publication and evolved to the Food Pyramid and eventually, MyPlate. Along with our timeline below, we have a more detailed history as well as a resource page containing dietary guidelines, printable PDFs, and great healthy eating-oriented websites to assist you in making smart meal choices.

Future of Children The well-organized (and subscription based) Future of Children website contains publications that focus on the well-being of children. Recent publications include childhood obesity, health and wellness, education, and poverty's impact on children's lives. This site includes research from Princeton University and the Brookings Institute. The Center for Research on Child Well-Being can also be accessed from this site.

Dairy Council of California The Dairy Council of California offers FREE Nutrition Education Materials to all California teachers. Our programs are research-based and match core content standards. All of the programs undergo evaluation to demonstrate students' improvements in knowledge, attitudes and behavior change such as better food choices and increased physical activity. Our programs are available for K- high school teachers to use with their classes. Additionally, we offer resources for parents and students that your PTA, school foodservice and school nurse can order to compliment classroom nutrition education.

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Steroid Abuse A study last year funded by NIDA revealed a 50 percent increase in steroid use among 8th graders; a 75 percent increase among 10th graders; and a 60 percent increase among 12th graders. While the rates of abuse for adolescent boys and young men remain higher than for their female counterparts, steroid abuse is growing most rapidly among adolescent girls and young women. This site gives information about how to fight this ever-growing problem.

Knowledge Path: Physical Activity and Children and Adolescents The MCH Library is a virtual guide to maternal and child health information. It offers a wide variety of electronic resources, including the MCH Alert, knowledge paths, publications, databases, bibliographies, and other materials developed for health professionals, policymakers, and families. The MCH Library is located at the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH) at Georgetown University.

Center For Science in the Public Interest Home page The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a non-profit organization and advocacy organization that focuses on improving the safety and nutritional quality of foods. There are sections that can be used as supplements to health instruction such as nutritional quizzes, health facts, and a kid's index.

Dairy Council of California (DCC) This site has relevant nutrition and health content for educators, health professionals, kids, parents and adults. It includes interactive learning tools for assessing diet and physical activity including a: Food Guide Pyramid learning game; Calcium assessment; Personal Nutrition Planner, and; Personal

Fitness Planner. The site also contains nutrition education materials, recipes and many other informational and learning tools

Drugs4Real This free, web-based prevention program, teaches early adolescents (ages 11 ? 14) about the influence of alcohol and other drugs, and strengthens their commitment to avoid taking these substances. This program has been scientifically tested with kids and was shown to effectively improve knowledge regarding the risks of drug and alcohol abuse.

Online CPR, First Aid, AED and Bloodborne Pathogens Review Site This site allows you to see pictures and review skills needed in emergency situations. It allows you to learn how to handle most injuries appropriately during physical education class, coaching or during recreational activities.

Health This highly informative site contains information on over 1600 diseases, symptons, medical tests and exams, surgeries and procedures, diet and nutrition as well as access to the latest health news.

This site contains a vast array of information about health, including recent news, information about diseases and conditions, diet and nutrition, medical symptons, drugs and medicine and injuries and wounds. Its large collection of medical images is also helpful in preparing lessons or for student work.

Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. The web site provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders. In addition, general information is offered to the public about the treatment and prevention of eating disorders and they hope to promote social attitudes that enhance a healthy body image and self-esteem.

Be Active North Carolina At this attractive site you can learn how this organization is encouraging North Carolinians to create the policies, opportunities, facilities, and motivation to promote physical activity -- and good health. In addition, you can participate in the Be Active Steps Program which allows you to log the amount of steps you take (with a pedometer) on a daily basis and you can have kids take some fun quizzes.

American Lung Association The American Lung Association Home page offers an online resource for information on asthma and other lung diseases, tobacco control, and environmental health. It also provides the latest news, medical and legislative updates. This site will be helpful for students who are researching smoking and tobacco usage.

Overweight-Teen- Whether it is better health, self-esteem or successful goal achievement, we help teenagers make smarter, healthier choices. We are an independent information gathering and research firm specializing in Teen Nutrition & Fitness, linking visitors to a wide variety of effective products, treatments and technologies known to be of Exceptional Quality and Value!

Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures This web site has very good information for children regarding maintaining good oral hygiene. You will need to register to gain access.

Shaping America's Youth Shaping America's Youth(r), is an initiative of Shaping America's Health: Association for Weight Management and Obesity Prevention, a program of the American Diabetes Association. SAY(r) was initially launched in November 2003 in coordination with the office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Academic Network, and the Nutrition Department of the University of California at Davis. SAY exists to unite the efforts of the many groups and programs across the US that are working to improve childhood physical activity and nutrition. By centralizing information on community programs and acquiring grassroots input, SAY is identifying effective approaches for promoting exercise and healthy eating in childhood, and the best ways of putting those approaches into action.

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