Physical Education

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Mr.Gym.com
Discipline(s): Physical Education
Grade Level: K-12
Website Address: http://www.mrgym.com/#MrGym
Description: This website is designed for physical educators to learn and communicate with other professionals. It is an excellent resource when physical education teachers cannot come up with new activities to use in their class. The website lists the physical education national standards for grades K-12. There is also a link for various games and activities ranging from cooperative games to dance and rhythmic games. Physical education teachers can email the website their interesting stories from their classes and it may be posted to the website. (La Donna Lewis)

Discipline: Physical Education
Grade Level: K-12
Web Site Address: http://forums.atozteacherstuff.com/showthread.php?t=11672
Description: This site is connected through the forums link of A to Z teacher stuff. This forum is devoted entirely to bringing physical education into the classroom. There are several suggestions as to how to get students up and moving for thirty minutes each day. The activities listed are largely suggested and recommended by other teachers, this way new teachers can feel confident in implementing these techniques or feel free to make modifications and repost to the website to share with other teachers. (Briahna Nelson)

Mr. Gym
Discipline: Physical Education
Grade Level: K-12
Website address: http://www.mrgym.com/
Description: Mr. Gym is a resource for Elementary Physical Education Teachers that follows CA standards, and provides extensive resources, including games with rules and coordinating lesson plans, P.E. Grants, Shared ideas, Field Day planning, and much more. This site is updated frequently, with new sections on Innovative Products just launched, and coming soon are new activities and a Fitness section. The authors are aware of political correctness, and respond on the front page to the grouping of students into “Cowboys and Indians.” This resource is for teachers looking for new games, looking to resource with other teachers, and is inclusive of all teachers and students. (Edward B. Wahl)

Discipline: Physical Education Grade level: K-12 Web Site Address: http://www.mrgym.com/ Description: This website is a great resource for public school teachers who are responsible for conducting their students’ PE requirement. There are pages and pages of ideas for K-12. One of the reasons I like this site is because it suggests both indoor and outdoor activities, depending on the weather. There are also theme ideas for holidays such as Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day, and Thanksgiving. (Heather Feldbaum)

Discipline: Dance: Ballet Grade Levels: K-5 Website Address: http://home.howstuffworks.com/dance-activities-for-kids1.htm This website offered an introductory lesson to ballet. The website is structured like a lesson plan starting with a description of the lesson, a list of materials needed, and the steps of the procedure. The lesson begins with a warm up. Then the teacher is to play music from a well known ballet and the students are to fluidly interpret the music. They are to move slowly during the slower parts of the music and faster during the quicker parts of the music. (Kelly Iannuzzi)

Discipline: Dance: Tap Grade Levels: K-5 Website Address: http://home.howstuffworks.com/dance-activities-for-kids4.htm This website provides teachers with a great lesson on how to introduce tap. The website starts off by telling the teacher to show students the movie Singin’ in the Rain so that students can see Gene Kelly’s advanced tap technique. Then the website explains how students can make their own tap shoes with an old pair of shoes and self adhesive metal heel clips. The directions are very clear. Then the students explore the sound that their taps make on the floor. Next, the students learn a simple combination. (Kelly Iannuzzi)

Discipline: Dance Grade Levels: 1-3 Website Address: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/phe/phedance1/?view=get This website provides an introductory dance unit for early elementary school students. It explores the concepts of locomotor and nonlocomotor movements. On the left hand side of the page you will find the unit descriptors such as: prior learning needed, core tasks, enrichment, vocabulary, resources, cross-curricular links, objectives, and activities. On the right side of the page you will find the four different sections of the unit that include: skill acquisition, skill application, understanding fitness, and evaluating performance. (Kelly Iannuzzi)

Discipline: Performing Arts Grade Levels: K-12 Website Address: http://mykidsweek.com/component/option,com_jreviews/task,list/jr_categories,Dance/Itemid,39/ This website is an excellent resource for the performing arts. It offers different locations that students can experience dance, theatre, and music. From summer camps, to dance studios, to performance academies, this website provides a description of the organization, as well as the grade levels and ages that it is geared to. There is also a space underneath each organization for people to rate and leave their comments. (Kelly Iannuzzi)

http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/pelessonplans.html GRADES: K – 12 and teachers/adults• DISCRIPTION: This web site is for physical education teachers. I has K-12 lesson plans for physical education, dance, health, and adapted physical education. Educators can post their lesson plans as well. There are also assessment tools, content information, job postings, research updates, links to related sites, and a store. There is a Trivia Quiz for students 8 – 18. The questions are on nutrition, health, physical activity, and sports. Students can be entered in a drawing for a T-shirt when they get the correct answer. (Adriana Gomez)

http://www.teachpe.com/index-quiz.php GRADES: Middle to high school students and teachers. DISCRIPTION: On this web site there are interactive quizzes on the muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments, diet, and metabolism. There are also coaching tips for a variety of sports, and a section on sports injuries. This site also has study aids such a s flash card. For teachers, it has lesson plans and worksheets. This is a great website to use for students who need to practice taking tests and ideas for study tools. (Adriana Gomez)

Interactive Physical Education Website http://www.uen.org/3-6interactives/health.shtml The students can learn about the physiology and anatomy of the human body by matching the correct part of the body when prompted to. They can learn about the digestive system, nervous system, cardio vascular system, and dental health as well. They also have the ability to learn important information about nutrition and how to read nutrition facts on the labels of many food products. Students can learn methods to improve their emotional and mental health. Learning safety tips is another feature that makes this website valuable. Peer pressure and what role the media plays in the lives of adolescent students is also covered by this website. Best used for students in grades 3-6 and this is a free website.

Discipline(s): Physical Education Discipline(s): k-12 parents and teachers Web Site Address: http://www.pecentral.org/ Description: P.E. central is an overload of information, in a good way. It gives you lesson plans, assessments, the newest available research and even help with getting a job, like what question you might be asked in an interview. It’s a great place to share your ideas and get new ones to keep your students active and have fun in school. It can be helpful to parents who are trying to think of fun and active games or activities for a child’s birthday party. (Annalee Schwartz)

PE Central Discipline: Physical Education, language arts, math, science, social studies, dance, and song. Grade Level: Grades K-6 (Some middle) Website: http://www.pecentral.com/ P.E. central is a great site to go to and find lesson plans on activities centered on integration of the subjects. You can find PE related language arts and math lessons. It’s a great resource for any teacher.