Curriculum and Teaching Resources: Health/Phy. Ed.

Action for Healthy Kids is the nation’s leading nonprofit and largest volunteer network fighting childhood obesity and undernourishment by working with schools to improve nutrition and physical activity to help kids learn to eat right, be active every day and be ready to learn.

Resources for teachers in teaching about My Plate, a program from the US Department of Agriculture.

Resources for building a Healthy Schools Program.

A site with reliable health information for parents, children, and teens. Jargon free with games and activities.

Kid-friendly site designed to help kids (tweens) deal with the issues of everyday life. Use the link for 'parents and educators' for teaching resources.

Provided by the American Medical Association, this site has various views all/parts of the human body, with discriptive information in layman's language.

Produced by the Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health, they provide a clear concise description of 15 mental health disorders that can appear in children during their school age years.

Developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the National Association of School Nurses, these guidelines address health and safety issues for students while they are at school. By addressing health, mental health, and safety issues, schools can improve students’ academic performance today and contribute to their increased longevity and productivity after they leave school. Use the search box at the top or browse by table of contents, or subject index.

The Center's 2,500-page website, healthinschools.org, provides up-to-date information for health professionals, educators and families to assist in promoting the health of children through school-connected programs

The Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT) can help school districts, schools, and others conduct a clear, complete, and consistent analysis of health education curricula based on the National Health Education Standards and CDC’s Characteristics of Effective Health Education Curricula.

The Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT) will help school districts conduct a clear, complete, and consistent analysis of written physical education curricula, based upon national physical education standards. The PECAT is customizable to include local standards. The results from the analysis can help school districts enhance existing curricula, develop their own curricula, or select a published curriculum, for the delivery of quality physical education in schools.

Although this is a British site, it has lots of classroom ideas. Explore the buttons at the top for warm up/cool down activities, games, and other PE activities.

A meta site for physical educaiton teachers

A project at the University of Wisconsin, there are resources here for teachers, parents, and students. In the activity section, you can search for activities to teach a specific skill.