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Welcome to "Interdisciplinary PE" on PELINKS4U. We hope you find the information on this page helpful and motivational. Please help us to keep this page beneficial by sending us your ideas and teaching tips. This week we feature several ideas from elementary PE teachers. Also included are many excellent resources, and a "For Fun" section.
Laurie Morley
Section Editor
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Lesson Plans Page.com
An excellent site for teacher resources on the Internet! You can find lesson plans that match your criteria and much more.
Oxygen
Comprehensive, interactive site with activities for students to learn about the effects of smoking on health. There are sections for Teachers, Resources, Industry Information, and Facts and Social issues. An excellent feature is the Interactive Biopsy of a smoke, which shows and explains the effects of tobacco smoking on the body. The site contains lots of interactive and multimedia features.
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Cross Country Cyclist
In this project, 5th grader students learn Web authoring and social studies as they plan a cross-country bike trip.
Olympic Questions
This set of thought provoking questions on the Olympic Games is part of the Aussie Schoolhouse website. This resource has been developed to assist teachers in their planning of thinking activities in the classroom. It promotes problem-based learning in an information rich environment - the Internet, and features teaching strategies to encourage creative and critical thinking, and ideas to actively involve children in their learning.
InnerBody.com: Human Anatomy On-line
This site offers excellent interactive educational activities looking at aspects of anatomy, nerves, muscle systems, etc. Students can identify particular muscle groups in which they are interested, click on the area, and more information will appear.
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The Science of Hockey
"Developed by the Exploratorium with the assistance of the NHL's San Jose Sharks, this site takes you inside the sport and explains the science behind the world's fastest game. The site contains RealVideo and Audio interviews with top scientists and NHL players and coaches."
Teaching the Food Pyramid
Concepts taught: What types of food are healthy and why. The purpose of this lesson is to introduce the six food groups of the food pyramid.
Food Pyramid Hangman!
You can decide if hanging people is a teaching tool you want to use!
In this version you need to identify words found on the food pyramid.
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PE Central
PE Central presents a large number of Classroom Teacher/Integrated lesson ideas for you to use in your classroom or physical education program. These ideas are from teachers around the globe.
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Food Safety Music
Carl Winter, an Extension Food Toxicologist at the University of California, Davis, has written and recorded this collection of popular songs "with a food safety/science twist." The songs are organized by food science topic (Food Safety, Pesticides, Biotech, Toxicology, etc.), and listed with file size, the song that inspired it, and a link to the lyrics. Highlights include "I Sprayed It on the Grapevine," "We are the Microbes/They Might Kill You," "Food Busters," and "Food Irradiation." The lyrics are good fun to read and students may enjoy discussing their meaning.
Peanut Butter
Learn about the stages in making peanut butter. The process is illustrated with photographs. Read a page on the history of peanut butter, then go to nutrition and recipes. Useful for projects: Food and Nutrition.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Check this site out for health fun. You won't get bored!
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Eriksdale School Educational Sites Page
"Well-maintained and updated, this site serves as an online directory of links for children, parents, and teachers to sites covering math, science, art, physical education, history, English, and more."
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"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who at the worst, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
~ Teddy Roosevelt ~
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Ready, Set, Go...
Here's a site with information about sports for parents and kids.
Children have the opportunity to interact and submit their ideas as
well as get activities they can try at home.
Parents Guide to Sports
Sports can give children some of the most positive experiences they
will ever have. Keeping them active and healthy in a sport of their
choice is vital to overall fitness, positive mental attitude, and a
sense of fair play.
Nutrition
The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) has created a new
website to teach kids about nutrition that is extremely cool! Check
this one out to see some great web site effects.
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Classroom Connect
Resources for professional development and the curriculum. Annotated links in subject areas, classroom activities, and internet quests. The Connected Calendar offers ideas for activities & resources connected with specific dates & festivals.
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