A question to ponder:  When you think of interdisciplinary PE or integration, do you think of changing your lessons or curriculum to incorporate other content area or do you think of how you can infuse other content area into your regular offerings?  

Bookmark: In a recent TEPE (Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 35-39), Townsend and Gurvitch provide a theoretical and applied article for integrating technology into physical education.

David Kahan
Interdisciplinary Section Editor

At this popular medical website, there are a number of enticing pages that middle and high school students can use to assess their health and set goals.

 When you click the link below, you'll get to the homepage, then find the banner "Try these tools."  The sub-banner "More tools" provides below-listed pages worth viewing:

Quizzes: heart disease, high blood pressure, nutrition, lung cancer, others.

Interactives: diet and fitness journal.

Slideshows: basic stretch, skin cancer signs, resistance training, ski stretches, yoga at your desk, others.

Calculator: BMI, target HR, exercise calorie counter, others.

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Teachers Tom Wienicki and Kory McMahon at Mott Road Elementary School offer a "Puzzles of the Month" page as part of their extensive website.  Examples from May include printable and interactive puzzles and games on basketball, baseball, bowling, fitness, football, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, track, and tumbling.

Click here to be puzzled.

Don't be fooled by the fancy title; stamps and coins, hobbies enjoyed by millions, can come alive in physical education class.  See how by clicking onto the link for a lesson plan.

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The website, Education World, celebrates National Physical Fitness and Sports Month (May) by featuring many Physical Education lesson plans, FOUR of which are interdisciplinary lesson plan ideas devoted to math and spelling.

When you get to the link, look for these games to click on or review the archives:

1. Walk across the country
2. Name game
3. Jump into spelling
4. Integrated math game

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