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Creating an Effective Health and Wellness Club at School

SHAPE America

As a physical education teacher at Hebron High School in Carrollton, TX, I developed a Health and Wellness Club for our ninth-grade campus as an initiative to reduce obesity and related comorbidities that are associated with sedentary lifestyles and a lack of physical activity. We met every other week for 30 minutes during advisory time.

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How I Received Grants for My Physical Education Classes

SHAPE America

As an elementary physical education teacher in the Bronx, NY, I’m always looking for ways to stretch my PE budget and introduce my students to new physical activities. Open, I told some other New York City physical education teachers in a Facebook group. One of the teachers was really excited about the information about the U.S.

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Lessons Learned From Decades of Advocating for Health and Physical Education

SHAPE America

Several past presidents, the association’s executive director and secretary (a former HPE teacher and administrator) made more than 50 contacts speaking to school personnel from across the state. This task was assigned to the association secretary and a team of state, district and national teachers of the year.

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Wellness Warriors: Stepping up for Our School Staff

SHAPE America

School administrators must figure out ways to support staff members, so they don’t join the growing number of teachers who have decided to leave the profession. Lasa Baxter from Wilde Holistic Nutrition and Fitness leads staff through a strength training workout that doesn’t require equipment.

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The story of muscle tissue - a guide for PE and Sport teachers - Part 1

The Everlearner

Dear PE and Sport teachers, I really enjoy writing posts that cover subject content. In the past, my writings on movement analysis , levers , planes , axes and nutrition have proved really popular.

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Healthy Habits (Grades K-5)

Open Phys Ed

We have included resources and activities for both physical educators and classroom teachers, organized through the activity calendars included below. We have included resource calendars for grades K-2 and 3-5 that can help guide teachers through the month of February.

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“Feeling Great” Nutrition Game

Gopher Sport

Get ready to combine fitness and nutrition in an engaging nutrition activity! Students will develop locomotor skills and spatial awareness while learning about the importance of different food groups and proper nutrition! Directions for Level 1: “Feeling Great or Whoa” The teacher states the name of a food.