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Fishin’ for Change: Combining Physical Education and Outdoor Recreation

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Each year, our school’s Gone Fishin’ trip combines physical education with outdoor recreation. Whether the activity is basketball or fencing, dance or “circus arts,” it generally has well-defined rules, a time-driven structure, and adults to studiously facilitate.

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How to ‘Spring’ Into Physical Activity During National PE & Sport Week

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Being Outside Does the Body Good Staying active can lead to increased motor development, skill building, and more physically healthy bodies — and being active outside in a natural setting can improve our overall wellness. Search for local parks and recreation and/or sports organizations in your area.

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Using the City as Your Physical Education Classroom

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Our bikes became tools for community service, whether it was cleaning up litter at Ridge Road Recreation or handing out water to protesters at Black Lives Matter Plaza. It shows my students the bigger picture: locations, costs and customers who typically have access to these different health and wellness spaces.

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Fun Winter Activities for Elementary PE

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Sledding I have had PE classes where students have needed to work on taking turns, sharing, watching out for others, respecting personal space and others’ property, as well as working on spatial awareness. This is one of the students’ favorite PE activities every year!

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5 Tips for Moving Your Career Forward as a Health and Physical Education Teacher

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These notes became the foundation for a two-part series we would later write for the Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), “Transitioning From Students of Teaching to Teachers of Students.”. A well-crafted resume and cover letter can be extremely influential in landing the “perfect” job. Running the Race.

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Introducing Students to New Lifetime Sports in a Mobile PE Class

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A Different Type of PE Class This is my 13th year of teaching physical education, but I have also taught other subjects along the way, such as health, wellness and weightlifting. I’ll share some of those details in this article, and maybe you’ll find a few ideas for sharing lifetime sports with your students.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Celebrating the Legacy of Shannon Watts & the Legions of Moms, 10 Million Strong

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The resolution prohibits anyone from carrying firearms, concealed or otherwise, in sensitive areas including all county buildings, county owned recreational facilities and parks, polling places and more. This reduction in gun violence also coincides with a 70% reduction in homicides over the last 10 years.