updated 1 may 06
Physical Education Links

Resources and Lessons
Physical Education Links 4 U - the ultimate list of physical education websites, resources, information, ideas, current news, and lots more.

PE Central - an excellent physical education website including lesson plans, teacher chat, activity ideas, list serves and more.  PE Central's Top Websites

Kathy Shrock's Health, Physical Education and Fitness Website - Excellent link to educators' websites on fitness, nutrition and physical education lesson plans.

Surgeon General's Health Report - The Surgeon General Health Report including a link to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

National Standards for Physical Education - National standards from NASPE.

President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports - including the President's Challenge and Presidential  Sports Award information.

P.E. Digest - Sample articles from the publication, download charts and information.

Human Anatomy Online - an excellent interactive HumanAnatomy allows students to navigate the human body.

Education World Physical Education and Health Browser - lists internet sites related to physical education and health.

Family Play  - from Crayola, this site has hundreds of activities for kids, including a section on physical education.

Just Move -your personal fitness center brought to you by the American Heart Association.

Kid's Health - for parents and kids, from the medical experts at Nemours Foundation.

Shape Up America! - General information on how to get in shape and stay in shape, access to Cyber Kitchen.

SPARK- Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids, a website about an exemplary physical education program.

Sports Illustrated for Kids - Excellent website based on the magazine SI for Kids.

Fitness Jumpsite: Information on eating right, staying healthy and fun and games for children and teachers.

Eric Jensen's Brain Research -  helps educators stay up to date on brain research that is related to educational issues, including physical education.

Educator's Reference Desk  - Research for teachers.

Connections- from the Mid-continent Regional Educational Laboratory, lots of internet resources, including physical education.

Games Kids Play - Popular childhood games rules, instructions and history of over 500 popular childhood games.  Some of these games may not be appropriate for educational purposes.

Puzzle maker - create word puzzles for use in any setting for any theme.

SPORTS MEDIA - informational non-profit resource for coaches, teachers, on sport and physical education.

Teachnet Lesson Ideas - features lesson plans, including ones for physical education.

Medline Plus    - encyclopedia articles on more than 4,000 health topics.

Dole 5 a Day - a nutrition website for children and educators.

Health Teacher - a website for health teachers.

Teacher's Health Resources - information resource for Health Educators.

Footbag- a worldwide internet site for footbag (Hacky Sack).

Heart-e-Heart-The Heart "E" Group has developed the Heart "E" Heart healthy lifestyle curriculum, including physical activity, nutritious eating habits, safety, and abstention from alcohol,  tobacco and drugs.

Professional Associations     back to top

AAHPERD- American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Eastern District Association-AAHPERD- Eastern District Association information, links to American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

MAHPERD- Maryland Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance with access to Fit Kids page.

NASPE- the national association for sport and physical education website, affiliated with AAHPERD.

CAHPERD- California Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

PSAHPERD- Pennsylvania State's Association Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance Home Page.

Baltimore Co. Schools PE - Office of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance for Baltimore Co.

Baltimore Co.'s Related PE Links - Baltimore Co's PE Links

American Heart Association - Official website of the American Heart Association.

American School Health Association -  website for ASHA.

ACE- The American Council on Exercise fitness website.

National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity - A cooperative volunteer approach for promoting physical activity in your community.

United States Congress - e-mail your senator and tell them to support physical education legislation like the PEP act.

Equipment Catalogs/ Ordering Information     back to top
BSNSports - physical education equipment catalog
Gopher-  physical education equipment catalog

Griffen Publishing - Griffen Publishing offers a variety of books in the subject areas of general sport, health, fitness and the Olympics

Human Kinetics Publishing - excellent selection of physical education texts, videos and tapes

S&S World Wide - physical education equipment catalog

Sportime - access to Sportime physical education equipment catalog ordering information, which includeslinks to pe talk digest (a list serve for physical educators).

U. S. Games - physical education equipment catalog

UCS Spirit - physical education equipment catalog, with emphasis on track and field

Athletics, Recreation and Sports     back to top
Howard County Athletics - look here for information about our county's outstanding athletics program.

Howard County High School Sites - a list of all the Howard County  high schools'  incredible student created and maintained websites, which include sports and athletics information.

iHigh- check out up to date (updated DAILY)  Howard County sports schedules and scores on this national website.

Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association - MPSSAA schedules, scores, and tournaments for over 177 Maryland public schools

Howard County Parks and Recreation - Website for HCRP, listing activities available for adults, teens and youth

Howard County Striders - Information on the Howard County Striders running group, schedules and latebreaking updates

CBS Sportsline - CBS sports updates

International Olympic Committee - IBM sponsored olympics site

Sports Illustrated for Kids - Excellent website based on the magazine SI for Kids

The Infospace Sports Page - Search for information on your favorite sports

Women's Sport Foundation - Access to The Women's Sport Foundation

WNBA.com- News and information on the Women's National Basketball Association

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