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Hop on the fitness trail for kids with this issue's physical education web sites. Past editions of NetWatch and additional sites for some topics can be found online in the Archives.
by Lynda Scarrow
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Active and safe
PE Central
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e-newsletter
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 PE Central offers lots of free teacher support materials, including lesson ideas, rubrics and a free e-newsletter. Grade levels are clearly indicated and you can search by category or lesson/activity. It also includes extensive adapted physical education and preschool programs.
PE Links 4 U
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making connections
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Topics and categories on this information-packed site include coaching and sports, elementary, secondary, interdisciplinary and technology studies, and health/fitness and nutrition. It's another good source for adapted PE information, plus there are extensive archives of PE publications, book reviews and links.
The site also hooks you up to National Association for Sports and Physical Education forums where you can sign up to talk to physical education colleagues. The site is text heavy but includes lots of suggestions submitted by teachers.
Alberta Learning
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great site
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The Alberta government has created a nicely designed physical education web site. It includes a database of teacher-submitted phys ed lesson plans, a bibliography of vetted resources, teaching tools and curriculum models.
Kidnetic
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fun for kids
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This site has lots of Flash combined with solid fun, broken into categories like Move, Eat, Talk, Learn. Kids can send a fitness dare to friends via e-mail, create their own computer-generated dance moves or take the fitness challenge, which has them doing pushups or racing to the washroom and back.
Learn takes them through serious youth issues like “Am I too fat or thin?” or “Are you safety smart about exercise?”
Bam!
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do-it-yourself PE
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A terrific site for kids, Bam is a colourful, funky source of health and fitness info provided by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Children can learn how to pack power lunches, make their own fitness activity calendars and cards and try the Stress-o-meter. They can also share Bragging Rights with other kids regarding fitness projects they are involved in.
Ontario Physical & Health Education Association
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excellent material
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The association's Teacher Resource Database - under Teacher Resources Curriculum Support - provides information free, or for a fee, from independent sources. Free registration permits access to the database and all site materials.
Additional Resources
Public Health Agency of Canada: Physical Activity Guide
www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/pau-uap/paguide/index.html
Susan's Physical Education, Health and Sports Site
www.hccanet.org/patricks/Activities/cupstack.htm
Smartplay!
www.smartplay.net/
Get Physical (online videos)
www.teachers.tv/getphysical
The Virtual Sports Injury Clinic
www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/
The National Sporting Library
(Try the sport search feature.)
http://www.librarycom.com/cgi-bin/opac.exe/o_search.html
P.E.Links Database
http://www.sports-media.org/links/data/index.html
Not all sites are available in both English and
French. For additional sites or for French sites related to this topic,
visit Cyberespace.
Lynda Scarrow is the College's web
editor. She can be reached at lscarrow@oct.ca.
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