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Project Fit America (PFA) is a national non-profit public charity dedicated to getting kids fit. PFA donates to schools, grades K-12, fully funded cardiovascular health and lifetime fitness education programs. Formed in 1990 as a (501) (c) (3) corporation, PFA donates 75 cents of each dollar received to schools for the sole purpose of developing exemplary model schools for cardiovascular health and fitness. You can learn about this program and its successes at this site.

In addition to the Fitness library that provides visitors with a variety of short articles about health and physical activity, tips for purchasing fitness equipment, etc., this site provides an enormous amount of links to Health and physical activity links that may prove beneficial to a PE teacher.

The concept behind the Exercise US program is to motivate children to become physically fit and healthy by making fitness fun. Children will enjoy the concept of participating in 10 continuous hours of fitness from coast to coast. Schools or organizations that sign up will partake in 15 minutes of exercise at their location. When their 15 minute time allotment is over, they have completed their portion of the program. At that moment, in a new location, the next exercise session will begin, which could potentially be in a different state. The program will begin at 8:00 a.m. eastern time, and finish at 3:00 p.m. pacific time

Your complete resource to diet and fitness. Our slimming tips will help you to know more about healthy foods, healthy recipes, diet food, diet recipes, and healthy diet to lose weight fast. The fat burner recipes will help you to increase your metabolism and lose fat fast. Read on our articles for more health tips and information on balanced diet.

My name is Howie Weiss. I am dedicated to promoting best practices in physical education. I believe that all physical education lessons should start with fun, include fitness and social education and help instill a love for life long movement. It is my hope that you will find this web site an outstanding resource for your physical education program. I love to create games for physical educators. I have been inventing exciting educational games for the past 30 years. I will be sharing my expertise on my web site and in my book: Fun, Fitness, and Skills - The Powerful Original Games Approach." You can find my book on the Human Kinetics Web Site.

PBS Health and Fitness resources for teachers along with a discussion thread for questions, answers, and collaboration.

gmap-pedometer.com lets you measure how far you ran, walked, or biked, and store a record of your workouts in a fitness log

The ultimate database on running information. From physiology to training, this website has everything you will need to know about running for fitness.

Welcome to the premier site for health & physical education teachers, parents and students. Our goal is to provide the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children. To motivate, we offer fun kids fitness programs such as Log It and the PEC Challenge. We have over 1800 published lesson ideas

BeSmartBeWell.com's childhood obesity portal aims to help the 25 million American kids who face serious health risks such as heart disease and diabetes. The site features compelling stories about "real people", along with health, fitness and nutrition experts in our videos, plus helpful articles and links to trusted resources.

Above the Influence. It's a state of mind. It's about being yourself and not letting negative influence get to you. Pressure to drink, do drugs or do anything that goes against who you are in order to fit in-that's negative influence. And if you're one of the teens who want to stay above it, you've come to the right spot

With 20,000 members, the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) is the largest organization of professionals supporting and assisting professionals involved in physical education, recreation, fitness, sport and coaching, dance, health education and promotion, and all specialties related to achieving a healthy and active lifestyle.

Exercise pioneer Mark Verstegen's website with video clips and cutting edge information within the field of personal fitness and health.

This is the new updated CASPER website that has content (including videos and downloadables) for teachers, parents, administrators, and PETE programs. Topics include: importance of quality physical education, how to evaluate a program, effective teaching strategies, icebreaker and teambuilding activities, instructional dance, web resources, fitness, teaching tools, and more.

Running database used to track exercise data as well as other health and nutrition information. Resources available.

The Cooper Institute is dedicated to scientific research in the field of preventive medicine and public health and communicating the results of research to the scientific and medical communities as well as to the general public.

LOG IT is a FREE pedometer step and mile recording program for kids 3rd grade and up. Students can virtually walk around the USA with their classmates, log up to 6 days back, enter up to 25,000 (12.5 miles) steps a day and enjoy additional site features

This site informs you all about the proper ways to warm up and stretch.

My goal is to provide one of the most comprehensive Elementary Physical Education and Secondary Physical Education resources available on the internet. On this site you will find a wide variety of elementary physical education games, including cooperative games and activities, sports games, lead up activities, and much more. Furthermore, you will find ideas on elementary physical education assessment, field day ideas, cheap or free physical education equipment, created and compiled by an elementary physical education teacher with over two decades of experience

GetSweaty.com is the first video-based website that focuses on daily physical activity for kids. The site offers a new and different workout video each day performed for kids, by kids. It's all free and kids stay motivated because they earn points for exercise which can be redeemed for valuable prizes.