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Tom Winiecki, this issue's Elementary Section Editor, shares the following information:
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Ideas for lessons, ranging from warm up activities to activities with story
books.
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Web sites that provide information including rules and history that could be
used in your classes.
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Ideas for teaching fitness to children!
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Ideas for integrating nutrition into your lessons.
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Click here to read these and much more.
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Jon Poole presents a refreshing look at many secondary PE issues: |
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A perspective on the importance of expertise in both Health and Physical
Education.
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A Presidential call for action to implement a plan that promotes physical
activity in youth.
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A coordinated HPE program from Cathie Summerford.
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| Laurie Morley, presents the following topics to help you integrate PE with other school subjects:
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A parents guide to sports for keeping kids active and healthy in a sport of their choice.
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Learn about the stages in making peanut butter.
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Check out a site for excellent interactive educational activities looking at aspects of anatomy, nerves, muscle systems, etc.
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Oxygen - a comprehensive, interactive site with activities for students to learn about the effects of smoking on health,
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And much more.
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Ruth Morey Sorrentino, focuses this issue on the use of hand held computers. Specific topics include:
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Programs that download data from the Palm to Excel.
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Software that enables you to collect information on students during activities.
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Creating customized programs for the hand held computer.
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The future in Personal Digital Assistants.
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Click here for details on these and other topics in this week's technology page.
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Celebrate National Dance Week
April 20-29
For More Information Click Here
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Information
As I put together this issue, I continue to be amazed as to the amount of
information that is available for Physical and Health Educators. So many
professionals have supplied us with research and educational ideas that can be applied to our programs. This issues' section editors provide a tremendous
amount of information that will increase your knowledge in
teaching and in the background information that supports quality
programs.
A plethora of information is available and increasing
exponentially. Most of this information continues to support quality
programs. In a time, as Poole states in the secondary section, of
increased public scrutiny it behooves us to search out and implement ideas that will increase the quality of our programs. Hopefully, you will find such information in PELINKS. Remember though, that once you find supporting information for your programs, you need to share it with colleagues, principals, and/or parents.
Kirk Mathias
PELINKS4U
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The intelligent man is always open to new ideas.
In fact, he looks for them.
~ Proverbs ~
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Conference or Workshop Presentations Wanted!
If you have a presentation you would like to share with fellow physical educators, please contact us. We shortly plan a conference and workshop presentation section.
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Gibson Darden, presents information on the following topics:
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Information concerning the philosophy of youth sports.
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Canada's Fair Play philosophy.
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Some fascinating facts from the kids' perspective!
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A checklist to use in evaluating the benefits of children's sporting experience.
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Should children be benched? Read the paper by Ted Lea.
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Volunteer screening?
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Click here to read these and much more...
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Attending AAHPERD?
If so, please visit the PELINKS4U Site Sponsors and be sure to thank them for their support for pelinks4u. Without them, this site would NOT be possible.
- Human Kinetics' booth
numbers are 705-715 and 804-814. They are running a special:
Save $5.00 when you subscribe to TEPE or JTPE, and get an
extra $5.00 off any additional purchase during the conference.
- Phi Epsilon Kappa's booth
number is 637. Anyone interested in a potential collegiate
or alumni chapter is invited to visit.
- Skate in School's booth
number is 340. Stop by to learn more about inline school skating programs.
- New Lifestyles -
DIGI-WALKER stepcounter distributors, NEW LIFESTYLES and PRO-FIT, and
singer/songwriter Peter Alsop, have teamed up to produce a collection of DIGI-DANCING tunes. Available on CD or cassette, come by to listen to Peter and to visit us in booth #1219.
- GOPHER
- Sportime
- Heartalker-
Students of all ages and fitness levels can successfully use
Heartalker heart rate monitors indoors or out. Visit us at booth
1015/1017
- Athletic Stuff
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NIH funds new research projects for the Prevention and Control of Diabetes and Obesity. Click here.
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On-line Masters for Physical Education teachers begins this summer through
Central Washington University. For more information contact acquisto@cwu.edu.
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Online Master's Degree program for Physical Education Teachers at West Virginia University begins in July, 2001.
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Support for physical activity in women is supported in yet, another study.
Read this study published in JAMA. Click here on one
hour of walking to get the details.
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Visit this site to examine a new Comprehensive School Health Education Program for preschool children. Healthy Start.
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Wichita State University offers an online course for graduate or undergraduate students. For more information, contact Frank Rokosz
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Now available through NASPE. For more information go to Sport for All.
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Physical Education Activity
Kaleidoscope Workshop
(PEAK)
April 7th
Central Washington University
Presentation Topics:
Orienteering, juggling, waterworks, unicycling, powerlifting, beginning an inline skating program, tennis, swing and contra dancing, nutrition, handball, web site building, using pedometers, kickboxing, assessment, fencing, instant activities, and aerobics for the rhythmically challenged!
For more information click here.
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Carol Huettig, focuses much of the information on aquatics programs.
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A description of a quality adapted aquatic program.
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Details on sensory integration in an aquatics setting.
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A list of titles that provide information in the use of aquatics.
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Plus links to other sites and much more...
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Andrew P. Jenkins,
our Fitness, Health, & Nutrition Editor, brings you the following:
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A very interesting editorial on the impact of teachers.
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Information on home exercise equipment.
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Information on youth sports injuries.
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A grade book for both platforms, Windows and Macintosh.
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Click here for details on these and other topics in this week's Fitness, Health & Nutrition page.
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| NEW PELINKS4U Site Sponsor |
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Information from our New Sponsor
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Please let your colleagues know about PELINKS4U, and remember you can catch up on a year's worth of news in our PE Archives.
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