May 1 - 14, 2000, Vol. 2, No.9
Links Index 1. K-12 Public School Physical Education Sites 2. National, District & State AHPERDs 3. State Physical Education Standards 4. University and College Physical Education Sites 5. International, National and State Physical Education, Sport, Exercise, Health, and Education Associations 6. Electronic Listservs (i.e. Newsgroups for Physical Educators Interested in Sharing Information) 7. Electronic Journal and Information Sites 8. Instruction/Courses Via the Internet 9. Physical Education Academic Areas * Adapted Physical Education * Athletic Training * Biomechanics * Dance * Exercise Science * Health Sciences * Outdoor and Adventure Education * Pedagogy - Teaching Methods * Sport Psychology * Sport Management * Statistics and Measurement 10. Fitness, Health, Nutrition 11. Sports, Games, and Physical Activities 12. Sports Information 13. Personal Homepages of PEHLS Professionals 14. Companies and Classifieds 15. Miscellaneous - Links to More Lists 16. Physical Education Advocacy 17. References and Resources 18. Unit Plans - Online Teaching Units 19. PELINKS4U Archives 20. PE-Forum - Online Bulletin Board ?Suggest New Links? Your LOGO Here! Expose your products to 1000's of PE, Health, and Fitness Professionals each month! PELINKS4U Site Search Want past issues of PELINKS4U? Check the PELINKS4U Archives PELINKS4U Editorial Team	PEP Update - Urgent!! The Physical Education for Progress bill (PEP) will likely be taken up by the Senate next week. We can't take anything for granted - we MUST lobby the Senate now for PEP - Senate bill 1159. This is the most critical moment for PEP this year! PLEASE call or write to your Senators and urge them to support PEP when Senator Stevens introduces it as an amendment to the education bill next week!!! Visit the WeNeedPe site to contact your legislator. PE Advocacy PE Featured on Cover of USA Today!! Read what Bane McCracken, Carl Gabbard, and George Graham have to say about the characteristics of today's changing success-oriented physical education programs. (Unfortunately, this article is no longer linked but it appeared in the May 2nd Sport Section.) Featured Web Site Planet PE The place to go when you need to know about what is happening in the world of physical education and sports! Great source of information and links compiled by teachers at the Liverpool Central Schools. It's Great, Great, Great... PELINKS4U is pleased to announce that we plan to regularly include selected activities from Artie Kamiya's K-8 Great Activities Newspaper. Artie tells us that the March/April issue of the Great Activities Newspaper featured many great Field Day ideas! Free complimentary copies of the March/April issue are available to the first 500 individuals who contact Great Activities. PE Central Challenge 2000 Read more about this recently completed event consisting of a unique and exciting set of motor skill challenges that encouraged 4th and 5th graders to practice and improve their motor skills. Click here to join the Exemplary PE Program Ideas from PE Central Celebration of Dance Jill Steigman who teaches at Clarkston Elementary School in Tyler, TX, describes how she showcases rhythm and dance routines students learned throughout the school year during Texas "Public Schools Week" at the PTA meeting. Web Quizzes Terry Fargen who teaches PE at La Follette HS in Madison, WI., describes how he sets quizzes for his students on the web that they take at home or at the school's computer lab. Active and Safe Routes to School Read about a unique Canadian national program that encourages the use of active modes of transportation to and from school. Includes various ideas for promoting healthy lifestyles. Send Your Support for the PEP Act Is YOUR senator a supporter of the $400 million requested for PE? (WeNeedPe) Teaching Teaching Social Responsibility - Don Hellison Site Read more about Don Hellison's ideas for a PE teaching approach that stresses the learning of social responsibility. An interview with Don is also available through the PELINKS4U Video Store. Preschool Field Day Here are the stations for a field day for preschool aged children developed by Greg Thompson from Detroit Country Day School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Health Habits Across America Read Your State's Report! From "Great Activities" The "Dewey Bell" John Taylor shares a technique he uses to motivate his students to follow the rules and to cooperate with each other. PE Activities in Limited Space William Price provides suggestions for activities when inclement weather or other environmental circumstances make outdoor class space temporally unavailable. Educational Standards in PE Charles Hill has compiled an annotated list of Internet sites with K-12 educational standards and curriculum frameworks documents. Fitness and Health Physical Activity Guide The Physical Activity Guide helps individuals of all ages to make wise choices about physical activity. These choices will improve health, help prevent disease, and allow individuals to get the most out of life. Are U Fit This site posts information on health, fitness and sports topics, includes a comprehensive search engine, and offers a free newsletter. 31 million people read about physical education this week (4/24) in a major 8-page feature in Sports Illustrated. Several NASPE/AAHPERD Teachers of the Year are quoted and the Physical Education for Progress Act is mentioned. Healthy Heart Brief recommendations for diet, exercise, nutrition and healthy lifestyles habits. Women's Issues Women and Sport The majority of Australian women do not participate in sport and the lack of public attention to their female role models does little to change this. There is however a growing awareness of the need to encourage women and girls to play regular sport, so they can experience the boost to physical and social well-being and self-esteem, that sport quite clearly offers. Women's Sports Sports Illustrated's online web site featuring women's sports. Freedom to Grow A site where girls learn how to deal with pressures - from peers, parents, teachers and the media.	Monthly News National Sport and Physical Education Week- May 1-5 Are you hosting a special event in your school the first week of May to celebrate sports and PE? National Safe Kids Week - May 6-13 The leading killer of kids is unintentional injury. SAFE KIDS Week is intended to raise awareness about the dangers kids face during the summer. AAHPERD Proposals Due - May 15 Don't miss the upcoming deadline if you plan to present in Cincinnati in 2001, March 27-31. Virtual Sneaker Day - May 19 Join other schools from around the world are invited to participate in 20 minutes of activity on May 19, 2000. PE-News E-mail Digest PE-News is a biweekly digest bringing you the latest news and reminding you to view the current PELINKS4U web site. If you would like to be added to our mailing list please e-mail us with your name and type "Subscribe" in the Subject line of the message. And please send the addresses of colleagues who might also be interested in PELINKS4U. Technology, Facilities, Equipment The Coach's Computer Resource Learn to perform basic tasks such as saving, opening, & editing documents, printing, using Microsoft's SpellCheck and Print Preview functions, using cut & paste, and more. Moving Together Ken Daley offers a free publication consisting of collection of bits and bytes that he assembles as he wander about on the Internet. Designed to provide wisdom in the area of technology as it impacts the professional Kinesiologist. Measure 4 Measure Thanks to Ken Daley for informing us about the site "Measure 4 Measure" which offers a collection of calculators, estimators and translators that will allow you do do a host of things, such as: Target Heart Rate Calculator: Activity Calorie Calculator: Body Fat Estimator, and much more. PELINKS4U Video Store (featuring Don Hellison) Educating Tomorrow's Children Check out this video from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). Featured Articles Technology and the Olympics Today, technology has a more profound effect on sport than it did in those early years, by literally changing the way most sports are played. Having a Bad Air Day? If half the workers who lived in Canada within walking distance of work left their cars at home their efforts would save 22 million liters of gasoline each year. (Source: ParticipACTION) Questionable Exercises This issue of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Digest explains how some exercises, especially those designed to produce flexibility and muscle fitness, can cause harm and provides alternatives that are safer. The Olympics and Olympism PELINKS4U brings you sites and information to share with your students about the Olympics. The Greek Athletic Games Lots of information on the GREEK ancient games - not only the Olympic Games, but also the other ancient games :the Pythian Games , Namean Games & Isthmian Games. Includes rules of the different sports. The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games Were the ancient games better than ours? More fair and square? More about sports and less about money? Are modern games more sexist? More political? Have we strayed from the ancient Olympic ideal? Organize an Olympic Games Day in Your School The British Olympic Association's Olympic Foundation plays a key role in promoting sport to young children. Conference/Workshop/Events Calendar Project ACES, May 3rd. At 10.00 am local time, join millions of student from all 50 states and 50 countries who will participate in the PROJECT ACES (All children exercise simultaneously). National Sport and Physical Education Week, May 1-5 Women's Sports Foundation Annual Summit, May 4-7, Nassau County, NY Issues to be addressed include: women's sports on the Web, women's sports sponsorship and how to attract female coaches. AMTP Content Workshop, May 5-6, Fort Washington, MD. Sue Schiemer. VIII World Sports for All Congress May 18th- 21st 2000 in Quebec,Canada 8th International Congress on Physical Education & Sport, May 19-21, Komotini, Greece. Contact ICPES. Brazilian History Congress of Physical Education, Sport, Leisure and Dance, May 29-June 1, Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul state, BRAZIL. Click here for more events.... Miscellaneous AWARD to PELINKS4U PELINKS4U recently received the "PE Award" from Sports Media. The PELINKS4U Unit Plan pages were noted as being especially useful for teachers. The Sports Media site is another great source for information you should visit. BECOME A CONTRIBUTOR! PELINKS4U welcomes articles, letters, ideas, conference dates and reports, suggestions for links and any suggestions for site improvements. Help to support quality physical education by contributing to this site.

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