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A question to ponder: When you think of
interdisciplinary PE or integration, do you think of changing your
lessons or curriculum to incorporate other content area or do you
think of how you can infuse other content area into your regular
offerings?
Bookmark: In a recent TEPE (Vol. 13, No. 2, pp.
35-39), Townsend and Gurvitch provide a theoretical and applied
article for integrating technology into physical education.
David Kahan
Interdisciplinary Section Editor
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At this popular medical website, there are a number of enticing
pages that middle and high school students can use to assess their
health and set goals.
When you click the link below, you'll get to the homepage,
then find the banner "Try these tools." The
sub-banner "More tools" provides below-listed pages worth
viewing:
Quizzes: heart disease, high blood pressure, nutrition,
lung cancer, others.
Interactives: diet and fitness journal.
Slideshows: basic stretch, skin cancer signs, resistance
training, ski stretches, yoga at your desk, others.
Calculator: BMI, target HR, exercise calorie counter,
others.
Click here to link up.
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Don't be fooled by the fancy title; stamps and coins, hobbies
enjoyed by millions, can come alive in physical education
class. See how by clicking onto the link for a lesson plan.
Click here
to link up.
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Teachers Tom Wienicki and Kory McMahon at Mott Road Elementary
School offer a "Puzzles of the Month" page as part of
their extensive website. Examples from May include printable
and interactive puzzles and games on basketball, baseball, bowling,
fitness, football, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, track, and
tumbling.
Click here
to be puzzled.
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about particular topics, please email one of the following Interdisciplinary
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Well-known advocates of interdisciplinary physical education,
Stephen and Theresa Purcell Cone, offer a useful website that will
help teachers learn about or fine tune what interdisciplinary
teaching and learning is; models for implementation; and sample
state (New Jersey) standards-based integrated curriculum for dance
and language arts.
Click here
to link up.
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The website, Education World, celebrates National Physical
Fitness and Sports Month (May) by featuring many Physical Education
lesson plans, FOUR of which are interdisciplinary lesson plan ideas
devoted to math and spelling.
When you get to the link, look for these games to click on or
review the archives:
1) Walk across the country
2) Name game
3) Jump into spelling
4) Integrated math game
Click here
to link up.
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