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May 1 - 14, 2000, Vol., No.9

Links Index
* 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
16. Physical Education Advocacy
17. References and Resources
18. PELINKS4U Archives
19. PE-Forum - Online Bulletin Board
20. Unit Plans - Online Teaching Units


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It's Great, Great, Great...
PELINKS4U is pleased to announce that we plan to regularly include a selected activity 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 Advocacy
Featured Web Sites
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.

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.

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Exemplary PE Program Ideas from PE Central
HomeWORKOUT Challenge Sheets

Donna Dale brings you a series of activity sheets to encourage physical activity outside of physical education and recess for grades 4-5

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 - 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 pre-school aged children developed by Greg Thompson from Detroit Country Day School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

PE Actvities 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.

Health Habits Across America
Read Your State's Report!

Are U Fit

This site posts information on health, fitness and sports topics, includes a comprehensive search engine, and offers a free newsletter.

Heart Rate Tech. Camps
Several 2-day workshops are being offered throughout the summer for teachers interested in learning more about the use of heart rate monitors. Check the PELINKS4U Events Calendar.

Healthy Heart
Brief recommendations for diet, exercise, nutrition and healthy lifestyles habits.

Womens' 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.

Miscellaneous
PELINKS4U recently received the "P.E. 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.

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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.

Featured Articles
1999 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Results
Today, the health of young people and the adults they will become, is critically linked to the health-related behaviors they choose to adopt. Read more about behaviors that contribute markedly to todayıs major killers.

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.


Why Include Bodily-Kinesthetic Activities in the Academic Classroom?
Think of several "problem learners" you've observed. How many of them have trouble sitting still? How may need to touch something to understand it, or learn best from field trips or real-life applications of the subject matter?

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 milliion litres of gasoline each year.
(Source: ParticipACTION)


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 Ancients 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 and Olympic Games Day in Your School
The British Olympic Association's Olympic Foundation plays a key role in promoting sport to young children.

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