5 Resources to Help Students Make Healthy Food Choices

The school district neighboring mine recently announced a new health and fitness curriculum that emphasizes "lifetime" fitness. On...

A Virtual Tour of the Tour de France and an Animated Explanation

The eighth stage of the Tour de France is happening today. We may never ride in the race, but we can virtually tour this year's race rou...

Get Healthy With Google

Last week the Official Google Blog ran a blog post about how many Google apps and services can be used to support and promote healthy lifes...

Kids Can Bowl for Free This Summer

Just as they have for the last few summers, bowling centers around the U.S. and Canada are offering students two free games every day. To ...

Fun Snowy Activities for Students and Teachers

In my previous post I shared a video about the chemistry of snowflakes. Writing that post reminded me of some ideas that I've shared bef...

What It Is Really Like to Climb Mount Everest

Image Credit: Carsten.Nebel As many long time readers of this blog know, I am fascinated by Mount Everest and the Himalayas in general. This...

Make Fitness Fun with Google Maps

In the past I've written about using Google Maps in a physical education and or health education class to have students map walking and ...

Sport Science - The Physics of Archery

I trained in archery at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California as a teenager and have three friends that competed in the Oly...

Dick's Sporting Goods Offers Free Concussion Testing for U.S. Schools

This morning Drew Brees was on the Dan Patrick show to promote a new initiative from Dick's Sporting Goods. The initiative called PACE...

Kids Bowl Free in the U.S. and Canada This Summer

For the last few years bowling alleys across the US have given away hundreds of thousands of games of bowling to students. Kids Bowl Free i...

Follow Along on a Mount Everest Expedition

One of last week's most popular posts was 7 Resources for Teaching and Learning About Mount Everest . A couple of days ago I discovered ...

Vocal National Anthems - Anthem Recordings

This summer we'll hear lots of national anthems played at the Olympics. Get your students familiar with anthems that are new to them by ...

Learn More About Geocaching - A Great Outdoor Learning Activity

Geocaching is a fun, educational, technology-infused activity that I have tried a couple of times. But I am by no means an expert (totally n...

21 Times to the Top of the World - Lessons About Mount Everest

The spring Himalaya climbing season is starting to get underway. This evening the Adventure Blog had a story about Apa Sherpa attempting to...

Kids Bowl Free Again This Summer

For the last couple of years bowling alleys across the US have given away hundreds of thousands of games of bowling to students. Kids Bowl F...

11 Health & Phys Ed Resources to Try in 2011

Last week I started each day with a list of eleven good resources to try in various content areas. I hadn't planned on continuing that p...

Physical Education in the Snow

Image Credit: Banff Lake Louise It's winter here in the northern hemisphere and for many of us that means snow. This is the time of year...

Snag Learning Film of the Week - The Family Meal

This week's Snag Learning Film of the Week is The Family Meal . The Family Meal is a twenty minute film about obesity in America, its c...

Math in Outdoor Recreation

The Math of Rock Climbing is a video that I discovered through the Open Culture blog. I have done some rock climbing so I was interested j...

Helmet Animation Video - How to Wear Your Helmet

The Brain Injury Alliance of Kentucky recently released a short animated video designed to teach students about the need for wearing a helm...