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Gr8 Sites You Might Find Useful:
  • Active Kidz - [ Kids ] - Offers simple exercises and healthy recipes.
  • BBC - Health: Health calculators - [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Calculate Body Mass Index (BMI), life expectancy, and calories burned in favorite activities.
  • Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Living - [ Kids/Teens ] - Guides to help make wise choices about daily living.
  • Fitness For Kids - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Learn about the President's Fitness Challenge and how to participate. Includes award information, activity logs, and applications. (Requires registration to access logs and forms.)
  • 5 Fun Ways to Health and Fitness - [ Kids ] - Information about nutrition and physical activity for kids and teachers.
  • Get Fit - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Handbook from the President's Council on Physical Fitness helps kids and teens, ages 6 to 17, learn about warming up, aerobic exercise, muscular strength and endurance, and cooling down. Includes information about awards and programs. [PDF]
  • In the Mix - [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Online companion to the PBS broadcast, with resources and information for teens and educators on sports participation.
  • It's Time to Play - [ Kids ] - Tells how to get great exercise no matter what the weather is like or who's around.
  • Jump Into A Healthy Life - [ Kids ] - The Thinkquest crew teaches kids about jumping rope with jump rope skills, quiz, and information on how exercise keeps the heart healthy and bodies fit.
  • Jumping for Joy - [ Kids/Teens ] - Meet the boys and girls of Santa Clara, CA on the competition and exhibition jump rope team. Features team photos, tournament results, and basic skills for jumping rope.
  • Jumping Rope - [ Kids/Teens ] - Instructions on the equipment needed, variations, muscle groups exercised, and basic workout tips for jump rope beginners.
  • Kid-Fit - [ Kids ] - Kids learn about sports, fitness, and healthy bodies from a team of elementary school students.
  • SmartPlay - [ Kids/Teens ] - Fun learning adventure on how kids can play smart, avoid injuries, and getting the body in shape after an injury.
  • Sprint Training for Developing Athletes - [ Kids/Teens ] - Training information for young and beginning sprinters. Aimed at athletes as young as 8. From Sydney Athletics.
  • Taking the Pressure Off Sports Competition - [ Kids ] - Explains why some kids feel pressure while competing and tell what do it if it happens to you.
  • 4 Teen Weight Loss - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Offers healthy diet tips for overweight teenagers trying to lose weight including camp research, articles and quizzes.
  • Tone Teen: Take Charge of Your Health - [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Article tells how genes affect weight, how to get active, ways to watch what you eat, and staying healthy. [PDF]
  • Viterbo University: Diet and Exercise Webquest - [ Teens ] - Interactive webquest designed to help seventh and eighth grade students learn about diet and exercise.
  • What if I Don't Like Sports? - [ Kids ] - Article explains why some kids don't like sports and other ways to get exercise.
  • What's the Right Weight for Me? - [ Kids ] - Explains why some kids weigh more, what a healthy weight means, when to see a doctor, and tips for eating and exercise.
Last update: 10:55 PT, Sunday, March 7, 2010