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Calling all future presenters … it’s time to share your knowledge, insight or research! We are now accepting proposals for the 2024 SHAPE America National Convention & Expo
(#SHAPECleveland), which will be held March 12-16. This is your chance to share your expertise with other health and physical educators from around the country at the premier HPE event of the year! The submission deadline for all proposals is August 10. Get started today! LEARN MORE
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Advance your career with a bachelor’s in Food and Nutrition or a master’s in Human Nutrition earned 100% online. With affordable tuition, flexible coursework and 24/7 technical support, UA Online puts earning your degree within reach. Contact us today to get started!
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Check out the latest health. moves. minds.® calendars for activities your students can do throughout the month. These new calendars include popular activities like Dynamic Duo, Ghost Baseball, Math Moves, and much more. Available for both elementary and secondary grade levels (in English and Spanish), these calendars are great to share with students and families! VIEW NOW
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Educators feel the pressure all around them. As a principal, I certainly do as well. Whether it be addressing the learning loss many students experienced from these past few years, the pressures of high stakes testing, or the host of new policies and regulations that have surfaced, new initiatives are competing for limited instructional time. And, despite clear research demonstrating the positive impacts of health and wellness on academic achievement, schools may be tempted to put critically important physical activity programs on the back burner. Don’t do it! READ MORE
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Get a jump start on assessing your equipment back-to-school needs with this free equipment inventory checklist developed by Dr. Robert Pangrazi, author of Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary Students. Simply download as a printable PDF or digital interactive Google Sheet and make it your own!
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“There are more skills and content than I can cover. How do I decide what to teach?” The question above is one I am often asked as the person responsible for health and adapted/physical education in Oregon’s Portland Public Schools (PPS). And it is a fair question. PPS provides more health education than many school districts in the United States. Yet it is still not enough to get to everything. So how DO you decide what to teach? READ MORE
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Fundamental Movement Skills K-2: An Educator's Guide to Enhancing Locomotor, Non-Locomotor, and Balance using an Educational Gymnastics approach aligns with SHAPE America's National Standards for K-12 Physical Education and includes cross-curricular links to the Common Core. Enhance physical development, coordination, and body awareness for young learners with this comprehensive resource.
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Covid Changed Student Behavior — How Are Schools Responding?
Edutopia
In a visit to schools throughout Northern California, a reporter finds that teachers are still struggling with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s, like, totally flipped from before,” says Coach Gregg Pentony. “Used to be that most of the sixth graders would come in able to run the mile, and you’d usually be able to tell ahead of time which ones were going to struggle. Now? Now it’s the opposite: Most kids can’t make it, even the ones who look like they should be able to.” READ MORE
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Physical Activity Can Promote Learning and Well-Being at Secondary School
ScienceDaily
A study led by the University of Eastern Finland suggests that adolescents who engage in active school transport and leisure-time physical activity perform better at secondary school than their inactive peers. Regular leisure-time physical activity, even in moderate doses, was also associated with lower odds of school burnout. The findings were published in the European Journal of Public Health. READ MORE
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Fixing the Global Childhood Obesity Epidemic Begins With Making Healthy Choices the Easier Choices
The Conversation
The global childhood obesity epidemic has exploded. Over the past four decades, the world has witnessed a tenfold increase in obesity in children and adolescents between 5 and 19 years old. More than 124 million children across the world are currently considered to be obese. In children under age 5, obesity used to be nearly unheard of. Now, more than 38 million young children live with this condition. READ MORE
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OSU Will Improve Nutrition and Physical Activity in Eastern Oklahoma
The O'Colly
Deana Hildebrand, Jill Joyce and Lacey Wallace of Oklahoma State University’s Department of Nutritional Sciences received $780,000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the first year in the five-year High Obesity Program (HOP) to address nutrition and health challenges in eastern Oklahoma. HOP works to implement multiple proven public health strategies. The first is food and nutrition security. The second is safe and accessible physical activity. Lastly, early care and education (ECE) settings — improving nutrition and physical activity. READ MORE
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