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Professional Links Page

Physical Activity

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/importance/index.htm

This website explains how important physical activity is. There are many links, including strength training and nutrition. Within the ewebsite is why physical activity is so important in life. It gives you guidelines of how to start becoming more active also.

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4563
    This link is about how physical activity can be helpful towards cardiovascular disease. This also gives some suggestions to improve your physical fitness. It lists all the benefits of physical activity and much more is included in this website.

http://www.mypyramid.gov/pyramid/physical_activity.html

    This explains what physical activity is and the amount of minutes per day one should perform physical activity. It gives a list of moderate and vigourous activities which include the intensity as well.

http://www.aarp.org/health/fitness/

    This website is for people over 50 years of age and how they can stay active. It also has other links that connect to physical activity.

http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/activity.htm

    This guidline for physical activity is more geared towards the elderly. It explains why physical activity is so important, stats/charts on physical activity. The health benefits and preffered intensity levels for the age group is also explained. This is a very helpful website for the elderly and even for younger people to look at.

Nutrition

http://www.aahperd.org

    This website is about an organization that supports healthy lifestyles. This website has links to other organizations that involve health fitness programs as well. The main goal of this organization is to promote and support leadership, education and the best practices in the professions that support healthy and active lifestyles.

http://www.mensfitness.com/

    This website is for men and becoming fit. It offers great fitness tips as well as nutritional information such as specific recipes and meal plans.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/health_medicine/nutrition/

    This is another great nutrition website. This nutrition website is focused on the scientific research conducted on food and diets. This site has the newest research on the newest diets as well as food and supplements.

http://www.noah-health.org/en/healthy/exercise/what/

This site lists all sorts of Health Topics and explains and describes each in full detail. It is an organization, NOAH, which stands for New York Online Access in Health. It includes how to go about exercise for the elderly and children. It aslo gives playground safety tips and a Target Heart Rate calculator.

http://www.pocanticohills.org/nutrition/nutrition.html

This is a nutrition and a food pyramid directed mostly for young kids to understand the basis of healthy eating. There are puzzles and coloring links for fun so kids can learn the pyramid while have fun. There are also riddles on food/beverages of the pyramid so one can test their knowledge.

Physical Education Links

http://www.pecentral.org/

This is a great link that is very much associated with physical education. It has a lot of different links and things to look at. There is also a quiz that kids can take to see how much they know about nutrition, health, physical activity, sports, etc.

http://www.pe4life.org/

PE4life is a site that includes tips and suggestions for teachers and parents of how to get involved, help out and how commited one must be to enter this industry.

http://www.sports-media.org/

    This website has a place for PE majors, teachers and master/coach/expert. On top of the website there are sports and teams named and it describes each sport including what equipment and how to play. You can even buy sport merchandise like a New York Met shirt or lamp. You can even get the history and information of any NFL, MLB and NBA team.

http://www.pta.org/archive_article_details_1141761325921.html

    This link gives statistics on Physical Education classes and obesity. This little article explains how important Physical Education in schools is in our society. There are also links on the left side of the website that lead to articles on how health and wellness will cause a student to be more ready to learn. This website is for parents and how they can help there children be the best student.

http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/physed.html

    This provides the standards, requrements, news and many other helpful aspects. This is all for the state of New York. This is good for PE majors, student teachers and even current teachers to learn and go by the NYS standards if they plan to teach/teach in NY.

Technology Ideas for Physical Education

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/11/20/093007.php

The Nintendo Wii is the latest innovation in the gaming world and has cahnged the gaming world. This has incorporated being active and actually moving in able to play the game. The Wii sports is the perfect example and is explained in this review of the game. It is fun, burn calories and simple.

   guy playing Wii baseball
http://www.motionfitness.net/makoto.html?gclid=CIi00qLxhZMCFQGAHgodsnEfBg

    The Makota Sports Arena is a very unique way of being active and enhancing your mental and physical abilities. It is a piece of equipment that is pictured in this link. The unique games are interesting and allow you to measure your physical performance. This also improves mental aspects like focus concentration and mental acuity as well as reducing stress.

http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/

    The Nike Ipod is a great tool to use while you exercise. Not only does the Nike Ipod provide you with music while you exercise, the ipod also acts as a coach and motivator. This is a great tool for students who need motivation and entertainment while they exercise.

http://www.cateyefitness.com/GameBike/index.html

     Cateye Gamebike is a new, fun, interactive way to ride a bike. It is a virtual game that allows the biker to imagine biking through various locations. The bike is a stationary bike that allows the rider to exercise anywhere at anytime. Overall this is a great game for students that assists them in getting their daily exercise.

http://www.us.playstation.com/PS2/Games/EyeToy_Play

    This stunning toy is a virtual game that helps students practice dancing and exercise at one time. This is a great game to help students with their motor skills and it also helps improve cardio. This chellenges students by dancing to different songs at different paces.

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Last updated: May 14, 2008