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We owe it to our children, to our country. It’s a matter of National Security! Here is how: What can PE teachers do to participate?

It’s been three months since school started. Articles and blogs on tips and techniques to get your students to turn their cameras on during online classes abound on the internet. Physical Education is ‘Education in the Physical.’ Teachers must be able to see that the students are performing movements correctly. As if that was not … Read more

As if it was not difficult enough to teach PE in normal times, the new quarantine environment has create a layer of complexity you must overcome. Why? Because you are still being evaluate as a teacher. What to do? Follow PhysednHealth 8 steps to an Effective and Engaging Hybrid PE Curriculum Delivery: Sign up for … Read more

The American Heart Association, the CDC, and other groups consistently promote the importance of physical activities and the impact on students’ academic performance, behavior, emotional balance, and overall well-being. This is a fact you know very well. Before the pandemic, 81% of students received their daily dose of physical activities during PE class. Superintendents, principals, … Read more

As #PE continues to live Online, there are emerging practices you can use to give your students an engaging experience. There are many suggestions that have been shared online. We have found these to be the most helpful. Lighting is everything. In video recording, lighting determines the quality of your video. Change your light bulbs … Read more

  Many #PE #teachers were ‘instructed/encouraged’ to give a passing grade to all #students at the end of the #school year for obvious reasons. While the #pandemic2020 rages on and the new school year is about to begin, we owe it to our students to let them know where they stand. Unlike #maths or #scienceandtechnology , PE has a profound, lasting impact on one’s way of #life and cannot be … Read more

By TAKE CARE STAFF  With the demand for schools to focus more on academics and less on gym class, many districts in the U.S. have cut back students’ physical education times or eliminated them completely. However, an author and authority on the connection between brain activity and fitness said the two goals of fitness and academic … Read more

Giving your students a fitness assessment test can be challenging. For that reason, many teachers resort to testing once or twice (pre and post) a year, or for the duration, they have the students. This approach has proven not to be effective because it measures biological growth instead of educating on the value of meaningful … Read more

There are many actions that college students can take to eat more healthily and enjoy their college years without jeopardizing their health from excessive weight gain or weight loss. Among some recommendations are: Try to get at least eight hours of sleep a night. Avoid skipping meals. When you skip a meal, the subsequent hunger … Read more

According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), regular physical activity can help children and adolescents improve cardiorespiratory fitness, build strong bones and muscles, control weight, reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, and reduce the risk of developing health conditions such as: Heart disease Cancer Type 2 diabetes High blood pressure Osteoporosis Obesity QPE must … Read more